Syrian-American Rabbi Henry Hamra has filed his candidacy for the People's Assembly from the Damascus district, becoming the first Jewish candidate to run in a parliamentary election in Syria since 1967. If elected, Hamra would be the first Jewish member of parliament since the 1940s.

Archaeologists have discovered animal carvings carved into rocks in the Nefud Desert of Saudi Arabia, suggesting that human history in the northern Arabian Peninsula is at least 2,000 years older than previously thought.

South Africa's ambassador to France, Nkosinati Emmanuel Mthethwa, was allegedly assassinated on the orders of Tel Aviv for filing a lawsuit against the occupying Israel at the International Criminal Court.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has signed a document that provides for an increase in the state fee for annulment of marriage.

Putin, who noted the catastrophic situation in Gaza, said he would support Trump's plan only if it contributes to the "two-state solution."

Tolo News reports that the internet has been fully restored in Afghanistan.

The Trump administration has agreed to provide intelligence to Ukraine to allow it to strike Russian energy infrastructure far from the border with long-range missiles.

The Palestinian resistance movement called the occupation army's shutdown of Global Sumud and the arrest of activists an act of piracy and terrorism.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro expelled all Israeli diplomats from the country following the arrest of two Colombian women on the Global Sumud flotilla, which was heading to Gaza on a humanitarian mission.

The United Nations said in a statement that "the Afghan government's decision to shut down the internet throughout the country has had a negative impact on the humanitarian situation in the region."