Middle East & North Africa

Algeria’s president won another term in a managed election, resolidifying the regime’s hold on power over a country facing widespread disillusionment.

France says it is committed to the rules-based order. In the Morocco-Western Sahara conflict, it chose short-term political benefits instead.

Israel and Hezbollah launched their heaviest exchange of cross-border fire since the war in Gaza began, although within hours the exchange appeared to have ended.