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October 31, 2025 8:29 PM

Turkey to host Gaza meeting on Monday amid ceasefire concerns

Foreign ministers of some Muslim countries will meet in Istanbul on Monday to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and next steps there, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday, voicing concern over whether the ceasefire will continue. Speaking at...

October 31, 2025 3:34 PM

Houthis say 43 detained UN staff to face trial over Israeli attack

Forty-three detained local United Nations staff will face trial on suspicion of links to an Israeli airstrike that assassinated top Houthi leaders in August, the acting foreign minister of Yemen’s Houthi government, Abdulwahid Abu Ras, told Reuters...

October 31, 2025 9:39 AM

Hamas hands over bodies of two Israeli hostages

Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over two bodies of deceased Israeli hostages on Thursday, a day after the tenuous Gaza ceasefire was shaken by a series of deadly Israeli strikes across the enclave. The bodies of hostages Amiram Cooper and Sa...

October 29, 2025 7:49 PM

Saudi economy minister forecasts 2025 real GDP growth at 5.1%

Saudi Arabia's economy minister forecast real GDP growth of 5.1% for 2025, supported by the non-oil sector, as the kingdom accelerates efforts to diversify away from oil. "We forecast to close the year...in terms of total real GDP growth at around 5...

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