Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff on Saturday, Netanyahu's office said.Following the meeting with Netanyahu, Witkoff will speak with Qatar's prime minister and Egyptian representatives, it added.

US President Donald Trump stated that Canada "should become our Cherished 51st State," in a post on TruthSocial on Sunday.In his post, Trump queried why the US is paying "hundreds of Billions of Dollars to SUBSIDIZE Canada," stating that the US doesn't need anything Canada has. "We have unlimited energy, should make our own Cars, and have more Lumber than we can ever use." Trump continued.Canada is only viable through US subsidies, and that Canada should become the 51st State in order to get improved lower tax rates, "far better military protection," as well as "NO TARIFFS!," Trump concluded.

US President Donald Trump said he ordered military airstrikes on Saturday targeting a senior Islamic State attack planner and others from the organization in Somalia."These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies," Trump said in a post on Truth Social. "The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians."Saturday's strikes were carried out in the Golis Mountains, said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who added that an initial assessment indicated multiple operatives were killed. He said no civilians were harmed.Reuters could not independently verify those details.

Syria's transitional President Abu Mohammed al-Julani will visit Saudi Arabia on Sunday in his first foreign trip since he assumed power after a lightning rebel advance that ousted Bashar al-Assad in December, Syrian state news agency Sana reported.Julani will be accompanied by the country's foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani.

The Israel Police located weaponry, including fully loaded magazines and other ammunition, hiding in a concrete mixer in Sallama, a Bedouin village in northern Israel, amid a search of illegal residents originating from Jenin, according to Sunday reports in Israeli media.The police were investigating the illegal residents last week and have since indicted both the illegal resident and his employer, who is also an illegal resident, at the Acre Magistrate's Court.

Jordan's King Abdullah will meet with the US President Donald Trump on Feb. 11 at the White House, the Jordanian state news agency reported on Sunday.