France began to gear up for elections on Monday, after President Emmanuel Macron called a shock snap legislative election following a bruising loss in the European Parliament vote to the far-right party of Marine Le Pen.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit Egypt and Israel on Monday at a critical time as Washington seeks to increase pressure on Hamas and Israel to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and ensure the war does not expand onto Lebanon.
The Biden administration is close to finalizing a treaty with Saudi Arabia that would commit the U.S. to help defend the Gulf nation as part of a deal aimed at encouraging diplomatic ties between Riyadh and Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing U.S. and Saudi officials.
In the traumatic aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, as hundreds of thousands of Israeli reservists rushed to join the ranks to fight Hamas, Benny Gantz said he felt it was his duty to join the war effort.
Saudi Arabia's security forces have turned back more than 300,000 unregistered pilgrims from Mecca, just a week before the annual Hajj pilgrimage is set to begin.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is set to visit Russia on Monday and Tuesday for discussions with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, and to attend a BRICS foreign ministers' meeting.
A ban on Al Jazeera's operations in Israel was extended for another 45 days by Israel's telecoms regulator on Sunday after the cabinet agreed its broadcasts posed a threat to security.
Iran's Guardian Council, which oversees elections and legislation, has approved six candidates to run for president in snap elections to be held later this month after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, Iran's State TV reported on Sunday.
Flying back from a meditation break at the end of India's gruelling election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote in a column that he felt a "boundless flow of energy" within himself. He might need the energy as he gets ready to start a rare third straight term with a heavy reliance on fickle allies.
Saudi Arabia's real gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter shrank 1.7% from a year earlier, preliminary government data showed on Sunday, as a decline in oil activities continued to weigh on overall growth.
Saudi Aramco’s shares opened higher on June 9, the first trading day after a secondary share offering expected to raise around $11.2 billion.
In a speech delivered in his hometown of Bikfaya (Metn) over the weekend, Kataeb leader Samy Gemayel reportedly called on Hezbollah to cease hostilities with the Israeli army on Lebanon's southern border.
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