🇺🇸🇸🇾 - Syrian officials say US forces are expected to complete their withdrawal from the country within a month.

🇹🇩🇸🇩 - The Chadian government says it is closing the country's border with Sudan "until further notice."

🇵🇭 - Prosecutor at the ICC says former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte "authorized murders" as his hearing begins.

🇺🇸🇨🇺 - The Cuban Foreign Ministry accuses the US of trying to provoke a "humanitarian catastrophe" on the island.

🇨🇩🇧🇮 - Local authorities say the border between the DRC and Burundi, vital to the region's economy, has re-opened.

🇺🇸🇮🇶 - Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki rules out withdrawing his candidacy despite pressure from the US.

🇻🇪 - The Venezuelan government says it has begun converting the notorious Helicoide prison into a public community center.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - US President Donald Trump denies he has disagreements with his chief of staff over Iran.

🇹🇳 - A Tunisian court orders the release of a prominent critic of President Kais Saied only a year into his five-year sentence.

🇸🇰🇺🇦 - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico says the country will stop shipping emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine.

🇺🇳🇵🇰🇦🇫 - The UN says the latest Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan killed at least 13 civilians.

🇺🇸🇮🇶 - Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki pledges to keep weapons in "the hands of the state" if re-elected.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil urges the immediate release of former President Nicolás Maduro.

🇫🇷🇷🇺🇺🇦 - French President Emmanuel Macron says he does not believe peace in Ukraine is achievable on the short term.

🇵🇰🇦🇫 - Afghan state media say Taliban forces have launched an assault against Pakistani border posts.

🇫🇷🇳🇨 - French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu warns against maintaining the "status quo" in New Caledonia.

🇻🇪🇪🇺 - The EU says it will propose lifting sanctions on acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - US President Donald Trump says Iran is not yet agreeing to not possess nuclear weapons.

🇸🇾 - The Syrian Interior Ministry confirms there have been "mass escapes" of relatives of jihadists from the al-Hawl camp.

🇩🇪🇨🇳 - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says China has placed an order with Airbus for up to 120 aircraft.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Bloomberg says Iran's oil industry is expediting exports in anticipation of a potential war with the US.