The UAE suspends all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran, citing regional escalations that threaten peace and security.

<p>Following the Israeli strike in Syria, a security source told <i>Kan 11 News</i> that Israel had recently sought to reach an understanding with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa through an indirect channel of communication. After the behind-the-scenes efforts failed, Israel provided the United States with intelligence indicating that Turkey was seeking to establish a presence at an airport in Syria, approximately 70 kilometers from the Israeli border. Israel argued that this constituted a violation of the understandings.</p><p>According to the source, after the talks failed and before Turkish forces arrived, Israel struck the Syrian base, where rehabilitation work had begun recently.</p>

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces sanctions against ICC President Tomoko Akane and senior lawyer Abdoulaye Seye. Netanyahu: The ICC has become a kangaroo court.