🇰🇬 - OSCE election observers say the recent parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan took place in a context of limited freedoms.

🇮🇶🇸🇾 - PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan urges the SDF to integrate into the Syrian military.

🇺🇸🇸🇾 - US President Donald Trump expresses his satisfaction with the progress made by the Syrian leadership.

🇮🇶 - Reports indicate renewed clashes between the Harki tribe and government-backed Peshmerga in the Kurdistan Region.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇸🇾 - US President Donald Trump calls for Israel to "maintain a strong and true dialogue" with Syria.

🇧🇾🇪🇺 - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU is preparing sanctions against Belarus.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - White House says US President Donald Trump will convene his National Security Council to discuss Venezuela.

🇳🇬 - Nigerian Defense Minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar resigns.

🇷🇺🇸🇩 - WSJ says Sudan's military government offered Russia a 25-year deal for a naval base on the Red Sea.

🇺🇦 - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says there is no consensus on Ukraine's membership.

🇷🇺🇹🇯🇦🇫 - Security sources report Tajikistan is in talks with Russia about helping to guard its border with Afghanistan.

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

🇷🇺 - Russian President Vladimir Putin warns European powers will be defeated if they seek war.

🇬🇼 - Guinea-Bissau's electoral commission says the presidential election process cannot be completed.

🇦🇲🇪🇺 - EU unveils a $12 million initiative to counter "hybrid threats" in Armenia ahead of the parliamentary elections.

🇦🇺🇨🇳 - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the Chinese military is frequently reaching further into the Pacific.

🇦🇲🇹🇷 - Bloomberg says Turkish authorities plan to open the border with Armenia within the next six months.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Israeli authorities say the body returned by Hamas on Tuesday is not that of a hostage.

🇮🇱🇱🇧 - Israeli government confirms the existence of direct talks with Lebanese representatives.

🇵🇰🇦🇫 - Pakistani and Afghan officials say a new round of peace talks between the two countries has failed to produce a breakthrough.

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