Israel's military intelligence chief, Aharon Haliva, resigns over his service’s failure to prevent Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel that killed about 1,200 people.
In the Philippines, U.S. and Philippine forces launch a military exercise also involving French and Australian troops.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Iraq's president in Baghdad as Turkey seeks cooperation in its fight with Kurdish militants in Northern Iraq.
And in East Africa, heavy rains hit Kenya and Burundi. The United Nations estimates over 200,000 people have been displaced by flooding since September 2023.
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