Lebanon's parliament votes to abolish the death penalty, becoming the first Middle East country to formally end capital punishment — NNA and LBCI TV.

Iraqi PM Ali Al-Zaidi ordered drafting of a bill to place weapons under exclusive state control, following formation of a committee tasked with confining arms to state authority.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi has ordered the drafting of a bill to place weapons under exclusive state control, following the formation of a committee tasked with confining weapons to the state.

Syrian court sentences former President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, Al Jazeera reports.

A Syrian court has sentenced former President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia, according to Al Jazeera.

Trump says Medicaid will no longer fund gender transition surgeries and hormones for minors, announced by Dr. Mehmet Oz at his direction

Donald Trump said he directed Dr. Mehmet Oz to announce that Medicaid will no longer fund gender transition surgeries and hormones for minors, calling the procedures barbaric and urging voters to consider the issue in November's midterm elections.

Uganda's Museveni swears in 3 ministers at State House in Entebbe after dual citizenship disputes are resolved. Adonia Ayebare, who renounced his U.S. citizenship, replaces Jeje Odongo as foreign affairs minister.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday swore in Adonia Ayebare as the country's new minister of foreign affairs after Ayebare renounced his U.S. citizenship, along with two other ministers of state whose swearing-ins had been delayed over dual citizenship issues.