Slovenia deploys police on borders with Croatia, Hungary

Slovenia on Saturday deployed police on border crossings with Croatia and Hungary to prevent potential security threats, leading to queues as travelers waited to have their documents checked, Reuters reports.

A person with dual Israeli and Romanian citizenship is being held hostage in the Gaza Strip

A person with Israeli and Romanian citizenship, initially reported in the list of missing persons, is being held hostage in the Gaza Strip, announces the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from Bucharest, reports Rador.

Six killed in Russia's missile attack on Kharkiv postal centre

Russian missile strikes killed at least six people and wounded 14 others Saturday, when they hit a mail depot in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, local officials said, AFP reports.

Germany to allocate another 200 million euros to Ukraine for education, healthcare, drinking water and urban reconstruction

Germany will allocate another 200 million euros to Ukraine, announced the state secretary of the Federal Ministry of Economy of Germany, Jochen Flaisbart, during his visit to Ukraine on Friday, writes Ukrainskaia Pravda.

First humanitarian trucks enter Gaza as Israel-Hamas war rages

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for war-torn and besieged Gaza started passing into the Rafah border crossing from Egypt Saturday, a security source and an Egyptian Red Crescent official told AFP.

Leaders from several Arab and European countries will meet in Egypt to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip

Leaders and foreign ministers from many Arab and European countries are to meet in Egypt on Saturday to discuss the crisis in the Gaza Strip, the BBC reports. Participants include Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Jordan's King Abdullah, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Blinken urges Hamas to release all hostages

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed that two American hostages released by militant group Hamas for "humanitarian reasons" will be met by US Embassy officials in Israel, DW reports.

Biden asks Congress for $106B, including $85B for Ukrai Biden mulls $60 bln for Ukraine, $10 bln for Israel in funding request

The White House on Friday unveiled details about the $106 billion spending package President Joe Biden is asking Congress to approve, the bulk of which will go toward helping Ukraine and Israel in their wars. Biden foreshadowed the request in an Oval Office address Thursday night, Reuters reports.

EU Parliament calls for ‘humanitarian pause’ in Israel-Hamas war

MEPs on Thursday called for a “humanitarian pause” to provide food, water and medical aid to Palestinians in the besieged enclave of Gaza, writes politico.eu.

Joe Biden says Putin and Hamas both want to 'annihilate' neighbouring democracies

US President Joe Biden condemned the actions of Hamas and Russian President Vladimir Putin in his Oval Office address Thursday night, saying the attacks on Israel and the invasion of Ukraine share common motivations, CNN reports.

Biden plans to use Oval Office address to make case for wartime aid to Israel and Ukraine

President Biden will address the nation Thursday about the wars in Ukraine and the conflict between Israel and Hamas in a prime-time speech from the Oval Office, CNN reports.

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu: From now on, the Romanian minority in Ukraine's official language is Romanian, not Moldovan

From now on, Romanian is the official language of the Romanian minority in Ukraine, not Moldovan, Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said on Wednesday in Kyiv, Agerpres reports.