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France24 says four bombs ripped through minibuses and a mosque in Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, with at least some of the attacks claimed by the IS group.

Arab News says the UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention announced the country’s first case of monkeypox on Tuesday.

TRT World says the leader of Lebanon’s Shia group Hezbollah has acknowledged his party and its allies had lost their parliamentary majority.

Euronews says Hezbollah has been dealt a blow in Lebanon’s parliamentary election with preliminary results showing losses for some of its oldest allies.

The Independent says in households across Lebanon, it’s likely that one or more family members are planning to emigrate — if they can get a passport.

France24 says veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh will be buried alongside her parents in a cemetery near Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday.

Arab News says the coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen on Friday said Houthi allegations of deaths in the Al-Raqu border region by Saudi forces “are untrue”.

The death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has sent shockwaves across the Middle East and Israel and around the world.

TRT World says a colleague of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has told Anadolu Agency about his fellow journalist’s final moments before she was shot and killed while covering an Israeli army raid.

The Independent says an Al Jazeera correspondent has been shot dead by Israeli forces while covering a raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin, her broadcaster said.