🇲🇬 - Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina says he survived an assassination attempt and is now in a "safe place."

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Hamas says it expects "more complex" negotiations on the next phase of US President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - US President Donald Trump says he has ordered a military strike against a drug vessel off the Venezuelan coast.

🇸🇾 - Syrian election authorities certify the results of the first parliamentary elections held under the transitional government.

🇫🇷🇮🇷 - Iranian court sentences two French nationals to heavy prison sentences for espionage.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Israeli authorities confirm they have identified the four dead hostages returned by Hamas on Monday.

🇲🇬 - Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina rejects the parliament's vote to impeach him as "null and void."

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Hamas hands over the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza.

🇲🇬 - Madagascar's elite military unit announces it is now "taking over" the country.

🇷🇸🇪🇺 - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urges Serbia to "get concrete" about joining the EU.

🇷🇺🇸🇾 - Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia.

🇫🇷🇲🇬 - French Foreign Ministry urges Madagascar's new leaders to preserve democracy and the rule of law.

🇷🇺🇸🇾 - Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa says he wants to "redefine" the country's ties with Russia.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - NYT reports US President Donald Trump has authorized the CIA to carry out covert "lethal operations" in Venezuela.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - IDF says one of the four bodies handed over by Hamas on Tuesday is not a missing hostage.

🇲🇬 - African Union announces the suspension of Madagascar from its bodies "with immediate effect."

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - US President Donald Trump says he is considering ground military strikes against Venezuelan cartels.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Hamas hands over the bodies of two Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇳 - US President Donald Trump says Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pleged to stop buying Russian oil.

🇲🇬 - Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina confirms he left the country.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Israeli authorities confirm they have identified the two dead Israeli hostages returned by Hamas on Wednesday.