Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs' centrist, pro-Ukraine United List party was seen winning a parliamentary election on Saturday by an unexpectedly wide margin, exit polls showed, with many voters on edge amid warnings of potential Russian aggression.
The co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073, which was bound for Israel, attempted to carry out a "terrorist attack" during the flight, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general said on Saturday, according to the state news agency WAM.
The Israel Defense Forces has published a database of 170 people killed in Gaza who were publicly described as journalists or media workers, but whom the military says were members of the armed wings of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other terrorist groups.
Pakistan's foreign minister said Iran has suggested engaging Yemen's Houthis politically after attacks by the group, an idea a committee of the Mecca defence pact will discuss at an emergency meeting in Riyadh next week.
Young people in Syria's Sweida province are unable to progress through school and university due to a deepening rift between the post-Assad Islamist government and the Israel-aligned Druze leaders of the last area outside central control.
A former senior UN food agency official has said he has launched an appeal against his dismissal, alleging it was motivated by his stance on hunger in Gaza, in a case that has exposed tensions within the Rome-based organisation.
Ethiopian government forces closed in on the capital of the northern rebel stronghold of Tigray on Friday, residents and a diplomat said, as fears grew that fighting could spill into a wider war after Ethiopia and Eritrea cut diplomatic ties.
The UAE Ministry of Finance announced Friday the listing and start of secondary-market trading for its second five-year Sovereign Retail T-Sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai, following successful subscription, allocation and settlement.
Air Canada is joining a growing list of North American carriers heading back to Tel Aviv.
Yemen's Armed Forces spokesman said Friday that the air force carried out 20 precise airstrikes over three hours, targeting Houthi "movements, reinforcements, gatherings, elements, vehicles and military equipment" in Taiz governorate.
US President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to strike Iran "very hard" if Tehran's involvement is confirmed in the mid-air knife attack on the pilot of a Flydubai flight, as Israel pointed to "Islamist indoctrination" of the co-pilot.
About 400 schools in France are expected to remain closed on Friday after student protests over education-related grievances turned violent in some places.
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