- U.S. and Chinese military officials met in Shanghai for a series of meetings which the U.S. military said on Thursday were focused on reducing unsafe actions by Chinese military ships and planes.
- Hundreds of thousands of fleeing Gazans sought shelter on Thursday in one of the biggest mass displacements of the war, as Israeli forces advanced into the ruins of the city of Rafah, part of a newly announced "security zone" they intend to seize.
- Hungary on Thursday said it will quit the International Criminal Court, just as Prime Minister Viktor Orban hosted his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, whom the tribunal has accused of war crimes in Gaza.
- BANGKOK – The death toll from Myanmar's devastating earthquake has surpassed 3,000, with hundreds more missing, as forecasts of unseasonal rain presented a new challenge for rescue and aid workers trying to reach people in a country riven by civil war.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Hungary on Thursday, the Hungarian defense minister said, in defiance of the International Criminal Court (ICC)'s arrest warrant against him over alleged war crimes in Gaza
- Hamas decided not to respond or engage with Israel's counter-proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, an official told Reuters on Wednesday, affirming it is committed to the mediators' plan instead.
- Myanmar's ostracized leader Min Aung Hlaing will leave the country on Thursday for a rare trip to a regional summit, as aid groups called for restrictions to be eased to reach quake survivors.
- The operation targeted the KidFlix platform and was supported by authorities in 38 countries. KidFlix is "one of the largest pedophile platforms in the world" with some 1.8 million users.
- The search and rescue operations continue in Bangkok, Thailand after a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck neighboring Myanmar. Among those helping out are trained K-9 units.
- China's military held long-range live-fire drills in the East China Sea in an escalation of ongoing drills around Taiwan, saying it was practicing precision strikes on port and energy facilities.