🇷🇺🇧🇾 - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announces the deployment of Russia's Oreshnik missile system.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 - US President Donald Trump says he hopes Ukraine will "move quickly" in peace negotiations with Russia.

🇯🇵 - Japanese government reaffirms its commitment to never possess nuclear weapons.

🇱🇾 - Libya's GNU fires an air defense missile for the first time since 2011.

🇺🇸🇸🇾 - ISIS praises the killing of US and Syrian forces in Palmyra as a "blow" to its opponents.

🇩🇰🇾🇪 - Danish shipping company Maersk says one of its vessels successfully navigated the Red Sea for the first time in two years.

🇷🇺🇺🇸🇻🇪 - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio rules out the possibility of an escalation with Russia over Venezuela.

🇺🇸🇸🇩 - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says ending hostilities in Sudan is a goal for the new year.

🇧🇸🇽🇰 - Bahamas recognizes Kosovo's independence.

🇺🇸🇸🇾 - Locals report US airstrikes and missile launches against ISIS positions in the Syrian desert.

🇺🇸🇸🇾 - US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces the launch of "Operation Hawkaye Strike" against ISIS in Syria.

🇨🇳🇹🇭🇰🇭 - The Cambodian Foreign Ministry says Chinese envoys have traveled to Phnom Penh to ease tensions with Thailand.

🇺🇸🇸🇾 - US military confirms its forces struck more than 70 ISIS targets in Syria with precision munitions overnight.

🇷🇺🇺🇸🇦🇲 - The Kremlin expresses its readiness to participate in the US-backed transport route project in southern Armenia.

🇪🇺🇷🇺🇺🇦 - The EU agrees to lend Ukraine €90 billion over two years without using frozen Russian assets.

🇱🇧 - Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam says Hezbollah will be completely disarmed south of the Litani within "a few days."

🇵🇰🇱🇾 - The Pakistani military pledges to strengthen defense ties with the LNA during a visit in Benghazi, Libya.

🇦🇲🇷🇺 - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan asks Russia to "urgently" restore the railways near Turkey and Nakhchivan.

🇦🇷🇺🇸🇻🇪 - Argentine President Javier Milei says he welcomes the "pressure from the US" to "free the Venezuelan people."

🇧🇷🇺🇸🇻🇪 - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warns a war in Venezuela could spark a "humanitarian catastrophe."

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - Sources report the seizure of an oil tanker docked off the Venezuelan coast by US forces.