U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that a partial de-escalation arrangement has been reached between Israel and Hezbollah, helping avert an immediate expansion of the conflict toward Beirut. Yet military operations continue in southern Lebanon, and both Israeli leaders and Hezbollah have shown little sign that the broader confrontation is nearing an end.

A hulking metal arena is rising on the White House's South Lawn as ​U.S. President Donald Trump pursues a spate of construction projects, and is set to host a night ‌of cage fighting to mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence.

A Yemeni military officer was killed in clashes with Houthi fighters, according to the army, which reported the incident on Monday.

A Russian court has sentenced Georgian politician Koba Khazazi in absentia to 13 years in a maximum-security penal colony for participating in hostilities on the side of Ukraine, according to the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office.

Fighting resumed along the Afghanistan Pakistan border on Wednesday after a temporary ceasefire expired, killing at least two civilians and wounding others in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban officials said.

Ukraine’s F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets were left without enough air-to-air missiles for more than three weeks late last year, forcing pilots to improvise as Russia intensified its winter aerial assault, according to sources familiar with the situation.

Clashes have been reported along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, particularly near the Durand Line, the disputed frontier separating the two countries.

The situation in the Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad area remains tense – Russian forces are trying to advance in the Pokrovsk direction, intensifying air strikes on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.