Israeli Ambassador Asaf Zamir challenged comments made by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez this week regarding the shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
The Russian parliament said Friday that it would consider a bill allowing Russian who are aged 40 and older to sign up for the nation's military. Russia's military has suffered losses in Ukraine.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is engaging in "telephone diplomacy" with foreign counterparts amid its blockade on Sweden and Finland's entry into NATO.
The China metropolis of Shanghai reports its first new COVID-19 cases outside a quarantined area in five days, with three of those in the same family. However, efforts to ease lockdown measures are continuing.
China's military exercises in the South China Sea began on Thursday and will continue through Monday. The drills come as President Biden meets with the leaders of Japan, South Korea and the "Quad."
Police said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson would not have to pay any additional fines over the "partygate" scandal. The U.K. leader previously paid one fine over COVID-19 pandemic lockdown-breaching gatherings.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ridicules Russia's latest claim that it possesses a laser weapon capable of incinerating a target three miles away.
China's lockdown in Shanghai is loosening after an outbreak of COVID killed 580 people. Millions of residents were confined to their homes for weeks, reporting shortages of food and medicine.