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The meeting was attended by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, and Pakistani Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar.

In a statement marking the Court's 80th anniversary, Guterres said the ICJ had played a central role in shaping the modern international order over the past eight decades, noting that its docket is now more active than ever.

In a post on X, CENTCOM stated that the US guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) is actively patrolling the Arabian Sea as part of the enforcement operation.

According to the BBC, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced the measure during an emergency meeting, warning that authorities must “prepare for the worst, but hope for the best.”

According to reports, he was chosen as Khamenei’s successor by Iran’s Assembly of Experts.

The unrest began on Sunday when shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar went on strike after the Iranian rial fell to a record low against the US dollar on the open market.

Trump said the US military carried out what he described as numerous precise strikes. Soon after, US Africa Command said the operation took place on Thursday in coordination with Nigerian forces in Sokoto state, according to the BBC.

The strikes targeted Islamic State facilities and weapons depots and used over 100 precision-guided munitions, according to US officials speaking to the BBC.

Putin said Russia would not resort to force if it felt its interests were treated fairly, according to the BBC.

The proposal focuses on using about 210 billion euros held in the EU as collateral for loans to Kyiv over the next two years, with the expectation that Russia would later repay the money through war related compensation, a claim Moscow rejects outright, Al Jazeera reported.