🇸🇾 — Syria’s government says that the SDF will release 600 prisoners as part of integration agreements.

🇩🇪🇮🇷 — Iran’s ambassador to Berlin urges Germany to “clarify” the role of Ramstein Air Base in the war (AFP)

🇮🇷🇮🇱 — Israel’s prime minister says that Iran no longer has the capability to enrich uranium or produce missiles.

🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸 — Israel’s prime minister denies that he dragged the US into a war against Iran.

🇦🇲🇹🇷 — Turkey’s energy minister confirms that talks are underway with Armenia to link their energy grids.

🇪🇺🇩🇪 — Germany’s foreign minister says that several countries could be ready to join the EU within two years.

🇱🇾 — Libya’s National Oil Corporation says that is has fully contained a fire ​on a crude oil pipeline in the Sahara.

🇱🇰🇺🇸 — Sri Lanka’s president says that he blocked two US warplanes from using the country’s airports in March.

🇮🇷🇺🇸 — The US is considering occupying or blockading Iran’s Kharg Island (sources to Axios)

🇮🇷🇮🇱 — Israel’s military says that it is carrying out strikes along the coast of the Caspian Sea in Nur, Iran.

🇫🇷🇮🇶 — French prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for a jihadist charged with the Yazidi genocide (AFP)

🇫🇷🇷🇺 — French maritime authorities report that they have seized tanker from Russia in the Mediterranean Sea.

🇦🇿🇮🇷🇷🇺 — Russia’s emergency situations ministry says that it sent humanitarian aid to Iran via Azerbaijan.

🇮🇶 — NATO confirms that it is adjusting the structure of its mission in Iraq due to regional tensions.

🇨🇳🇲🇴 — Lawmakers in Chinese-ruled Macau passed a law allowing closed-door trials for national security reasons (AP)

🇫🇷🇮🇷 — France’s foreign minister warns that there is “no obvious short-term way out” of the conflict in Iran.

🇦🇫🇮🇷🇵🇰 — Iran’s supreme leader calls on Afghanistan and Pakistan to improve their ties and offer his mediation.

🇹🇩🇭🇹 — Senior Chadian officials say that the country will deploy 800 police officers to fight gangs in Haiti (Reuters)

🇨🇭 — Switzerland’s government pledges to bolster the country’s ground-based air defenses with European systems.

🇧🇫 — Over 50% of the deaths attributed to terrorism in 2025 occurred in the Sahel, with Burkina Faso as the epicenter (IEP)

🇮🇷🇺🇸 — The White House says that the US can “take out” Iran’s Kharg Island at “any time.”