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Turkey has taken a "fair and balanced stance" in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and strengthened ties with both countries, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said late on Saturday.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye on Monday accused the Israeli occupation army of committing what he termed as "war crimes" against the Palestinians in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Force, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan late on Tuesday urged those who are able to carry arms to join the fight against the paramilitary forces.

Over 2.4 million refugees globally will need resettling in 2024, a 20 percent increase compared to 2023, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Monday.

Palestine late on Monday expressed frustration at Russia's recent decision to open a diplomatic office in Jerusalem.

Civilian death toll has climbed to 958 in the armed clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) across the country, the Sudanese Doctors' Union said late on Wednesday.

The death toll following the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam and intense flooding in the Kherson region has reached 17, head of the regional government Andrei Alekseyenko said Tuesday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres late on Monday expressed support for establishing an AI watchdog body akin to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his condolences on Monday for the loss of the media mogul and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, while eulogizing him as "a great friend of Israel."

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati Monday called on the UN peacekeeping forces to pressure Israel to stop violations of Lebanon's sovereignty and the bulldozing works within Lebanese territories.

The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) and the United Nations have condemned the hotel terrorist attack that occurred in the capital, Mogadishu on Friday in which nine people were killed and ten others wounded.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu late Friday suspended Godwin Emefiele from the governorship of the country's central bank, ahead of planned reforms in the financial sector.

The status of Volker Perthes, the UN envoy to Sudan, is currently unchanged after the Sudanese government declared him not welcome anymore, said a UN spokesperson late on Friday.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday that Tehran will continue its visa-free and "open arms" policy toward the Azerbaijani citizens.

Russia will extend its voluntary oil production cut of half a million barrels per day until the end of 2024, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said late on Sunday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced late on Saturday a major reshuffle in his cabinet, appointing new ministers for foreign affairs, treasury and finance, defense and vice president.

Kyrgyzstan will host the second European Union-Central Asia Summit on Friday, head of the foreign policy department of the presidential administration of Kyrgyzstan Muratbek Azymbakiev said Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Monday on the denunciation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE).

The World Food Program (WFP) on Wednesday appealed for 810 million US dollars over the next six months to scale up humanitarian assistance for millions of people in the Horn of Africa who are trapped in a hunger emergency.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that children in the Horn of Africa face an unprecedented crisis that includes hunger, displacement, water shortages, and insecurity.

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