TEHRAN, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud will make a visit to Iran's capital Tehran on Saturday, the semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported Thursday.

During the visit, the top Saudi diplomat will hold talks with Iranian officials, the report said.

Earlier media reports said Saudi Arabia will likely reopen its embassy in Tehran during the minister's trip to Iran.

NAIROBI, June 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eight Kenyan police officers were killed when their vehicle was blown up by an improvised explosive device in a suspected attack by Somalia-based militant group al-Shabaab, police said.

The incident took place on Tuesday in Garissa county in eastern Kenya, a region on the border with Somalia, where al-Shabaab has been waging a bloody insurgency against the fragile government in Mogadishu for more than 15 years.

“We lost eight police officers in this attack,” North Eastern Regional Commissioner John Otieno said.

14 June 2023; MEMO: Turkiye's President has dashed Sweden's hopes for NATO membership, saying that it should not expect any positive results until it prevents anti-Turkiye protests from taking place on Swedish soil.

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden is moving closer to another bid to host the Winter Olympics for the first time in what’s shaping up to be a race for the 2030 Games with only one obvious candidate.

Following a four-month feasibility study, Swedish sports officials said Thursday there is a desire for the Nordic country to stage the Olympics in Stockholm. It will be the ninth Winter Olympic bid for the nation that hosted the Summer Olympics in 1912.

ROME, June 15 (Reuters) - Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk in Rome later on Thursday, a government source said, after holding brief talks with Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani in the morning.

Talks between Meloni and Musk focused on the low birth rate in Italy, the issue of deregulation in the European Union and the risks related to the use of artificial intelligence, the source said.

15 June 2023; MEMO: The Israeli occupation army has reprimanded one of its soldiers over the killing of Palestinian toddler Mohammad Tamimi in Al-Nabi Saleh village in Ramallah earlier this month, news agencies reported on Wednesday.

SOUTHEASTERN UKRAINE, June 15 (Reuters) - Russia announced plans on Thursday to stage elections in occupied parts of Ukraine in just three months, Moscow's latest bid to signal it is in control even as a Ukrainian counteroffensive has pushed its forces back in some areas.

The Ukrainian assault is in its early stages, and military experts say the decisive battles still lie ahead. But corpses of Russian soldiers and burnt-out armoured vehicles lining the roadside in villages newly recaptured by Ukrainian troops attested to Kyiv's biggest advances since last year.

ST. PETERSBURG, June 15. /TASS/: Russia is negotiating a visa-free regime with six Latin American countries, Alexander Shchetinin, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Latin American department, told reporters on Thursday.

RAMALLAH, Jun 15 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday called for immediate international action, to protect the two-state solution from “Israel’s sabotage.”

He made the remarks at a meeting with European Union Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, Sven Koopmans, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, according to a statement by the prime minister’s office.

14 June 2023; MEMO: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) estimates that about 90 per cent of Syrians live below the poverty line, Anadolu Agency reports.

"Nearly 90 per cent of Syrians live below the poverty line, with more than 15 million needing humanitarian assistance, a trend that has been sustained over the past years," the ICRC said in a statement.

"The risk of collapse of Syria's critical infrastructure is a pressing concern," it added.

BERLIN, June 15 (Reuters) - One of two female tourists attacked by an American man near the world-famous Neuschwanstein Castle in southern Germany has died, German police said on Thursday.

A 21-year-old woman, who had to be taken to a hospital by helicopter, died overnight from serious injuries she sustained, while her 22-year-old companion was still in hospital, local police said in a statement.

A suspect has been arrested, police said.

UNITED NATIONS, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the international community to condemn hate speech, racism and acts of extremism.

The Security Council says that hate speech, racism, xenophobia, intolerance, gender discrimination and extremism can lead to conflict. Resolution 2686 was adopted to address the issue, calling on member states to publicly denounce such acts.