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Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun was voted in as president in a second round of parliamentary voting Thursday, ending a more than two-year vacuum in the crisis-hit, war-battered country.

Lebanese lawmakers are due to meet on Jan. 9 to elect a president, but analysts say that even with key political player Hezbollah weakened by war, white smoke is not guaranteed.

DarGlobal plans to expand in Greece and the US, after the Dubai-based real estate developer recently unveiled projects in partnership with the Trump Organization, the international arm of Saudi Arabia's Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Company said in a statement on Tuesday. (Reuters)

In what is arguably a pivotal moment for Middle Eastern diplomacy, Greece's prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is set to travel to Cairo on Wednesday for a tripartite summit with Egypt and the Republic of Cyprus.

The timing of the meeting coincides with evolving dynamics in Syria and broader regional volatility, making it critical.

A handout picture provided by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shows newly appointed Syrian Foreign minister Assaad al-Shibani (centre-L) welcomed by Saudi Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed al-khereiji (centre-R) upon his arrival in Riyadh in Jan. 1, 2025.

From tiny and impoverished Mayotte to oil-rich behemoth Saudi Arabia, prosperous European cities to overcrowded slums in Africa, nowhere was spared the devastating impact of supercharged climate disasters in 2024.

This year is the hottest in history, with record-breaking temperatures in the atmosphere and oceans acting like fuel for extreme weather around the world.

The dynamic entry of Turkey into the developments in Syria creates new challenges for Nicosia and Athens, as Turkey’s effort to establish faits accomplis by enforcing its own “law in the Eastern Mediterra

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has admitted for the first time publicly to Israel's killing of former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in July, warning that the military would "decapitate" the leadership of Yemen's Houthi rebels.

Germany has been plunged into heavy mourning after the attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market on Friday, with five dead and more than 200 injured. The revelations about the highly complex profile of the attacker are shocking.

On Saturday, the alleged perpetrator of the attack on the outdoor Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, was brought before a magis