🇸🇾 - 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.

🇨🇩🇷🇼 - Sources speaking to AFP say the DRC military has launched a counter-attack on "several fronts" against the M23.

🇱🇧🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Hezbollah says it will not intervene in case of "limited" strikes on Iran.

🇺🇸🇨🇺 - The US Department of the Treasury says oil can enter Cuba under certain conditions.

🇺🇸🇨🇺 - The Cuban Interior Ministry says it killed four people on a US-registered speedboat after it violated waters.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - US Vice President JD Vance says Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons.

🇰🇷🇰🇵 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rules out any discussion with South Korea.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls Iran's refusal to discuss ballistic missiles a "very big problem."

🇺🇸🇨🇺 - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio vows to "respond accordingly" once the facts of the shooting in Cuba are clear.

🇸🇾 - The Syrian government says it has exchanged prisoners with Druze factions in Suwayda.

🇮🇸🇪🇺 - The Icelandic government pledges to hold a referendum in the near future on restarting EU accession talks.

🇨🇺 - Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says the country will defend itself against any "terrorist and mercenary aggression."

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov denies there are "deadlines" to end the war in Ukraine.

🇵🇰🇦🇫 - Afghanistan's Taliban forces say they have launched "extensive retaliatory offensive operations" against Pakistan.

🇵🇰🇦🇫 - The Pakistani government says Afghanistan's "unprovoked action" is being given an "immediate response."

🇫🇷🇸🇪 - Swedish authorities say they jammed a drone near France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier in Malmö, Sweden.

🇦🇫 — A "huge explosion" was heard in Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP)

🇧🇦 - Bosnia's state broadcaster says a funding crisis may shut it down and end its post-war role of uniting the country.

🇵🇰🇦🇫 - The Pakistani government says its jets have carried out airstrikes in multiple cities of Afghanistan, including Kabul.