🇪🇹 - 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."

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

🇪🇹 - TPLF accuses the Ethiopian military of carrying out a drone strike, causing casualties.

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

🇪🇹 - TPLF warns the Pretoria Agreement, which ensures peace with the Ethiopian government, is now in serious jeopardy.

🇵🇰🇦🇫 - Afghan authorities insist the ceasefire with Pakistan will hold despite the collapse of the peace talks.

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

🇵🇰🇦🇫 - The Taliban-led Afghan government confirms the failure of the peace talks and blames Pakistan for it.

🇸🇾 - Syrian Interior Ministry says several anti-ISIS operations have been launched and will continue for several days.