🇷🇺 - Russian authorities impose new restrictions on Telegram over alleged legal violations.

🇰🇬 - Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov dismisses security chief Kamchybek Tashiev, a long-time ally, to "prevent divisions."

🇪🇺 - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urges the EU to simplify its regulations.

🇻🇪🇮🇱 - The Venezuelan government rejects reports claiming the country exported crude oil to Israel as "fake."

🇺🇸🇲🇽 - US officials say drones belonging to Mexican cartels violated cross-border airspace before being "disabled."

🇬🇷🇹🇷 - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara, Turkey.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - The Israeli government approves new measures to extend its control over the West Bank.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian say the country will not yield to "excessive demands" on its nuclear program.

🇺🇸🇸🇾 - Sources say US-led coalition forces have withdrawn from the strategic al-Tanf military base in southern Syria.

🇺🇸🇮🇱 - US President Donald Trump says his "very good" meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is over.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - WSJ says the US Department of Defense is preparing to deploy a second aircraft carrier near Iran.