🇱🇾 - Local media say "hundreds" are attending the funeral of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in Bani Walid, a loyalist tribal stronghold.

🇨🇳🇺🇸🇮🇷 - The Chinese Foreign Ministry says it backs Iran's interests and opposes "unilateral pressure or interference."

🇵🇰 - Conflict monitor ACLED says the mosque bombing in Islamabad was the city's deadliest in over a decade.

🇴🇲🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the talks in Oman are off to a "good start" and set to continue.

🇱🇾 - Seif al-Islam Gaddafi's media team says LNA commander Khalifa Haftar prevented the funeral from taking place in Sirte.

🇵🇰 - ISIS claims responsibility for the deadly bombing in Islamabad, Pakistan.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the US is seeking to end the war with Russia by June.

🇮🇶🇺🇸🇸🇾 - Iraqi authorities say they have received 2,250 ISIS prisoners from Syria in coordination with the US-led coalition.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the country's ballistic missile program is not up for negotiation.

🇩🇿🇦🇪 - Algerian state media says the country has begun to terminate its air services deal signed with the UAE in 2013.

🇩🇰🇺🇸🇬🇱 - The Danish Foreign Ministry says the situation with the US over Greenland is improving, but the crisis is not over.

🇵🇰 - The Pakistani military says it has concluded a week-long operation against separatists in Balochistan.

🇦🇺🇮🇩 - The Australian and Indonesian governments say they have reached an agreement on a joint security treaty.

🇮🇶 - Local officials in western Iraq warn of increasing activities by ISIS following two recent suicide bombings.

🇰🇵 - North Korean state television says the ruling party will convene its ninth congress in late February.

🇨🇳🇿🇦 - The South African government says it has signed an economic partnership framework agreement with China.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the country will not abandon its nuclear program.

🇪🇹🇪🇷 - The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry says the Eritrean government "has chosen the path of further escalation."

🇲🇽🇨🇺 - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announces plans to send humanitarian aid to Cuba in the coming days.

🇿🇦🇨🇩🇺🇳 - The South African presidency says the country's troops serving with the UN in the DRC will be withdrawn.

🇵🇰 - Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi says four people linked to the bombing in Islamabad have been arrested.