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For many years, the Western economy has viewed the Middle East as a small part of its overall economy.

All EU informal councils will be held as planned in Cyprus between April and June, Cyprus Energy Minister Michael Damianos said on Monday.

Dubai's international airport was gradually resuming flights on Monday after a fuel tank fire caused by a drone attack forced a temporary suspension, spotlighting the challenge for regional carriers grappling with the Middle East crisis.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced Sunday it had come under fire on three separate occasions while Blue Helmet troops were conducting patrols around their bases in Yater, Qalaouiye (Bint Jbeil) and Deir Kifa (Tyre). 

Iran's relations with Gulf states will require a "serious review" in light of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, limiting the power of external actors so the region can become prosperous, Tehran's ambassador to Saudi Arabia told Reuters on Sunday.

Marseille's leftist mayor and his far-right rival were tied in Sunday's first-round municipal election, exit polls showed, boosting the nationalist National Rally's (RN) hopes of winning France's No. 2 city ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

Tens of millions of Vietnamese were voting on Sunday to elect members of parliament from a list of candidates almost exclusively fielded by the Communist Party, ensuring the party's continued overwhelming dominance.

Kenya’s foreign minister is visiting Russia this week under pressure back home to convince Moscow to stop recruiting Kenyans into its military, but Nairobi – like other governments in Africa – is unlikely to take too confrontational an approach.

The Israeli military revealed Sunday that Ayman Mohammad Ghazali,  the man who carried out a deadly attack on a Detroit-area synagogue, was the brother of a Hezbollah anti-tank missile unit commander eliminated by an Israeli airstrike just days earlier.

Pope Leo made an impassioned plea on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in the expanding Iran war, lamenting "atrocious violence" that he said had killed thousands of non-combatants and caused suffering across the region.

Israel's foreign minister on Sunday denied reports that Israel could soon hold direct talks with Lebanon and rejected claims it had told the United States it was running low on interceptors.

Iran's military announced Sunday it had conducted drone strikes targeting key Israeli security installations - including the elite Lahav 433 unit and a satellite communications center - according to an official communiqué relayed by state news agency IRNA.