🇷🇺🇺🇦 - 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.

🇸🇾 - SDF says it remains committed to achieving a decentralized Syria.

🇱🇧🇵🇸 - Palestinian factions in refugee camps begin to hand over their weapons to the Lebanese military.

🇨🇴 - Car bombing kills five people and injures 37 others near a military base in Cali, Colombia.

🇺🇸🇸🇾 - US military announces the death of a senior ISIS official following a raid in Atimah, Syria.

🇵🇸🇺🇳 - UN declares famine in Gaza, a first in the Middle East.

🇮🇷 - Iran and European leaders agree to resume discussions on nuclear and sanctions issues next week.

🇹🇷🇦🇿 - Turkey launches the construction of a railway line connecting Kars to Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.

🇮🇹🇺🇦 - Italian court upholds the arrest of a Ukrainian national suspected of involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline.

🇺🇳🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects the UN report declaring famine in Gaza.

🇦🇿 - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev says the country "must be ready for war" at any moment.

🇰🇷🇰🇵 - North Korea accuses the South Korean military of firing warning shots near the border.