Doha Hostage & Ceasefire Talks Stalled + Russian President Putin Supports Zero Enrichment for Iran + Japan Protests to Chinese Ambassador Concerning Unsafe Aircraft Incident over E. China Sea + More

For review:

1. Doha Hostage & Ceasefire Talks Stalled.

2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was “confident” he will be able to reach a deal to free hostages held in the Gaza Strip, in an interview with US media aired late Saturday.

3. Russian President Putin Supports Zero Enrichment for Iran.

4. A Syrian official and an Israeli official are expected to meet in Baku later Saturday on the sidelines of President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s current visit to Azerbaijan,.

5. Ukrainian security agents have killed a group of Russian spies near Kyiv in another escalation of the secret war between the two countries.

It follows the assassination of a top Ukrainian intelligence officer days earlier.

6. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered Moscow his full support for their war in Ukraine during talks with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, Pyongyang state media said Sunday.

7. Japan Protests to Chinese Ambassador Concerning Unsafe Aircraft Incident over E. China Sea.

8. A Philippine Coast Guard cutter intercepted a Chinese Navy spy ship within Manila’s western exclusive economic zone over the weekend.