Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty spoke by phone to discuss their bilateral relationship and recent regional development, News.Az reports citing Mehr news agency.

Wildfires have devastated parts of western Turkey, leading to the evacuation of almost 4,000 residents, as reported by the disaster management agency.

Senior British diplomat Mark Smith has resigned from his post in the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) over the UK’s arms sales to Israel, News.Az reports citing foreign media.

Germany intends to reduce its military aid to Ukraine due to severe budget constraints, News.Az reports citing Anadolu agency.

China has stepped up emergency pandemic drills across the country and announced tighter surveillance of incoming travelers amid warnings that a more lethal and transmissible strain of the mpox virus is spreading internationally, News.Az reports Radio Free Asia.

Russia's Foreign Ministry stated that Ukraine employed Western rockets, possibly U.S.-made HIMARS, to destroy a bridge over the Seym River in the Kursk region, resulting in the deaths of volunteers who were attempting to evacuate civilians, News.Az reports citing Voice of America.

In Ankara, Consul General of Turkmenistan to Türkiye, Muhammetnur Ovezov, and members of the Turkish International Transporters Association (UND) have examined ways to enhance transport and logistics connectivity, with an emphasis on sustainability and digital innovation.

The military faction of the Shiite group Hezbollah targeted the 188th armored battalion of the Israel Defense Forces with multiple drones, News.Az reports citing TASS .