Anadolu Agency’s Morning Briefing

NEW YORK

Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

The Israeli military launched airstrikes in Lebanon hours after it struck the Gaza Strip early Friday.

The Israeli army said Thursday that at least 30 rockets were fired from southern Lebanon toward Israel.

UN peacekeeping forces in Lebanon warned of a ''serious escalation'' as Israel launched airstrikes in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip early Friday.

Iran has called for an emergency session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on the situation in Palestine in the wake of incursions and raids by Israeli forces.

Israeli settlers on Thursday forced their way into the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem.

The US on Thursday urged China to engage in “meaningful diplomacy” rather than military, diplomatic and economic pressure on Taiwan.

French President Emmanuel Macron urged his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday to play his role and “bring everyone around the negotiating table” over the Russia-Ukraine war.

The Kremlin said Thursday that Russia would respond “appropriately” to the deployment of American nuclear weapons at military bases in Europe.

The top diplomats of Saudi Arabia and Iran met in China on Thursday, their first meeting in over seven years, said an official statement.

Azerbaijan declared four employees of the Iranian Embassy in Baku “persona non grata” Thursday and asked them to leave the country within 48 hours.

UN experts demanded on Thursday the immediate reversal of the Taliban’s recent order banning Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will start a two-day visit to Türkiye on Thursday, said an official Turkish statement.

North Korea on Thursday rejected a UN Human Rights Council resolution on human rights violations in the country, calling it a "heavily politicized document of fraud."