🇮🇱🇱🇧 - Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam says the discussions with Israel are not peace talks.

🇮🇶 - Iraqi military blames "outlawed elements" for the attack on the Khor Mor gas field, Kurdistan Region.

🇨🇳🇹🇼 - Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te calls on China to "focus" on its "struggling" economy.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Israeli media report the death of the head of an armed Palestinian faction opposed to Hamas in Gaza.

🇺🇸 - US military announces the launch of its first one-way-attack drone squadron based in the Middle East.

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

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Israeli military says 40 Hamas militants trapped in tunnels were killed below Rafah, Gaza.

🇰🇷🇰🇵 - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says he is considering apologizing to North Korea for past tensions.

🇷🇺🇮🇳 - Russian President Vladimir Putin expresses his support for India in its fight against terrorism as a "full ally."

🇸🇾 - Syrian central bank Governor Abdulkader Husrieh says the economy is growing faster than expected.

🇺🇸🇨🇩🇷🇼 - Rwandan President Paul Kagame and DRC President Felix Tshisekedi sign a peace deal in Washington DC, US.

🇸🇪🇷🇺🇺🇦 - The Swedish government announces plans to cut aid to countries to boost its support for Ukraine.

🇮🇱🇱🇧 - Hezbollah expresses its support for the Lebanese government's diplomatic approach toward Israel.

🇹🇳 - Tunisia's main union calls for a nationwide strike to protest against the crackdown on critics.

🇷🇺🇮🇳 - Russian President Vladimir Putin offers India uninterrupted fuel supplies.

🇺🇸🇸🇾🇱🇧 - US military congratulates Syrian security forces for intercepting shipments of weapons destined for Hezbollah.

🇮🇳🇨🇳 - WSJ says China is rapidly expanding its military footprint near India with new high-altitude airbases on the Tibetan Plateau.

🇺🇸🇱🇧 - US Department of State approves the potential sale of tactical vehicles to Lebanon for $90.5 million.

🇵🇰🇦🇫 - Pakistani and Afghan officials say their militaries are exchanging heavy fire along their border.

🇪🇬🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty calls for the rapid deployment of an international force in Gaza.

🇹🇷🇸🇾 - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan calls for the removal of non-Syrian elements from the SDF.