🇰🇵🇰🇷 — South Korea has resumed tourist rail service to the border with North Korea (Yonhap)

🇩🇯 — Djibouti’s president is expected to win a sixth term in the strategically located but stable country (Reuters)

🇲🇱🇲🇦 — Mali’s foreign minister says the country backs Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara (presser)

🇬🇩🇻🇪 — Venezuela’s president has arrived in Grenada for her first foreign visit since assuming power (teleSur)

🇮🇱🇱🇧 — Lebanon’s health ministry says Israel’s large-scale airstrikes on Beirut on Wednesday killed 303 people (NNA)

🇪🇺🇹🇲 — Traditionally isolated Turkmenistan appears to be warming up ties with the EU through energy cooperation (TCA)

🇲🇲🇵🇭 — The Philippines’ foreign minister says Myanmar’s new president cannot attend ASEAN summits (BBC Burmese)

🇪🇺 — The European Commission says the EU’s new biometric border control system is now “fully operational” (statement)

🇮🇷🇵🇰🇺🇸 — Pakistan’s government confirms that American and Iranian delegations will arrive in Islamabad for talks (X)

🇰🇿 — Kazakhstan’s oil is drawing renewed interest from Asian energy importers despite technical constraints (Nikkei Asia)

🇮🇱🇱🇧🇺🇸 — Lebanon’s presidency says its ambassador to the US held a phone call with her Israeli counterpart (statement)

🇮🇷🇵🇰 — The Iranian delegation has arrived in Pakistan’s Islamabad to take part in peace talks (Pakistan TV)

🇩🇯 — Djibouti’s president says he has been re-elected for a sixth term (X)

🇻🇪 — Venezuela’s political opposition calls for elections to be held in response to the “lack of leadership” (statement)

🇨🇳🇰🇵 — North Korea’s foreign minister hosted China’s foreign minister in Pyongyang and agreed to strengthen ties (KNCA)

🇷🇺🇺🇦 — Ukraine’s top negotiator says he sees progress toward a potential peace deal with Russia (Bloomberg)

🇮🇶🇯🇴 — Jordan’s energy ministry says it is assessing options to route Iraqi oil exports via the country’s territory (Rudaw)