White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed on Monday that the Israeli government had informed the Trump administration prior to launching massive air raids on the Gaza Strip overnight. 

Gaza’s Ministry of Health has reported that the latest assault by Israel has killed over 400 people with the majority being women, children, and the elderly. 

Rwanda says it has cut diplomatic ties with Belgium and ordered all of their country’s diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours, drawing a swift response from Brussels.

In a statement on Monday, the Rwandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation accused Belgium of “consistently” undermining Kigali “during the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo”.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out against a United Nations report accusing Israel of committing "genocidal acts" against Palestinians, calling the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) an "antisemitic, rotten, terrorist-supporting and irrelevant body."

On Wednesday, Bosnian state prosecutors ordered the arrest of Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik and two of his aides for what it has called an attack on the constitutional order. 

The decision came after Dodik, along with Parliament Speaker Nenad Stevandic and Prime Minister Radovan Viskovic, failed to answer two summons for questioning.

China has warned that it is ready to “fight to the end” with the US in a “tariff war, trade war, or any other war” in response to President Donald Trump’s mounting trade tariffs. 

On Tuesday, Trump doubled tariffs on Chinese goods from 10% to 20%. China retaliated, imposing a 10-15% tariff on US agricultural products. 

The Chinese Embassy in the United States wrote on X,