🇷🇸🇽🇰 - Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić accuses Kosovo of "trying to use this time before the war" to seek backing.

🇸🇴 - Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for an attack against a detention center in central Mogadishu, Somalia.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he hopes to bring back all hostages from Gaza "in the coming days."

🇺🇸🇷🇸 - US President Donald Trump withdraws Mark Brnovich's nomination as ambassador to Serbia.

🇬🇪 - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze vows to respond to the opposition following yesterday's protest.

🇷🇺🇺🇸🇻🇪 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov condemns the US strike on a vessel carrying drugs off the Venezuelan coast.

🇸🇾 - Local sources report "intense" clashes between the SDF and government forces near Dayr Hafir, Syria.

🇷🇺🇧🇦 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accuses the West of attempting to "dismantle" the Dayton Agreement.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - US President Donald Trump promises to tackle land-based drug trafficking when mentioning Venezuela.

🇦🇫🇺🇳 - UN Human Rights Council announces plans to investigate abuses in Afghanistan.

🇫🇷🇮🇷 - Iranian court announces the acquittal of the 18-year-old French tourist arrested for espionage in July.

🇬🇪 - Georgian prosecutors charge five opposition figures with attempting to overthrow the government.

🇪🇬🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Indirect talks aimed at ending the war in Gaza begin in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

🇪🇹🇪🇬 - Egyptian authorities blame Ethiopia's "reckless unilateral" management of its mega dam on the Blue Nile, the GERD, following floods.

🇸🇾 - Sources confirm government forces have sealed off the two Kurdish-majority neighborhoods of Aleppo, Syria.

🇸🇾 - Local sources report heavy clashes between the SDF and government forces in Aleppo, Syria.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 - US President Donald Trump says Hamas has agreed to "very important things" as part of his deal to end the war in Gaza.

🇸🇾 - SDF and government forces agree to a "comprehensive ceasefire" following the clashes in Aleppo, Syria.

🇷🇺🇪🇺 - EU announces plans to limit the travel of Russian diplomats within the bloc in response to a surge in sabotage attempts.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺 - US Department of Defense says it is still reviewing the AUKUS submarine deal involving the UK and Australia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Russia of using oil tankers for espionage and sabotage operations.