WASHINGTON -- A U.S. Secret Service agent was shot in protective gear on Saturday at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and has been hospitalized, U.S. media reported.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump shared a photo of the suspected gunman, who appears to have been subdued, with his hands bound behind his back and lying face down on the ground. (US-Trump-White House Dinner)
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TEHRAN/MUSCAT -- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi arrived in Islamabad on Sunday for a second visit within around 24 hours, returning from a brief stop in Oman as diplomatic activity over the region's fragile ceasefire intensified, Iran's Mehr news agency reported.
In Oman, Araghchi met Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, where he said the 40-day war with the United States and Israel had demonstrated that American military presence in the Middle East fuelled instability, and called on regional states to build collective security arrangements excluding Washington, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry. (Pakistan-Iran-FM Visit)
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that they will run together in this year's elections, aiming to unseat incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Lapid, head of the centrist Yesh Atid party, said in a statement that the move intends to "unite the bloc, put an end to internal divisions and focus all efforts on winning the critical upcoming elections."
Lapid and Bennett, a right-wing figure who supports West Bank settlements, served as prime ministers in a rotation arrangement within a coalition government from June 2021 to December 2022. (Israel-Election-PMs)
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RAMALLAH -- The Palestinian Central Elections Commission on Sunday announced final results from local elections held in 183 municipalities across the occupied West Bank and in the Gaza Strip city of Deir al-Balah.
Commission chairman Rami Hamdallah said at a news conference in al-Bireh that the vote took place under "extremely complex" conditions but was conducted with "integrity and transparency." (Palestine-Local Election) Enditem
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