During his speech at the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed a map of what he called the "new Middle East" countries, namely Egypt, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Jordan, while the map did not include any mention of the existence of a Palestinian state .

In a visit that is the first since 2004, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in China, which, according to observers, is another step towards de-isolating Syria and pushing towards getting it out of the crisis it has been living since 2011.

After a "massive" overnight Russian missile attack on Ukraine targeting cities across the country, the presidency warned

Ukrainian president on Thursday of the "difficult months ahead," assistant director of the Ukrainian presidential office Oleksiy Kuleba said on

Telegram: Russia will continue to attack Ukrainian energy and infrastructure facilities".

Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh need security guarantees before giving up their weapons, an adviser to the leader said, a day after Azerbaijan announced that it had returned the separatist region to its control.