Riyadh

RIYADH - Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz came from behind to defeat Serbia's Novak Djokovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in a season-opening exhibition match in Riyadh on Wednesday evening.

Djokovic and Alcaraz, the world number one and world number two in men's tennis singles, produced an excellent display that looked like a taster of highly interesting trophy battles to come next year.

Yemen's internationally recognised government has welcomed U.N.-led efforts to end the country's civil war after the warring parties committed to take steps towards a ceasefire.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has announced that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is set to visit Türkiye soon, marking the eighth meeting of the high-level cooperation council between the two nations.

During his address at the parliament's budget talks on Dec. 21, Fidan did not provide an exact date for Raisi's visit but touched on Türkiye's relations with Iran.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed staunch support for Palestinians in Gaza, pledging not to relinquish "a single inch of Gaza's land to Israel" amid the ongoing conflict with militant group Hamas.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan heads to New York on Nov. 29 to participate in a U.N. Security Council session, focusing on the escalating tensions in Gaza.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has engaged in discussions with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, and Zhai Jun, China's special envoy to the Middle East, to address the recent developments in Gaza.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be tried at the International Court of Justice in The Hague amid escalating tensions in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has engaged in a telephone conversation with Qatari Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani to address the escalating situation in Gaza.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has underlined the key role of Türkiye in bringing about concrete proposals for the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian question, stressing that Türkiye's doors are open to everyone who wants peace and stability in the region.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticized the Western countries for remaining silent on the massacre in Palestine on Nov. 11 at the joint Arab-Islamic summit in the Saudi capital of Riyadh.