A small number of sick and wounded Palestinians began crossing into Egypt after Israel permitted a restricted reopening of Rafah, with movement limited to joint security screening.
Regional authorities said the drone hit a house in Stary Oskol and started a fire during an overnight wave that Russia said included 22 drones over Belgorod.
A Russian drone strike hit a bus carrying miners in Dnipropetrovsk region, killing at least a dozen workers and injuring others, according to Ukrainian officials and DTEK.
Pakistani officials said police and military forces killed 145 insurgents in Balochistan during a 40-hour counterterrorism operation that followed coordinated attacks leaving 33 people dead.
Pakistan’s military said militants launched multiple coordinated attacks across Balochistan, killing 33 people while security forces killed 92 assailants.
Israel has ordered South Africa’s chargé d’affaires to leave after Pretoria declared Israel’s ambassador persona non grata, deepening already strained ties.
The World Food Programme is ending operations and terminating contracts in Houthi-held northern Yemen after months of detention and harassment of staff, according to UN officials.
Kyiv says Russia has returned the bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the latest repatriation under an earlier Istanbul agreement, with Moscow saying it received 38 bodies in return.
The European Union has added Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to its terrorist list, escalating pressure on Tehran over the violent suppression of protests.
Niger’s military government said an assault near Niamey’s airport injured four soldiers and left 20 attackers dead, while accusing foreign states without offering evidence.
Caracas says Washington has started releasing funds frozen under sanctions, a move that signals a cautious reopening in the U.S.-Venezuela relationship.
One drone hit a carriage and two others struck nearby in the Kharkiv region, as officials reported conflicting passenger totals and pledged to maintain rail service.
The Gulf state joined the U.S.-led space framework at a ceremony in Muscat, extending the coalition behind the rules for civil exploration beyond Earth.
The Syrian army and the Kurdish-led SDF accuse each other of breaking a recently extended ceasefire while clashes and drone attacks continue near Kobani and Aleppo.
An overnight assault on villages in Ituri Province left at least 25 people dead, adding to long-running violence blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces.