Syria's de facto ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Monday after a meeting with Qatar's state minister for foreign affairs that Qatar expressed a readiness to invest in Syria in sectors including energy and ports.Sharaa added that he invited Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to visit Syria.

Turkey is in close dialogue with Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, adding visits to Syria will increase from now on.Speaking after a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Erdogan said Turkey would provide the Syrian people with all the support they needed to consolidate their gains."In the future of Syria and our region, there is no place for any terrorist organisation, including Daesh and the PKK," he said, adding Turkey's unwavering line is to protect Syria's territorial integrity and unity under all circumstances.

Democratic US President Joe Biden on Monday vetoed legislation to add 66 new judges to understaffed federal courts nationally, a once widely bipartisan measure that lawmakers in his party began to abandon after Republican President-elect Donald Trump won the Nov. 5 election and chance to name the first batch of judges.The outgoing president made good on a veto threat issued two days before the bill on Dec. 12 passed the Republican-led US House of Representatives, dooming what would have been the first major expansion of the federal judiciary since 1990.

The Knesset plenum approved the recommendation to extend the validity of Israel's state of emergency status for an additional year, Israeli media reported during the early hours of Tuesday morning.The extension will be valid until December 15, 2025, and according to reports, 29 Knesset members supported the proposal, in contrast to seven who opposed it and two who abstained.

A US judge on Monday delayed a trial for the suspect in the second assassination attempt of President-elect Donald Trump until September 2025, according to a court order.