Canada has unfrozen talks with Turkey on lifting export controls on drone parts after Ankara gave its nod for Sweden to join NATO, a person familiar with the talks said, a move seen as one of several concessions won in exchange for the Turkish blessing.
Hackers suspected of working for Russia's foreign intelligence agency targeted dozens of diplomats at embassies in Ukraine with a fake used car advert in a bid to break into their computers, according to a cybersecurity firm report seen by Reuters.
Several members of Lebanon's powerful armed Hezbollah group were wounded on Wednesday in a flare-up on the southern border with Israel, two Lebanese security sources and a source briefed on the developments told Reuters.
Most major stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Wednesday ahead of U.S. inflation data that could provide clues to the Federal Reserve's rate hike path going ahead.
Most stock markets in the Gulf ended higher on Wednesday, as traders awaited a crucial U.S. inflation reading to determine whether the Federal reserve is at the end of its rate hike cycle.