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A vessel carrying aid to a pier built by the U.S. off Gaza set sail from Cyprus on Thursday, marine tracking websites showed.

An Israeli air strike on a car in southern Lebanon killed four people on Thursday, according to Lebanon's civil defence, with security sources saying those killed were members of armed group Hezbollah.

The UN Special Envoy to Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar, has called for a revival of peace talks on the Mediterranean island, which remains split between its Greek and Turkish communities after decades of conflict. 

Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday that violators of Hajj regulations and instructions without a permit during the period June 2- 20 will be punished.

A Catalan separatist leader, running to regain the presidency of the restive Spanish region, is bussing supporters to his election rallies over the border in France because an arrest warrant prevents him from entering Spain.

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai announced the cancellation of this year's Pride Parade.

A Canadian man "of Jewish Israeli descent" has been shot dead during a robbery in the Egyptian city of Alexandria and authorities are investigating the incident as a criminal case, a security source said late on Tuesday.

The African Union (AU) has strongly condemned the recent Israeli military incursion into Rafah, a critical area in the southern Gaza Strip, emphasizing the dire humanitarian implications and calling for international intervention to halt the ongoing escalation.

The war in Gaza has cooled Israeli business activity with the United Arab Emirates, with the once-celebrated relationship now conducted away from public scrutiny amid anger in the Arab world over the conflict.

Russia said on Wednesday that the war in Gaza was escalating due to Israel's incursion into Rafah and that Moscow so far saw no prospect for a peace settlement in Gaza or the wider Middle East.

A FedEx Airlines Boeing cargo plane landed at Istanbul Airport on Wednesday without the front landing gear deployed and managed to stay on the runway, Turkey's transport ministry said, adding that there were no casualties.

Russia warned France on Wednesday that if President Emmanuel Macron sent troops to Ukraine then they would be seen as legitimate targets by the Russian military.