🇦🇺🇨🇳 - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit the country in 2026.

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

🇺🇸🇻🇳 - US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says he wants to deepen military ties with Vietnam.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Hamas denies accusations by the US military of its members looting humanitarian aid trucks in Gaza.

🇺🇸🇳🇬 - US President Donald Trump says he is not ruling out anything in terms of military intervention in Nigeria.

🇸🇩 - ICC says it is collecting evidence of mass killings committed by the RSF in al-Fashir, Sudan.

🇺🇸🇰🇷🇰🇵 - South Korean Defense Ministry says US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited the DMZ along the border with North Korea.

🇹🇭🇰🇭 - Officials confirm Thailand and Cambodia have begun withdrawing heavy weapons along their border.

🇺🇦🇪🇺 - European Commission says Ukraine is showing "remarkable commitment" to joining the EU.

🇺🇸🇳🇬 - Nigerian advisers say US assistance in the fight against terrorism must respect the country's sovereignty.

🇷🇸🇽🇰 - Kosovo's police accuse Serbian officers of carrying out an abduction before retreating back across the border.

🇺🇸🇮🇶 - Iraqi Defense Minister Thabit al-Abbasi says US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned him of imminent military operations in the region.

🇩🇪🇸🇾 - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says Syrian refugees must return home or be deported.

🇦🇺🇨🇳 - Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles says China's military build-up demands a response.

🇫🇷🇩🇿 - French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu says he wants to renegotiate agreements with Algeria as soon as possible.

🇺🇸🇧🇾 - US Department of the Treasury eases some sanctions against Belarus, including those targeting the presidential plane.

🇫🇷🇮🇷 - French President Emmanuel Macron announces the release of the two French nationals detained in Iran.

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

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - NYT reports the US Department of Justice is working on a legal justification to expand military action against Venezuela.

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

🇺🇸🇲🇱 - US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau says he spoke with Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop.