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“The need for [a national terror list] has emerged from the sad fact that the European Union is too weak and too indecisive to handle this matter,” Åkesson said.

US strikes on Iran would reportedly be conducted to give the protesters confidence that they could seize government and security buildings.

Sustained gunfire and blasts were reported near Niamey International Airport in Niger, as violence continues in the Sahel region, amid jihadist attacks.

A Satena flight from Cúcuta to Ocaña crashed in northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people aboard, among them local lawmaker Diógenes Quintero.

Carlisle Rivera, involved in an Iran-backed plot to kill Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiracy charges.

The US hands back the Panama‑flagged M/T Sophia to Venezuela, marking the first reversal of such a seizure under the Trump administration.

Speaking at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Rubio said there might be a U.S. presence in the follow-up Ukraine talks, but Trump, Witkoff, and Kushner will not be involved.

With France, Italy and Germany now on board, the decision is likely to be approved politically on Thursday, although it does need unanimity among the bloc's 27 members.

Critics fault the government for bypassing parliament as Islamabad joins a US-backed initiative alongside other Muslim states.

The message a number of countries have delivered to Iran, according to one of the sources, is: “Act rationally. Give President Trump something so that war can be avoided.”