The UAE has sent an ambassador to Damascus for the first time since the Syrian conflict erupted in 2011. The new UAE ambassador, Hassan al-Shehhi, presented his credentials to Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad at the ministry’s headquarters in the Syrian capital.

Tunisian President Kais Saied decided to extend the state of emergency in the country until the end of 2024.

South Africa reached the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations with a two-goal win over Morocco in the final of the continental competition in Ivory Coast.

The Tunisian government plans to request extraordinary direct financing from the central bank of 7 billion dinars ($2.25 billion) to plug a budget deficit this year.

The UN envoy to Libya, Abdullah Batelli, discussed with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, in Benghazi, the latest developments in the political process in Libya.

The head of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said that negotiations to stop the war should be inside the country, stressing that any initiative from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in East Africa (IGAD) does not concern the Sudanese people.

Tunisian President Kais Saied decided to extend the state of emergency in the country until the end of 2024.

Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have called on the administration of President Joe Biden to use its diplomatic power to pressure the conflicting parties in Sudan to stop the war and transfer power to the Sudanese people.

Interim Prime Minister of Libya Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh denied taking any decision regarding lifting subsidies and setting alternative prices for fuel.

Following Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s urgent directives, Acting Prime Minister of Libya Osama Hammad instructs to immediately address the groundwater overflow crisis in the city of Zliten, which threatens the lives of citizens.

Local sources reported that 22 civilians were killed following an attack by armed militants on a village in Tillabéri region, western Niger, near the border with Mali.

Arabian Gulf Oil Company, a Libyan oil company based in Benghazi controlled by the National Oil Corporation, increases its crude oil production announced its success in restoring the well of the Masla oil field to production, after a period of suspension that lasted for two years and eight months.

Israeli commandos disguised as medical workers and Muslim women burst into a hospital in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday and killed three Palestinian militants, one of them lying paralysed in bed, witnesses and authorities said.

General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, met in Benghazi with the United Nations envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily.

The United States on Monday offered a reward of up to $5 million for the arrest of a former Sudanese official sought over alleged Darfur war crimes who escaped from prison when war erupted last year.

Four men that Tehran claimed to be linked to Israeli spy agency Mossad were executed on Monday, Iranian state media reported, amid escalating tensions between the longtime foes and concerns of a widening conflict in the Middle East as the Israel-Hamas war rages on.

Rapid Support Forces announced shooting down a drone in Omdurman.

Russia seeks to take concrete steps to deepen its relationship with Algeria in the economic and trade sectors. The upcoming St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, scheduled to take place from June 5 to 8, is anticipated to attract a significant number of influential Algerian business figures in real estate, medicine, technology, energy, and tourism. Russia aims to move beyond traditional cooperation in energy and the military field.

Gunmen attacked villagers in the oil-rich region of Abyei claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, leaving at least 54 people dead, including a U.N. peacekeeper, and 64 wounded, a regional official said Sunday.

Qatar ended the adventure of its Palestinian counterpart by defeating them 2-1 on Wednesday at Al-Bayt Stadium in the eighth final. Qatar won all its matches in the Emirates in 2019 on its way to winning its first title.