King Abdullah II meets Pope Francis

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun departed Beirut on Tuesday morning for a two-day official visit to the Sultanate of Oman, responding to an invitation from Sultan Haitham bin Tariq.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban have agreed that Turkey will guarantee that Russian gas can continue to flow to Hungary, Orban said on Monday.

Yemen’s main southern separatist group claimed broad control across the south of the country on Monday, including in the port city of Aden which has served as the base of the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government for a decade.