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Arab News says thousands of marchers took to the streets of Tunisia on Sunday in demonstrations of support for President Kais Saied’s drive to rid the country of corrupt politicians.

Arab News says the Middle East’s first World Expo kicked off in Dubai on Thursday night, with organizers dubbing the showpiece “the event of the century.”

Arab News says a new poll has found that nearly 80 per cent of Palestinians want President Mahmoud Abbas to resign.

Arab News says at least 80 Iran-backed Houthi militia fighters have been killed in two days of fierce fighting with government troops.

TRT World says hailing from around the country, 37 female firefighters have gone through intensive psychological and physical training to become ready to join their male peers in Istanbul.

A delegation of high-ranking Lebanese ministers visited Damascus Saturday for talks on importing energy via Syria, the first such official visit since its civil war broke out 10 years ago.

Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis say the rebels fired three ballistic missiles at cities in the kingdom’s east and south

Sixty-five members of the Iran-backed Houthi militia and pro-government forces have been killed in renewed fighting for the strategic Yemeni city of Marib.

With electricity becoming a scarce commodity, thousands of well-off Lebanese rush to alternative energy.

Israel has conducted several airstrikes through Lebanon’s airspace on targets in Syria, according to local media in Lebanon.