🇮🇱🇱🇧 — 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)

🇦🇿🇫🇷 — An Azerbaijani court sentenced a French national to 10 years in prison on espionage charges (RIA)

🇮🇷🇺🇸 — The US is responsible for a deadly attack on a school in Iran that left 168 people dead (Amnesty International)

🇦🇫 — Strong explosions are heard in Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP)

🇪🇺 — The EU has “no appetite” for changing the mandate of the European naval mission Aspides (EU foreign policy chief)