🇰🇿🇺🇳 — Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev may run for UN Secretary-General (Kazakh diplomatic source via Reuters)

🇽🇰🇷🇸 — Kosovo will enforce a foreigners law, sparking fear among Serbs that they may be forced to leave (Balkan Insight)

🇧🇾 — The ICC has opened a probe into the alleged forced deportation of opponents by Belarus (Office of the Prosecutor)

🇸🇦 — Saudi Arabia intercepted 10 drones in its eastern regions (Saudi Defense Ministry)

🇮🇱🇱🇧 — Israel has no plans for direct talks with Lebanon (Israeli Foreign Minister)

🇺🇬 — Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has temporarily left his country after two months in hiding (statement on X)

🇮🇹🇰🇼🇺🇸 — A drone struck the Italian-American base in Kuwait without causing any injuries (Italian Defense Ministry)

🇨🇺 — Anti-government protesters vandalized a Communist Party office in central Cuba (Invasor)

🇸🇾 — 40% of the old Syrian currency has been exchanged for the new one (Governor of the Central Bank of Syria)

🇪🇺 — The EU will consider extending the European naval mission Aspides to the Strait of Hormuz (official via FT)

🇦🇫🇨🇳🇹🇯 — China will fund nine “border facilities” along Tajikistan’s border with Afghanistan (Sadoi Mardum)

🇱🇧🇺🇳 — UNIFIL peacekeepers were fired upon in southern Lebanon, “likely by non-state armed groups” (UNIFIL)

🇦🇫🇵🇰 — Pakistan carried out overnight strikes in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province (Pakistani Information Minister)

🇮🇳🇮🇷 — India believes that talks with Iran are the best way to reopen the Strait of Hormuz (Indian Foreign Minister via FT)

🇦🇲🇷🇺 — Armenia rejected Russian humanitarian aid meant for refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh (Russian Foreign Ministry)

🇦🇪 — A “drone-related incident” sparked a fire near the UAE’s Dubai International Airport (Dubai Media Office)

🇹🇷 — Turkey currently accounts for 65% of the global military drone market (Turkish Industry Minister)

🇮🇷🇦🇪 — The UAE intercepted multiple missiles and drones launched from Iran (UAE Defense Ministry)

🇸🇦 — Saudi Arabia shot down 60 drones since midnight local time (Saudi Defense Ministry)

🇰🇪🇷🇺🇺🇦 — Kenya and Russia agreed that Kenyan nationals will no longer fight in Ukraine (Kenyan Foreign Minister)

🇮🇶🇲🇦 — Morocco plans to repatriate its citizens who fought for ISIS from Iraq (Moroccan security official via Reuters)