🇷🇺🇸🇾 - 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.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 - US President Donald Trump threatens to "go kill" Hamas members if they don't "stop killing people" in Gaza.

🇫🇷🇮🇷 - French Foreign Ministry condemns the "arbitrary" sentencing of the two French nationals accused of espionage.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 - US President Donald Trump says Russian President Vladimir Putin is "not ready" to make peace with Ukraine.

🇲🇬 - Coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina takes the oath of office and becomes Madagascar's President.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Hamas hands over the body of an Israeli hostage to the Red Cross in Gaza.

🇫🇷🇲🇬 - Air France announces the resumption of its flights to Madagascar.

🇲🇬🇪🇺 - EU calls for dialogue between "all relevant parties" in order to "return to democratic values" in Madagascar.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Israeli authorities confirm they have identified the dead Israeli hostage returned by Hamas on Friday.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - US officials say a military strike on a drug vessel in the Caribbean left two survivors on Thursday.

🇧🇩 - Bangladeshi prosecutors announce they are seeking the death penalty for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

🇮🇱 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will seek another term in 2026.

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