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Pakistan and seven Arab and Muslim partners have rejected Israeli ministers' calls for Palestinian displacement, warning of legal and regional consequences.

Ishaq Dar has discussed implementation of the Makkah defence framework with his Saudi and Turkish counterparts following the alliance committee's first meeting.

Lebanese authorities say Israeli strikes killed four people and injured 20 in the Nabatieh area, placing renewed pressure on a US-backed de-escalation framework.

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv after holding talks with Vladimir Putin as Washington renewed its diplomatic push.

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are travelling to Moscow and Kyiv as Trump presses for a Russia-Ukraine settlement.

A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's murder case after jurors could not reach a unanimous decision following seven days of deliberations.

Iran held funerals in Kuhestak after a strike hit a wedding gathering, as US-Iran fighting and Gulf security fears intensified.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed Pakistan's support for UN multilateralism during talks with secretary-general candidate Olara Otunnu.

The US is expanding economic pressure on Iran as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the EU has backed Operation Economic Outcast.

South Korea says no final decision has been made on a possible military contribution near the Strait of Hormuz as US pressure grows.

Iran says it has laid more naval mines near the Strait of Hormuz, deepening uncertainty over one of the world's most important shipping lanes.

President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran will immediately reciprocate if Washington returns to commitments in the June memorandum, leaving a path back to talks.

Rescuers saved 242 people after the Filo Jet sank off Kyrenia, while investigators examine how the passenger ferry capsized with 267 people aboard.

North Korea has restated its nuclear policy while Washington signals interest in renewed diplomacy and reduced military tension.

Military incidents involving Iran, the United States and Gulf states have renewed concern over regional security and the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran says it targeted US-linked bases in Jordan and the UAE after American forces struck rocket launchers on Larak Island near Hormuz.

A Russian drone strike on a warehouse in Myla triggered ammunition explosions that killed at least 37 people and forced hundreds to evacuate.

Swiss police are searching for the person or people responsible for a shooting at an Aarau rave that killed a 22-year-old woman and injured five others.