KOSOVO: The Turkish commando battalion requested by Nato has arrived in Kosovo to assist in quelling recent violent unrest in the Balkan country.

The Turkish Defence Ministry shared a video on Sunday showing troops wearing the insignia of the Nato-led KFOR peacekeeping force departing Turkey and arriving in Kosovo.

IRAN: Iran’s foreign ministry announced it would reopen its diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia this week, restoring diplomatic ties after a seven-year rift.

The foreign ministry’s spokesman, Nasser Kanaani said that the Iranian embassy in Riyadh, its consulate general in Jeddah, and office of the permanent representative to the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation would officially reopen on Tuesday and Wednesday.

PALESTINE: A Palestinian toddler who was shot by Israeli troops last week in the occupied West Bank died of his wounds, Israeli hospital officials said on Monday.

Mohammed al-Tamimi was shot in the head last Thursday near his village of Nebi Saleh while riding in a car with his father. He was airlifted to Israel’s Sheba Hospital, which announced the two-year-old boy’s death.

The Israeli military has said soldiers opened fire after gunmen in the area shot at a nearby Jewish settlement.

POLAND: The European Union stepped up its rule-of-law fight with member state Poland today when the bloc’s highest court confirmed that Warsaw had refused to comply with EU rules on judicial independence for which it has already lost over half a billion euros in fines.

The European Court of Justice ruled today that Poland’s 2019 justice reform infringed EU law after the European Commission claimed that the Polish Supreme Court lacked the necessary independence and impartiality.