Israel launched a "preemptive" strike against Iran on Saturday morning "to remove threats to Israel," the Israeli Defense Ministry said in a statement.
China is deeply concerned about the escalation of the conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and calls on both sides to achieve a ceasefire as soon as possible, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Friday.
The Chinese Embassy in Tel Aviv issued a security alert on Friday, urging Chinese nationals in Israel to strengthen precautionary measures as risks in the Middle East further escalated.
China will continue to play a constructive role for peace in its own way and support all efforts for peace, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday in response to a related query regarding the Ukraine crisis.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he is "not happy" with the way the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks are going but has not made a final decision on potential military operations against Iran.
The U.S.-Iran nuclear talks have made "substantial progress" toward a deal which "is within our reach", Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi, a major mediator, said Friday.
Some European countries on Friday urged their citizens to leave or avoid travel to Iran and several other Middle East regions due to escalating U.S.-Iran tensions.
UN humanitarians said Friday that food has been distributed to about 200,000 families, or nearly 1 million people, in the Gaza Strip this month despite rations being cut by half.
The U.S. Department of Justice's release of the remaining Epstein files has deepened public distrust in the U.S. justice system, with the documents implicating several prominent political and business figures in the convicted sex offender's network.
U.S. State Department authorized on Friday the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and family members of U.S. government personnel from Mission Israel due to safety risks, U.S. embassy in Jerusalem posted on X.
The U.S. move to strengthen its military deployment in Asia-Pacific, under the pretext of the so-called "China threat," is not conducive to regional peace and stability, and runs counter to the interests of regional countries, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Friday.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz took the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class for a test ride in Beijing on Thursday morning, experiencing the intelligent assisted driving system during his official visit to China.
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Afghan government, posted on his X account early Friday that the Pakistani military conducted airstrikes in parts of Kabul, southern Kandahar, and eastern Paktia province.
The next trilateral meeting could take place in early March in Abu Dhabi, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported.
At least 7,667 people died or went missing on migration routes worldwide in 2025, a UN spokesperson said Thursday, citing the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday told U.S. House lawmakers that she had no idea about Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell's crimes.
China and Germany conducted in-depth exchanges in the fields of the economy and trade during the visit of a high-level economic delegation, led by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, to China, China's Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.