CAIRO - Three Lebanese paramedics were killed and two others wounded, one critically, in an Israeli attack while they were extinguishing fires in the southern town of Faroun, Lebanon's health ministry said on Saturday.
BRASILIA - Venezuela informed Brazil that it revoked an authorization to represent Argentine interests in the country, including administering the embassy where six opposition figures are sheltering, a Brazilian diplomatic source said on Saturday.
FRANKFURT - Two German warships are set to pass through the sensitive Taiwan Strait in the middle of September, becoming the first German naval vessels to do so in 22 years, Spiegel magazine reported on Sept 7.
LONDON - Growth capital firm Aurea on Sept 7 announced the completion of its acquisition of UK-based cosmetics group The Body Shop, renowned for ethical hair and skin products.
FRANKFURT, Germany - Hundreds of firefighters backed by aeroplanes and helicopters on Sept 7 battled a massive forest fire in the mountains of central Germany for a second day.
LONDON - The head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), who is also the chief US negotiator for an end to the Gaza war and release of hostages held by Hamas, said a more detailed ceasefire proposal would be made in the next several days.
ISTANBUL - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Islamic countries should form an alliance against what he called "the growing threat of expansionism" from Israel.
FRANKFURT - Germany rail company Deutsche Bahn said on Saturday that train services in the centre of the country had been "massively disrupted", citing an unspecified technical fault.
CERNOBBIO, Italy - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pledged unwavering support for Ukraine after a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sept 7, in which they discussed Kyiv’s plans to end the war with Russia and reconstruction efforts.