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As the war enters its 677th day, these are the main developments.

From the continuing crisis in Myanmar to the US's expanding military ties, these are Al Jazeera's highlights.

IRBIL: Authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan said Sunday two drones struck a military base used by the autonomous region’s security forces, blaming the attack on “outlaws” funded by Baghdad. The attack on the base in Irbil province was carried out late Saturday and caused some damage but no casualties, the regional government said in a statement. The region’s peshmerga forces are allies of the US-led anti-militant coalition that has troops deployed in Iraq.

Israel's far-right finance minister says Israelis who would replace Palestinians would 'make the desert bloom'.

GAZA: A former Palestinian Authority minister was killed on Sunday in an Israeli strike on his home in the Gaza Strip, the official Palestinian news agency and Hamas health ministry said. Youssef Salama, the 68-year-old former minister of religious affairs in the Palestinian Authority, was killed in a strike on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Wafa news agency and the ministry reported. Considered close to Fatah, the party of Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas, Salama served as minister between February 2005 and March 2006.

A survey released last month suggests approximately 60 percent of Brazilian Muslims experienced religious intolerance.

Sydney and Auckland are the first major world cities to celebrate the arrival of 2024.