Ukrainian aide Yermak resigns after anti-corruption raids, Zelensky cites reforms.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the resignation of top aide Andriy Yermak, citing internal reforms and transparency, after anti-corruption searches at Yermak’s home. In Syria, Israeli airstrikes and a ground incursion in the Damascus countryside killed at least 13 and wounded over two dozen, causing displacement. The ICC rejected former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s appeal for release on health grounds, keeping him detained over drug war allegations. Guinea-Bissau’s transitional president appointed Ilidio Vieira Te as prime minister and finance minister. Severe flooding in southern Thailand killed 145 and affected 3.54 million, while in Indonesia, floods and landslides killed 174 and left 79 missing.