🇳🇬 - ECOWAS announces plans to establish a 260,000-strong counter-terrorism force.

🇮🇷🇺🇳 - European powers trigger the UN "snapback" mechanism to reimpose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear activities.

🇮🇹🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani expresses doubts about the possibility of ending the war in Ukraine this year.

🇧🇦 - Bosnian election authorities call early elections in Republika Srpska, scheduled for November.

🇵🇰🇦🇫 - Afghanistan's Taliban-led government accuses the Pakistani military of carrying out deadly drone strikes.

🇱🇧🇺🇳 - UN Security Council unanimously approves the extension of UNIFIL's mandate until the end of 2026, marking its final renewal.

🇮🇷🇺🇳 - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the UN's "unjustified and illegal" sanctions will be met with a response.

🇦🇲🇵🇰 - Pakistan agrees to "consider establishing" diplomatic relations with Armenia.

🇩🇪🇷🇺🇺🇦 - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the war in Ukraine could go on for "many more months" despite recent efforts.

🇪🇺🇷🇺🇺🇦 - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says Russia will "stop at nothing" to "terrorize" Ukraine following the recent attack on Kyiv.

🇱🇧🇺🇳 - Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam welcomes the extension of UNIFIL's mandate.

🇮🇳🇵🇰 - Pakistani officials blame India for worsening the recent floods by opening the floodgates of its dams.

🇰🇷🇰🇵 - South Korean analysts report North Korea's economy grew at its fastest pace in eight years in 2024.

🇬🇷🇹🇷 - Turkish Foreign Ministry warns Greece of a crisis with "geostrategic costs" because of its allegedly anti-Turkish rhetoric.

🇭🇹🇺🇳 - UN Security Council reviews a draft resolution aimed at strengthening the force fighting armed gangs in Haiti.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇺🇳 - US Department of State announces it will deny or revoke visas for Palestinian officials seeking to attend the UN General Assembly.

🇮🇱🇾🇪 - Houthis announce the deaths of several of their political leaders in the latest Israeli raid.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - CCTV footage shows US warships entering the Panama Canal en route to the Venezuelan coast.

🇱🇾 - Sources claim the LNA has raised its level of readiness.

🇮🇱🇾🇪 - IDF confirms the death of Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirms the death of Hamas military spokesperson Abu Obeida.