🇪🇷🇸🇦 - Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki calls for cooperation between Red Sea ports during a meeting with Saudi authorities.

🇭🇰 - Hong Kong's oldest and last major opposition party disbands following a vote by its members.

🇬🇼 - ECOWAS threatens to impose "targeted sanctions" on anyone obstructing Guinea-Bissau's return to civilian rule.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 - US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff says a "lot of progress" was made during the latest peace talks with Ukraine.

🇺🇸🇸🇾 - Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa sends his condolences to the US following the attack in Palmyra.

🇱🇦🇹🇭🇰🇭 - Thai military says fuel transit to Laos has been halted for fear it could be diverted to Cambodia.

🇦🇿 - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announces plans to grant a historic amnesty to 20,000 people.

🇨🇳🇪🇺 - EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas accuses China of weaponizing economic ties for political gains.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - ICC judges reject Israel's request to halt investigations into the war in Gaza.

🇹🇷 - Turkish Defense Ministry says an unidentified drone was shot down by an F-16 fighter jet over the Black Sea.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Ukrainian officials say underwater drones struck and disabled a Russian Kilo-class attack submarine in the Black Sea.

🇸🇾 - SDF accuses factions affiliated with the Syrian government of shelling villages in a "dangerous escalation."

🇺🇸 - US President Donald Trump declares fentanyl a "weapon of mass destruction."

🇮🇶 - Iraqi Transport Ministry says direct flights from Europe have resumed following a 35-year hiatus.

🇨🇳🇹🇼 - The Taiwanese Defense Ministry says any sudden military attack by China will be met with a swift response.

🇦🇲🇹🇷 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says "symbolic steps" toward normalization with Armenia will be taken "starting early next year."

🇧🇾🇺🇸🇻🇪 - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he will grant asylum to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro if needed.

🇹🇷🇸🇾 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warns the SDF's refusal to integrate into the Syrian state could create a "crisis."

🇨🇾🇺🇳 - UN envoy María Ángela Holguín says she is cautiously optimistic about efforts to end Cyprus's division.

🇨🇱🇺🇸🇻🇪 - Chilean President-elect José Antonio Kast says he supports ending the "dictatorship" in Venezuela.

🇹🇷🇦🇿 - Azerbaijani lawmakers vote in favor of strengthening mutual military assistance with Turkey in the event of conflict.