🇷🇺 - Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is considering resuming testing nuclear weapons.

🇦🇲🇦🇿 - Authorities confirm a train carrying wheat has arrived in Armenia after transiting through Azerbaijani territory.

🇺🇸🇸🇩 - White House says it is working with other countries to end the war in Sudan.

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

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

🇺🇸🇸🇾 - Reuters reports the US is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus, Syria.

🇮🇱🇪🇬 - Israeli military declares the border with Egypt a closed military zone to combat arms smuggling by drones.

🇮🇱🇱🇧 - Israeli military announces it will strike Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon.

🇪🇹 - Authorities in Ethiopia's Afar region say they are under attack by forces from the neighboring Tigray region.

🇸🇾 - SDF claims to be preparing for the possibility of war against Syrian government forces.

🇹🇿 - Observers from the African Union say the recent presidential election in Tanzania did not comply with democratic standards.

🇮🇱🇱🇧 - Israeli military says it struck sites belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

🇵🇰🇦🇫 - Pakistani military accuses Afghan forces of opening fire at the border.

🇸🇾🇺🇳 - UN Security Council votes in favor of lifting all its sanctions against Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

🇺🇸🇸🇾 - Syrian Foreign Ministry denies the US is planning to establish a military base in Damascus.

🇮🇱🇱🇧 - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemns the recent Israeli airstrikes in the south of the country.

🇺🇸🇸🇩 - Sudan's RSF says it has accepted a humanitarian ceasefire proposed by the US.

🇵🇰🇦🇫 - Reports indicate peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have collapsed.

🇨🇭🇲🇱 - Swiss-based transport company MSC announces the suspension of its freight transport to Mali "until further notice."

🇺🇸 - US military announces plans to buy up to one million drones in the next two to three years.

🇫🇷🇲🇱 - French Foreign Ministry urges all nationals to temporarily leave Mali "as soon as possible."