Mali: JNIM militants kidnapped two UAE nationals and an Iranian from a light aircraft hangar near Kati, 30 km from Bamako.

Sudan’s Social Welfare Minister:

Rapid Support Forces (RSF) forcibly recruited 9,000 children amid atrocities.

NEW: UAE-backed RSF militants reportedly launched a drone strike this morning on El Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan.

Italy's Meloni on Gaza:

Israel has exceeded the limit with a large-scale war.

But we do not side with those who blame Israel alone, because Hamas unleashed the war.

Israel must free itself from the trap of this war.

Italy's Meloni:

We believe Israel has no right to prevent a future Palestinian state or build new West Bank settlements.

Recognition of Palestine needs two preconditions: release of all Israeli hostages and Hamas’s renunciation of any role in Palestine’s government.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjártó:

No war, no migration, no gender.

This is the Hungarian recipe.

Trump's envoy Witkoff on Gaza:

We are confident that we will be able to announce some sort of a breaktrough in the coming days.

US Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack:

What Trump did with Steve (Witkoff) was not diplomacy, it was "event-driven surgery."

US Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack:

Trump did not make the regime change from Assad.

Trump's envoy Witkoff:

Iran is in a tough position. We have no desire to hurt them. Snapbacks are the right medicine for what is happening.

US Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack:

Türkiye has been our greatest ally in NATO, NATO being Europe, and Europe won't let them into the EU.

Trump's envoy Witkoff:

JD Vance is not an ordinary Vice President, he is a real deal diplomat and he is incredibly bright.

Finnish President Stubb:

Russia has no right to continue its aggression on Ukraine.

Israel has no right to violate international law in Palestine.

States have no right to use Sudanese or Congolese territories for proxy wars.

Finnish President Stubb on the UN:

No single state should have a veto power.

If a Security Council member violates the U.N Charter, its voting rights should be suspended.

Denmark will strengthen its "drone detection and neutralization capabilities."

Source: AFP

Italian Defense Ministry:

We will send a second naval ship to escort the aid flotilla heading to Gaza.

Malawi: Former President Peter Mutharika won the election with 57%, defeating incumbent Lazarus Chakwera.

Netanyahu’s plane avoided French airspace en route to New York due to an ICC arrest warrant, flying only through Greek and Italian airspace and bypassing other European countries.

Source: Amichai Stein

Footage showing Russian strikes on a Ukrainian Armed Forces training unit in the Chernihiv region.

Kenya signed a defence cooperation deal with Ethiopia in Addis Ababa.

Kenya: Government banned Hizb ut-Tahrir, designating it a terrorist group and criminalizing all forms of support or membership.