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Blinken to meet Egypt's Sisi on Gaza hostage deal

Egypt

Blinken to meet Egypt's Sisi on Gaza hostage deal

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday landed in Cairo for his meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi as the United States works to advance a Gaza truce and hostage deal mediated by the Egyptians and Qataris.

Bashar al-Assad's busy schedule

Syria

Bashar al-Assad's busy schedule

Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria, had a busy day in Damascus as he received the credentials of ambassadors from Abkhazia and Mauritania.

Opening of Medlab Middle East in Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Opening of Medlab Middle East in Dubai

Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice Chairman of Dubai Health, opened today Medlab Middle East at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

Sudanese RSF brings down telecoms networks across Sudan

Sudan

Sudanese RSF brings down telecoms networks across Sudan

Communications were down for most Sudanese on Monday in what two telecoms sector sources and the army-aligned state news agency said was a deliberate move by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces who are battling the military.

UNRWA chief visits Gulf countries amid funding crisis

United Nations

UNRWA chief visits Gulf countries amid funding crisis

The head of the main U.N. Palestinian relief agency (UNRWA) is visiting three Gulf states this week, seeking to drum up support after key donors suspended funding following Israeli allegations that some of its staff were involved in the Oct. 7 attack.

Top US diplomat Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia, first stop on Mideast trip

Saudi Arabia

Top US diplomat Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia, first stop on Mideast trip

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday, his first stop in a wider tour of the Middle East as Washington tries to advance negotiations on a normalization deal between the Kingdom and Israel as well as make progress on talks for the governance of postwar Gaza.

Tunisians show low turnout in local elections

Tunisia

Tunisians show low turnout in local elections

Tunisians largely shunned the second round of local elections on Sunday, which were boycotted by the opposition and organized to further President Kais Saied's political project. Saied has held full powers for the past two and a half years.

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