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Mastercard has granted Qatar’s QNB Group a license to expand card issuing and acquiring services in Syria, allowing the bank to offer Mastercard payment solutions to individuals and businesses locally and internationally.

Toppled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty on Monday to narcotics charges after President Donald Trump's stunning capture of him rattled world leaders and left officials in Caracas scrambling to regroup.

A delegation led by Aidarous al-Zubaidi, the leader of Yemen's main separatist group STC, will soon travel to Saudi Arabia, two sources told Reuters on Monday, a potential sign of progress towards ending a conflict between separatists and Yemen's internationally recognised government.

The Bank of Israel’s Monetary Committee, chaired by Governor Prof. Amir Yaron, cut the benchmark interest rate from 4.25% to 4% in a move that surprised most economists, who had expected policy to remain unchanged. 

Egypt reaffirmed its alignment with Saudi Arabia’s regional positions during a high-level meeting in Cairo on Monday, amid growing tensions between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi over various Middle Eastern and African conflicts.

U.S.-mediated talks between Syria and Israel have resumed after an interruption of several months, Syria's state news agency SANA reported on Monday, with Damascus seeking withdrawal of Israeli troops from territory seized after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

The Israeli military on Monday began striking what it described as Hezbollah and Hamas "targets" in Lebanon after issuing evacuation orders for four villages in the country's east and south.

Iran's efforts to quell a wave of anti-government protests have been complicated by Donald Trump's threat to intervene on their side, a warning firmly underlined by the subsequent U.S. capture of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, officials and insiders said on Monday.

Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) has announced an extensive calendar of 71 international exhibitions and conferences scheduled for the first half of 2026, reinforcing Dubai’s role as a leading global hub for business events.

Iran’s top judicial official said on Monday that the country’s courts would show “no leniency” toward those involved in violent unrest, as nationwide protests entered their ninth consecutive day. 

Turkey’s annual inflation rate fell to 30.89 percent in December, down from 44.38 percent a year earlier, according to data released on Monday by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The decline marks one of the sharpest slowdowns in price growth in recent years.

Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodriguez invited the U.S. government to collaborate on an agenda of cooperation, in a statement on social media that struck a conciliatory tone following the U.S. capture of President Nicolas Maduro.