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The French president is seeking to compete with Russia and China for influence in Central Asia.

DUBAI: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Muslim states to cease oil and food exports to Israel, demanding an end to its bombardment of the Gaza Strip, state media reported. “The bombings on Gaza must stop immediately ... the path of oil and food exports to the Zionist regime should be stopped,” Khamenei said in a speech, according to Iranian state media. Israel has vowed to wipe out Tehran-backed Hamas, which rules Gaza, in retaliation for an Oct. 7 attack that killed 1,400 people and saw hundreds taken hostage.

Ukraine's strategy to quell Russia's control of Crimea and the Black Sea requires patience, says Zelenskyy.

Countries blame Israel's 'disproportionate' attack on Gaza and reiterate calls for a humanitarian ceasefire.

GAZA: Dozens of bodies lay shrouded in white, lined up against the side of Gaza Strip’s Indonesian Hospital on Tuesday from what health authorities in the Hamas-run enclave said was an Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp. The hospital had already been struggling under an influx of patients badly wounded by Israeli bombing, with medics setting up an operating room in a corridor because the main surgical theaters were full, they said.

US rights group says president's request to Congress suggests US may 'bankroll' displacement of Palestinians.

As the war enters its 616th day, these are the main developments.