Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia'al-Sudani and Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi met in Baghdad on Saturday to discuss ways to enhance bilateral relations.
?A benefit concert, memorial service and mass were held Saturday in Prague to commemorate the victims of the shooting tragedy at Charles University's Faculty of Arts one year ago.
?Tunisian security units have dismantled a drug trafficking network in the northern Ariana province, private radio station Mosaique FM reported on Saturday.
?U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday opposed a bipartisan funding bill, as lawmakers are struggling to pass the stopgap bill to avert a looming government shutdown.
Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad, who has been granted asylum, is now safe in Russia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Tuesday.
?French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday evening that he will nominate a new prime minister "within the coming days" to replace Michel Barnier, who was ousted in a no-confidence vote the day before.
Namibia made history on Tuesday by electing the country's first female president, 72-year-old Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah from the ruling South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) party.
U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday the U.S.-proposed 60-day ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, which is "designed to be" permanent, will take effect at 4:00 a.m. Wednesday local time (2:00 a.m. GMT).