WORLD HIGHLIGHTS

►Mexico MEXICO CITY

Mexico City's Benito Juarez International Airport resumed operations on Saturday after it suspended flights for hours due to ash spewing from nearby Popocatepetl volcano.

►France PARIS

Governments should consider vaccinating birds against bird flu to avoid the virus – which has already killed hundreds of millions of birds and infected mammals worldwide – turning into a new pandemic, the head of the World Animal Health Organisation (WOAH) said.

►El Salvador SAN SALVADOR

At least 12 people died and an unspecified number were injured in a stampede at a soccer stadium in El Salvador on Saturday, the Central American government tweeted.

►Israel JERUSALEM

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-gvir visited the flashpoint Al-aqsa mosque compound yesterday, police said, a controversial move by the extreme-right politician amid heightened tensions in annexed east Jerusalem.

►Burkina Faso OUAGADOUGOU

At least twelve civilians were killed in an attack by suspected jihadists in an area of western Burkina Faso bordering Mali, a local official and residents said on Saturday.

►Lebanon TRIPOLI

The Lebanese army said on Saturday it had arrested a prominent Al Qaeda leader in Deir Ammar town, northeast of the city of Tripoli.

►Iran SISTAN-BALUCHISTAN

Six Iranian border guards were killed yesterday during clashes with an armed group in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-baluchistan, local media reported.

►Japan HIROSHIMA

UN Secretary-general Antonio Guterres said yesterday that it was time to reform both the Security Council and Bretton Woods to align with the "realities of today's world". AGENCIES