Pakistan’s interior minister was recovering in hospital May 7 after being shot in a suspected assassination attempt possibly linked to blasphemy, with the attack seen as an ominous sign for security ahead of nationwide elections.

Hezbollah was poised to seal its dominance of Lebanon May 7 with results for the country’s first general election this decade expected to confirm the Iran-backed party as the main winner.

Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition bombed Yemen’s presidential palace in the center of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa early on May 7, killing at least six people, Houthi-run media reported.

The Turkish embassy in Berlin criticized on May 7 the protracted trial of far-right extremists who are suspected of killing eight Turkish immigrants, a Greek citizen and a German policewoman between 2000 and 2007.

Yemeni government forces have targeted Saudi-run military base in the Province of Sana'a in retaliation for Riyadh atrocities against the impoverished Arab nation.

Israeli minister, Yuval Steinitz, says the country will target Syrian President Bashar al Assad if Tehran attacks illegal regime in Tel Aviv.

An official Palestinian report issued on Sunday showed that the Israeli occupation forces and settlers carried out 128 violations and aggressions on Palestinian holy sites in the occupied West Bank, Jerusalem, during April.

Algerian authorities rejected Wednesday as “completely baseless” Morocco’s allegations in the aftermath of the cut of diplomatic relations with Iran, over the alleged Teheran’s support of the Polisario Front implicating “indirectly Algeria, reports Sahara Press Service.

Secretary general of Hezbollah resistance movement, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, has hailed the ambiance of calm and security during the recent elections in Lebanon calling that a major achievement for the resistance group.

The foreign ministers of Germany and France, two signatories to a nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries in 2015, have expressed their countries' firm determination to preserve the multilateral agreement.

Tunisia has been hailed as the only democratic success of the Arab Spring because it toppled a long-serving autocrat, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, in 2011

"Any possible move by the United States to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran will show how isolated the US is among the international community," pointed out Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

US President Donald Trump will announce whether Washington will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday.

Road signs showing directions towards US embassy appear in Jerusalem al-Quds streets ahead of the opening ceremony which is likely to be attended by Donald trump.

US Embassy road signs have been installed in Jerusalem al-Quds ahead the upcoming mission's opening based on President Donald Trump’s recognition of the city as Israel’s capital.

The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement hailed ensuring an atmosphere of calm and security for the country’s general elections as a national achievement.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman congratulated the Lebanese government and people on their high turnout in the country's parliamentary elections.