Iraq Airways will carry out a repatriation flight on Thursday to bring Iraqis stuck on the Belarus-Poland border back home, the national flag carrier said on Wednesday.
The EU has accused Belarus of flying in thousands of migrants from the Middle East and Africa and pushing them to cross into EU and NATO members Poland, Lithuania and Latvia in retaliation for sanctions already imposed on Minsk.
Belarus has denied deliberately fomenting the crisis.
Trump tells Ukraine's Zelenskiy to stop hitting Russian diesel
US President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to stop targeting Russian diesel infrastructure, saying the attacks were causing a shortage of the fuel that is "hurting the world".
Rescuers search for 130 people after Indonesia passenger ship sinks; six dead
Indonesian rescuers were searching on Sunday for 130 people from a passenger ship that sank in the Java Sea after 113 others were evacuated, the country's search and rescue agency said, adding that six people had died.
Russia hits passenger train on Ukraine's border with Poland, just misses 'diplomatic train'
A Russian drone hit a passenger train on Ukraine's border with NATO member Poland on Sunday, shortly after former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other European diplomats had used the same line.
Russian drone attack injures five in Ukraine's Odesa, officials say
At least five people were wounded in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Odesa on Sunday morning, officials said, a day after strikes on the city killed two people.
Philippine ferry fire victims may take months to identify, authorities say
Authorities in the Philippines said on Sunday it could take weeks or months to identify the victims of a ferry fire that killed 76 people, as forensic experts begin collecting and comparing DNA samples and investigators determine the cause.
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan welcomed King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of Jordan upon his arrival in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
Dubai has welcomed 869,000 international overnight visitors in August 2026 - its strongest monthly volume since February.
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Deputy Prime Minister, has approved an official of the rank of Director-General as the first recipient of the Mohammed bin Rashid Leadership Medal.
