China rebukes the Philippines, saying Manila "stirs up trouble" in the South China Sea by holding joint air patrols with the help of “extraterritorial countries”, namely, the United States.

The chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces says the country is ready to contribute to lowering tensions in the Caucasus region, and send observers to the border regions between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Poland says it plans to send up to 10,000 soldiers to its border with Belarus.

Tensions escalated in the Haitian capital as thousands of people protest against the country's devastating gang violence.

Israeli police say a shooting attack in Tel Aviv has critically injured at least one man.

Former US Secretary of State John Kerry heads to China in a fresh attempt to ease tensions between Washington and Beijing.

Israeli forces kill a young Palestinian man during a raid on a refugee camp in the eastern occupied West Bank city of Ariha.