Syria's new flag, featuring green, white, and black with three red stars, was officially raised at the UN headquarters in New York. Syrian Foreign Minister Assad al-Shaibani attended the ceremony.

Three teenagers in Russia are suspected of setting fire to a mosque in Yegoryevsk. According to investigators, they had previously joined the banned nationalist extremist group National Socialism/White Power.

Palestinian officials appealed to the international community to immediately open a humanitarian corridor. As a result of the 55-day blockade, 52 Palestinians, 50 of whom were children, died of hunger and malnutrition.

Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, 59, deputy chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, was killed in a car explosion in the city of Balashikha, Moscow Region.

A clash between two groups of Uzbek citizens has broken out in Dubai, UAE. Reports say the clash ended in a stabbing, resulting in the death of the leader of one of the groups.

The Pakistani army fired on Indian border posts along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir overnight. Indian troops responded with retaliatory fire. There were no reports of casualties so far.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced that humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza have been completely halted for 50 days. He claimed that Israel is using starvation as a means of punishment and pressure on the Palestinians.

The Spanish government has officially canceled a contract worth more than 6 million euros for the supply of ammunition to Guardian Homeland Security S.A., a company linked to the Israeli* occupation. The deal was to purchase more than 15 million rounds of ammunition for the Spanish Civil Guard.

Donald Trump has said the United States may consider withdrawing from the ongoing talks on Ukraine if they fail to produce results. He said Washington will suspend its participation in the talks if a substantial agreement is not reached within the next two weeks.

The Pakistani government has issued open threats to India, saying it is ready to "destroy" one of its territories. "Pakistan does not recognize Indian sovereignty and will never submit to intimidation" — Ministry of Defense