🇺🇦🇦🇲🇷🇺 - Armenia denies Ukraine's intelligence report claiming Russia is increasing its military footprint in the country:

The territory of the Republic of Armenia cannot be used by third countries to carry out military actions against any of the neighboring states.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 - Israel to ask US President Donald Trump for approval to strike Iranian threats as soon as they emerge.

🇩🇪🇨🇳 - Germany accuses China of targeting an aircraft with a military laser during a mission in the Red Sea.

🇸🇾 - Reports indicate SDF commander Mazloum Abdi has arrived in Damascus, Syria.

🇱🇾🇪🇺 - Libya's GNS expels several EU interior ministers after canceling their visit due to alleged violations.

🇺🇸🇦🇲🇦🇿 - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expresses hope a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be reached soon.

🇮🇶 - Clashes erupt between the Harki tribe and government-backed Peshmerga in the Erbil governorate, Kurdistan Region.

🇫🇷🇹🇷 - Turkey rejects France's criticism of its judicial proceedings as interference.

🇧🇩 - BBC says former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina authorized the use of lethal force against protesters in 2024.

🇸🇾 - Syria welcomes the decision to reinstate its membership in the Union for the Mediterranean.

🇺🇸🇸🇾 - US special envoy Thomas Barrack rejects all attempts at federalism in Syria.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Hamas agrees to release ten Israeli hostages.

🇦🇿🇷🇺 - Sources say Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev declined to meet a Russian envoy sent to ease the bilateral tensions.

🇫🇷🇬🇧 - France and the UK agree to "coordinate" their nuclear deterrents.

🇦🇪🇦🇲🇦🇿 - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev meet in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

🇧🇦- Al Jazeera Balkans, based in Bosnia, shuts down after 14 years of operation.

🇷🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Serbia offers to host talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says 100,000 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine.

🇪🇺🇷🇺🇺🇦 - EU to invest €10 billion to rebuild Ukraine.

🇸🇾🇺🇳 - UN report finds no clear evidence of active ties between the Syrian government and Al-Qaeda.

🇹🇷🇮🇶 - PKK begins the symbolic handover of its weapons near Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.