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Israel's military chief and the head of its Shin Ben security agency held a security assessment inside southern Lebanon on Thursday, the military said on Friday.

Russia's Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday in Turkmenistan, where the two leaders hailed their countries growing economic ties and similar views on world affairs, an entente viewed with concern by the U.S.

Lebanon's Minister of Transport and Public Works, Ali Hamiyé, an ally of Hezbollah, conducted an inspection tour of Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport (AIB) on Friday morning, which remains open despite ongoing Israeli airstrikes targeting the southern suburbs of the capital.

Pope Francis met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Vatican on Friday morning for their second face-to-face encounter in four months.

Turkey has imposed anti-dumping duties on some steel imports from China, Russia, India and Japan, according to a decision published in the Official Gazette on Friday, with the highest tariffs on Chinese imports.

Turkey condemns Israel's attacks targeting the U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon (UNIFIL), its foreign ministry said late on Thursday, adding Ankara would continue supporting similar peacekeeping initiatives and structures.

Spain's Interior Minister on Thursday asked the European border agency Frontex to seek permission from African nations to patrol their waters in a bid to "save lives" on the perilous irregular migration route from the continent to the nearby Canary Islands archipelago.

Israeli forces fired on positions used by U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon on Wednesday and Thursday, the U.N. force said, as Israel warned Lebanese civilians not to return to homes in the south and pursued a widening offensive against Hezbollah.

Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Thursday that it has restored production close to levels before the country's central bank crisis, reaching 1.22 million barrels per day (bpd) on Thursday.

Germany will supply more weapons to Israel soon, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday, after a significant drop in deliveries this year prompted opposition accusations that Berlin deliberately delayed the exports.

An overhaul of Egypt's high school curriculum has left teachers and pupils scrambling to adjust, laying bare strains on state education provision that many families spend heavily to supplement with private tuition.