Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has claimed he was the target of an attempted poisoning after receiving chocolate and jam allegedly laced with toxic substances.

Multiple explosions were reported in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Reuters witnesses said, sending smoke rising over the Katara District.

Iranian intelligence services have reportedly thwarted a major assassination attempt targeting Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran, according to a senior government adviser.

Libyan Minister of State for the Prime Minister and Cabinet Affairs, Adel Jumaa, survived an assassination attempt on Wednesday morning while traveling in his car on a highway in Tripoli.

Slovak Member of Parliament and Prime Minister Robert Fico's adviser, Jan Mazgut, has warned of the continued risk of an attempted assassination against the premier.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was critically injured in an assassination attempt on May 15, revealed that he has faced another close call since then.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is poised to return on Saturday to Butler, Pennsylvania, the location of a July assassination attempt against him.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has received an envelope containing a bullet from an unknown sender, according to the government.