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The U.S. has arrested a person suspected of playing a central role in the 2012 attack on its consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Friday.

Lebanon's Hezbollah accepted the resignation of senior security official Wafiq Safa on Friday, the first time an official of his rank has stepped down, sources familiar with the group's thinking told Reuters.

France on Friday signed a defense cooperation agreement with Bahrain during a visit to Paris by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, who was received by President Emmanuel Macron, the Élysée Palace announced.

Some UAE companies have pulled out of a major defence show taking place in Saudi Arabia, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters, the latest sign that a rift between the two Gulf oil powers is seeping into business interests.

For years, Western policy toward Iran has been built on a quiet assumption: that the Islamic Republic can be managed, delayed, contained, but not fundamentally confronted. 

Turkey is laying the groundwork to restrict social media access for minors with a parliamentary report this week calling for broad measures including age verification and content filtering, joining a growing list of countries seeking tighter controls.

Tower Semiconductor’s shares rose sharply after the Israeli chipmaker revealed a new collaboration with Nvidia focused on next-generation data-center networking.

Turkish state media reported on Friday that two Turkish nationals were arrested in Istanbul on suspicion of spying for Israel’s foreign intelligence service, the Mossad, a claim that could not be independently verified.

Pressure rose on Friday on former French culture minister Jack Lang to resign as president of the Arab World Institute over his ties to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after the foreign ministry summoned him to discuss the matter.

Iran’s top diplomat said on Friday that nuclear talks with the U.S. mediated by Oman were off to a “good start” and set to continue, in remarks that could help allay concern that failure to reach a deal might nudge the Middle East closer to war.

The United Arab Emirates has drafted plans to build a compound to house thousands of displaced Palestinians in a part of south Gaza under Israeli military control, according to a map seen by Reuters and people briefed on the plans.

The World Governments Summit 2026 wraps up today, 5 February, in Dubai, closing another major edition of one of the world’s most influential platforms on governance and the future of public policy.