🇺🇸🇮🇷 - The Iranian Foreign Ministry says the lifting of sanctions is an "inseparable" part of any deal.

🇸🇦🇵🇰🇦🇫 - Afghanistan's Taliban government says it has freed three Pakistani soldiers thanks to mediation by Saudi Arabia.

🇱🇧 - Hezbollah rejects the Lebanese government's four-month deadline for the army to advance its disarmament plan.

🇪🇹🇹🇷 - The Turkish Energy Ministry says it has signed a MoU on energy cooperation with Ethiopia.

🇮🇷 - Iranian state media says the military shut down the Strait of Hormuz for a few hours to conduct exercices.

🇸🇪🇷🇺 - Swedish military intelligence warns Russia is taking greater risks and stepping up actions in the region.

🇨🇦 - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pledges to reduce reliance on the US with a multi-billion-dollar defense plan.

🇭🇺🇺🇦 - The Hungarian Foreign Ministry says the country has stopped shipping diesel to Ukraine.

🇪🇹 - Local officials in the Tigray region say the Ethiopian military is amassing forces along the regional border.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright says Iran's nuclear ambitions will be stopped "one way or the other."

🇦🇪 - UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan denies he has health issues in response to circulating rumors.

🇹🇭🇰🇭 - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet accuses Thai forces of still occupying parts of the country's territory.

🇷🇺🇱🇾 - Trading sources say global oil firms have won tenders to supply Libya with gasoline and diesel in a blow to Russia.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇴🇲🇺 - US President Donald Trump warns UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer against leasing the base on Diego Garcia.

🇺🇸 — Officials say the US military is withdrawing all its forces from Syria (WSJ)

🇩🇪🇨🇳 - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will seek to establish "strategic partnerships" with China.

🇩🇪🇮🇶 - The German military says it has withdrawn some troops from Iraq due to "escalating tensions" in the region.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Gaza will not be rebuilt if Hamas does not disarm.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - US President Donald Trump says he is giving himself "ten days" to decide whether a deal with Iran is possible.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 - US President Donald Trump says the country will contribute $10 billion to his "Board of Peace."

🇰🇷 - A South Korean court sentences former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison for imposing martial law in 2024.