🇺🇸🇮🇷 - US President Donald Trump says the Iranian government "wants to make a deal."

🇺🇸🇨🇺 - The Cuban Foreign Ministry condemns plans by the US of imposing tariffs on oil sales as a "brutal act of agression."

🇳🇪 - ISIS claims responsibility for a deadly attack against the airport in Niamey, Niger.

🇺🇸🇳🇪 - The US Department of State urges its non-emergency ​government employees to leave Niger ⁠due ‌to ⁠safety risks.

🇸🇾 - The Syrian Interior Ministry says it has arrested those behind the repeated attacks on the Mezzeh airport.

🇱🇧🇸🇾 - The Lebanese government approves an agreement to transfer Syrian prisoners back to their home country.

🇪🇹 - A humanitarian worker says a drone strike killed one person in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Palestinian health authorities say 27 people were killed by Israeli airstrikes carried out overnight in Gaza.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - US President Donald Trump says he has not shared plans related to Iran with Gulf allies citing secrecy concerns.

🇺🇸🇮🇶 - Iraq's ruling Shiite bloc reiterates its support for former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as its candidate.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says a war with the US would not be in anyone's interest.

🇺🇸🇨🇦 - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he expects the US administration to respect the country's sovereignty.

🇺🇸🇮🇶 - Reuters says US Special Envoy for Iraq Mark Savaya has been fired over his alleged "mishandling" of key situations.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warns of a "regional war" in the event of an attack.

🇸🇩 - The Sudanese government announces the resumption of commercial flights to Khartoum after a three-year hiatus.

🇮🇷 - Iranian officials say the IRGC has no plan to carry out live-fire exercises in the Strait of Hormuz.

🇳🇪 - Footage released by ISIS shows them storming the airport in Niamey, Niger.

#Niger 🇳🇪: Islamic State in #Sahel (#ISIS) raided Nigerien Air Force's 101 Air base and destroyed aircrafts in the city of #Niamey.

Militants were armed with W-85 heavy machine guns, RPG-7 with PG-7V Anti-Tank rockets, PKM machine guns and AKM(S) / Type 56(-1) rifles.

https://x.com/i/status/2018089328816107740

🇸🇾 - Local sources say the Syrian military has begun entering the city of al-Hasakah, a city currently controlled by the SDF.

🇯🇴🇮🇷 - Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi rules out the use of the country's airspace against Iran.

🇬🇧🇪🇹 - UK government–owned investors pledge to invest $400 million in electricity transmission projects in Ethiopia.