Ghana: IMF reaches staff-level deal on the fifth review of Ghana’s loan programme, unlocking $385 million and raising total disbursements to over $2.8 billion, pending board approval.

Burkina Faso: FM Karamoko Traoré said the country rejected a U.S. deportee proposal, calling it against “the dignity central to Captain Traoré’s vision.”

Trump personally guaranteed that the US would prevent Israel from breaking the new Gaza ceasefire — a promise that convinced Hamas to agree to the deal.

Source: Axios

Turkish President Erdogan:

We will swiftly deliver the humanitarian aid waiting on our ships in Egypt to Gaza.

Turkish President Erdogan on Gaza:

The consequences of returning to a genocidal situation would be severe.

Putin:

The current authorities in Afghanistan are doing everything to improve the situation in the country, but problems remain.

Putin:

Russia and Azerbaijan did not have a crisis in interstate relations.

We faced an "emotional crisis" due to a tragic event.

Putin:

Donald is trying, working on issues of achieving peace, here is a vivid example — the situation in the Middle East, if everything works out, because this is a historic event.

Putin:

There have been cases when the Nobel Committee awarded the prize to people who did nothing for peace.

The prestige of the prize has largely been lost.

Putin:

We will soon announce new weapons.

Putin:

Zelensky’s threats to strike the Kremlin with Tomahawks are not only part of blackmail but also posturing.

NEW: Venezuelan President Maduro secretly offered the Trump administration sweeping access to his country’s oil and mineral wealth in a bid to ease tensions and avoid possible US military action.

Over several months, Maduro’s envoys proposed giving American companies dominant stakes in Venezuela’s oil, gas, and gold projects, reversing crude exports from China to the US, and cutting energy ties with Russia, China, and Iran.

The Trump administration ultimately rejected the offer and severed diplomatic contact last week, ending months of back-channel negotiations.

Opposition leader María Corina Machado, recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, presented US officials with a rival plan promising greater economic potential under a democratic transition.

Source: NYT

For the first time since the war in Gaza began, Türkiye will be allowed to deliver humanitarian aid directly into Gaza under the new ceasefire deal.

Nigeria: Boko Haram and ISWAP reconcile with the Bakoura Doro faction, forming a new alliance in the northeast.

Trump:

I was to meet President Xi in two weeks, at APEC, in South Korea, but now there seems to be no reason to do so.

Pete Hegseth:

I'm proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho.

Melania Trump:

My representative has been working directly with Putin's team to ensure the safe reunification of children with their families between Russia and Ukraine.

In fact, eight children have been rejoined with their families during the past 24 hours.

Trump thanks Putin after he wasn't awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Earlier today, Putin had said "the prestige of the prize has largely been lost."