Middle East

Hosting international events such as the WEF meeting allows the kingdom to showcase social changes including the reintroduction of cinemas and the lifting of a ban on women driving.

As the war drags on and casualties mount, there has been growing international pressure for Hamas and Israel to reach an agreement on a cease fire.

The suggestion that Hamas would disarm appeared to be a significant concession by the militant group. However, there was no immediate reaction from Israel or the Palestinian Authority.

Hezbollah launched "a combined air attack using decoy and explosive drones that targeted" two Israeli bases north of Acre, the group announced in a statement, while Israel said they did not hit their targets.

Due to disruption caused by unprecedented weather conditions earlier this week, Dubai International Airport has temporarily limited the number of inbound flights, the advisory said.

Schools were shut across the UAE and were expected to remain closed on Wednesday, when further storms, including hail, are forecast.

In February, the Serbian president proudly presented his latest acquisitions, Russia's Repellent anti-drone system as well as Chinese drones.

The victims included a six-month-old child, along with eight men, UNHCR said. Six of the survivors were treated for severe hypothermia and dehydration; two remain hospitalized.

Preachers in their sermons called on people to pray for Muslims in Gaza who were suffering after six months of war.

Syrian state news agency SANA, citing an unnamed police official in Daraa, blamed militant groups, which are still active in the area.

Tehran has vowed to avenge Monday's air strike on the Syrian capital it blamed on its arch-enemy Israel, which has not commented.

The increased reading followed a Sunday municipal election drubbing for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party that many blamed on the out-of-control cost of living.

The surprise results came just 10 months after the opposition was left divided and demoralized following a defeat in last year’s presidential and parliamentary elections.

Iranian Ambassador Hossein Akbari condemned Israel and said as many as seven people were killed, but first responders were still searching for any other bodies under the rubble.

Sisi won December's presidential election with 89.6 percent of the vote, standing against three unknowns. Experts say the road out of economic crisis will still be long and arduous.

The bomb exploded in the town of Aziz in Aleppo province.

The main battlegrounds are the country's economic hub of Istanbul and the capital of Ankara, both of which Erdogan lost in 2019, shattering his aura of invincibility.

Yugoslavia's abortion laws stayed intact after Croatia split from the country in 1991, but doctors were granted the right to refuse to perform them in 2003.

The Chinese-owned and operated Huang Pu issued a distress call but did not request assistance, US Central Command said in a statement.

The first series, released in 1997, told the story of Wahiba, a nurse who makes every effort to help her neighbours amid the crippling international sanctions.