🇺🇸 — Officials say the US military is withdrawing all its forces from Syria (WSJ)

🇩🇪🇨🇳 - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will seek to establish "strategic partnerships" with China.

🇩🇪🇮🇶 - The German military says it has withdrawn some troops from Iraq due to "escalating tensions" in the region.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Gaza will not be rebuilt if Hamas does not disarm.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - US President Donald Trump says he is giving himself "ten days" to decide whether a deal with Iran is possible.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 - US President Donald Trump says the country will contribute $10 billion to his "Board of Peace."

🇰🇷 - A South Korean court sentences former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison for imposing martial law in 2024.

🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇱 - The Polish Defense Ministry calls on France and Italy to increase their spending to strengthen the EU and NATO.

🇬🇷🇹🇷 - The Turkish Defense Ministry condemns Greece's "unilateral activities" in energy fields south of Crete.

🇵🇰🇦🇫 - The Pakistani Foreign Ministry says it has summoned a senior Afghan diplomat following a deadly suicide attack.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi says the US has not asked for "zero enrichment."

🇻🇪 - Venezuelan lawmakers approve a law granting amnesty to hundreds of people targeted for political reasons.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - US President Donald Trump says he is considering a limited military strike on Iran.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denies his country is losing the war against Russia.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Hamas says it accepts foreign forces in the Gaza Strip, provided they do not interfere in "internal affairs."

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - US President Donald Trump says 32,000 protesters were killed in Iran over a "relatively short period of time."

🇮🇱🇱🇧 - Lebanese state media says Israeli raids in the Beqaa Valley killed six people.

🇨🇳🇯🇵 - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warns of growing "coercion" by China.

🇰🇵 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praises the country's "great transformation" at the ruling party's congress.

🇻🇪 - Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez says the country is becoming more "democratic, fair, and free."

🇮🇱🇱🇧 - Hezbollah vows "resistance" as the only option following deadly Israeli raids in Lebanon.