🇹🇷🇦🇿 - Turkey launches the construction of a railway line connecting Kars to Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.

🇮🇹🇺🇦 - Italian court upholds the arrest of a Ukrainian national suspected of involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline.

🇺🇳🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects the UN report declaring famine in Gaza.

🇦🇿 - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev says the country "must be ready for war" at any moment.

🇰🇷🇰🇵 - North Korea accuses the South Korean military of firing warning shots near the border.

🇰🇷🇰🇵 - South Korean military confirms it fired warning shots after North Korean troops briefly crossed the border.

🇦🇲🇷🇺 - Protesters gather outside Russia's 102nd military base in Gyumri, calling for its withdrawal from Armenia.

🇰🇵🇷🇺🇺🇦 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his "heart aches" over the deaths of soldiers fighting for Russia.

🇦🇲 - Armenian government says it expects "little to no increase" in defense spending in next year's budget.

🇮🇱🇾🇪 - Israeli airstrikes target Sanaa, Yemen.

🇺🇸🇮🇶 - US military begins to withdraw from key bases in Iraq, reportedly expediting the process.

🇵🇰🇧🇩 - Pakistan and Bangladesh agree to strengthen their long-strained relations by boosting trade.

🇨🇩🇷🇼 - Rwanda rejects the accusations of massacres in the DRC by the Kigali-backed M23 rebels as baseless.

🇸🇾 - Local sources report the SDF is building up its forces in strategic towns near Raqqa, Syria.

🇨🇳🇰🇷 - Sources say South Korea is seeking to normalize relations with China and has conveyed this message to Beijing.

🇮🇱🇱🇧 - Israel says it would reduce its military presence in Lebanon if concrete steps are taken to disarm Hezbollah.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Israeli military launches an investigation following a deadly airstrike on a hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

🇵🇱🇺🇦 - Polish President Karol Nawrocki vetoes a bill aimed at extending state financial aid to Ukrainian refugees.

🇷🇸🇪🇺 - Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić says the country's future is with the EU.

🇺🇸🇰🇵 - US President Donald Trump says he would meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at some point.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he regrets the "tragic mishap" in Khan Yunis, Gaza.