🇧🇫🇺🇳 - Burkina Faso declares a UN regional coordinator persona non grata over a report on child rights violations.

🇸🇾 - Sources claim the Syrian government is preparing to launch an offensive against the SDF by October.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 - US President Donald Trump promises he will be involved in Ukraine's future security.

🇲🇲 - Myanmar authorities plan to hold the first phase of general elections in December.

🇦🇲🇮🇷 - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrives in Armenia to discuss the regional situation.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇱🇧 - US special envoy Thomas Barrack says Israel should "comply" with Lebanon's plan to disarm Hezbollah.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - US officials confirm the deployment of three warships off the Venezuelan coast to counter drug-related threats.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 - US President Donald Trump says Russia is ready to accept security guarantees for Ukraine.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announces the deployment of 4.5 million militiamen in response to "threats" by the US.

🇧🇦 - Bosnian court rejects an appeal by Srpska President Milorad Dodik against his removal from office.

🇦🇲🇮🇷 - Armenia and Iran agree to elevate their relations to the level of strategic partnership.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is ready to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

🇰🇷🇰🇵 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calls for a rapid expansion of the country's nuclear arsenal.

🇮🇳🇨🇳 - India and China agree to resume direct flights and step up trade and investment flows.

🇦🇲🇦🇿 - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reaffirms the country will maintain control over the future transport routes.

🇨🇳🇦🇫 - China expresses interest in Afghanistan's participation in the Belt and Road Initiative.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - IDF says the first stage of its planned assault on Gaza City has begun.

🇮🇷🇦🇲🇦🇿 - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the Caucasus must not become a theater of geopolitical rivalry.

🇱🇧🇵🇸 - Sources say the Lebanese military will begin to seize weapons from Palestinian refugee camps today.

🇱🇹🇧🇾 - Lithuanian authorities declare a no-fly zone along parts of the border with Belarus following repeated drone incursions.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - 21 countries sign a joint statement condemning Israel's plan to expand its settlements in the West Bank.