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🇿🇦🇨🇩🇺🇳 - The South African presidency says the country's troops serving with the UN in the DRC will be withdrawn.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

🇸🇦🇸🇾 - The Saudi government pledges to invest billions in Syria's energy, aviation, real estate, and telecom sectors.

🇺🇸🇨🇳 - The US Department of State accuses the Chinese government of conducting a secret nuclear test in 2020.

🇹🇷🇪🇺 - The EU and the Turkish government agree to continue work toward modernizing their customs union.

🇪🇹🇪🇷 - The Ethiopian government orders Eritrea to "immediately withdraw its troops" from the country's territory.

🇪🇹🇪🇷 - The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry accuses Eritrea of armed agression.

🇻🇪 - Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says one of her allies was kidnapped in Caracas after being freed.

🇭🇰 - A Hong Kong court sentences pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison under China's laws.

🇽🇰 - International war crimes prosecutors say they are seeking a 45-year prison sentence for former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi.

🇲🇽🇨🇺 - The Mexican Foreign Ministry says two ships carrying 814 tons of humanitarian aid are en route to Cuba.

🇷🇺🇺🇸🇨🇺 - The Kremlin accuses US President Donald Trump of "suffocating" Cuba.

🇻🇪 - Venezuelan prosecutors confirm the arrest of opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa shortly after his release from prison.

🇺🇸🇦🇲🇦🇿 - US Vice President JD Vance arrives in the South Caucasus to "advance" peace efforts in the region.