A Syrian court sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death in absentia on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria’s 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead.

The higher tempo of Ukrainian strikes has fueled discontent among Russians, but it is far from clear that it will change the Kremlin’s calculus about the war.

Turkey's parliament approved legislation that would introduce a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants in a bid to advance the government's peace initiative with their insurgent group.

While the Israeli leader touts a willingness to defy the U.S. on Gaza, the president needs to show progress in the foreign entanglements weighing on his approval rating.

Hungary’s parliament elected Andras Baka, a ​former head of the Supreme Court, ⁠as the country’s next president ⁠on Tuesday, a symbolic step in Prime Minister ‌Peter ⁠Magyar’s effort to dismantle former premier Viktor Orban’s bastions ​of power.

Four leading U.S. human rights groups on Tuesday sued the Trump administration over its campaign aimed at dismantling the International Criminal Court, calling the effort unconstitutional.

Pakistan’s defense minister Khawaja Asif said the US and Iran are close to “some sort of an arrangement,” adding that a lasting peace will be in the region’s interest.

The Yemeni government said the ship was carrying food supplies to a port on the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The Iran-backed Houthis have not commented on the attack.