The summit of gas-exporting countries kicked off its proceedings in Algiers on Saturday with the participation of numerous leaders, including Iran's Ebrahim Raisi and Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, amid persistent tensions in the markets.
Gaza truce talks are due to resume in Cairo on Sunday, two Egyptian security sources said on Saturday, though an Israeli news outlet reported Israel would not send a delegation until it got a full list of Israeli hostages who are still alive.
The Chairperson of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat (from Chad), has made alarming allegations against Israel, accusing them of a "massive massacre of Palestinians" and demanding an international investigation following a tragic humanitarian aid distribution that resulted in over a hundred deaths due to Israeli gunfire and a stampede.
The Palestinian Authority hopes a ceasefire can be agreed in the Gaza war in time for Ramadan, its foreign minister, Riyad al-Maliki, said on Saturday.
An Israeli drone strike killed three Hezbollah fighters in south Lebanon on Saturday, security sources in Lebanon said, the latest to die in months of cross-border hostilities that have been fought in parallel to the Gaza war.
Unofficial reports on Saturday estimated turnout in Iran’s parliamentary election, seen as a test of the clerical establishment’s legitimacy, at about 40%, which would be the lowest turnout since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Turkey's exports to Russia in February fell 33% year on year to $670 million, trade ministry data showed on Saturday.
The U.S. military will start carrying out airdrops of food and supplies into Gaza in the coming days, joining other countries like France, Jordan and Egypt that have done the same.
Former Dutch international Quincy Promes has been arrested in Dubai for a "local offense," two weeks after being convicted of cocaine trafficking in the Netherlands, the Amsterdam public prosecutor's office confirmed on Friday, confirming press reports.
Saudi Arabia officially launched its campaign for the organization of the 2034 World Cup on Friday, being the sole candidate for the hosting rights.
The United Nations human rights chief on Friday said that the apparent deliberate denial of safe access for humanitarian agencies within war-torn Sudan could amount to a war crime.
A roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi army patrol north of Baghdad on Friday, killing one soldier and wounding four others, the defence ministry said in a statement.
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