At least 11 Palestinians were injured by aid dropped on Gaza by Israel. Tel Aviv claimed the air drops were acts of humanitarian assistance, while aid agencies warned it would not reverse the massive starvation in the Strip.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that the Venezuelan government is “illegitimate.”

President Donald Trump’s proposal for European countries to provide Ukraine with air defenses may run into an issue, as Germany is hesitant to send its Patriot battery to Kiev without a firm plan from Washington to give Berlin priority access to a replacement.

The Kremlin spokesman stated that Russia’s goals in Ukraine remain unchanged following the third round of talks with Kiev. A Russian official described the talks as predictably difficult.

President Donald Trump authorized more airstrikes in the first five months of his second term than President Joe Biden did during his four years in office, the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project reported on Wednesday.

A senior Iranian official explained that the Islamic Republic could leave the Non-Proliferation Treaty if the Europeans move to reimpose UN sanctions on Tehran.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bill that restricts the work of anti-corruption agencies. In response, Ukrainians took to the streets in Kiev, chanting “corruption equals death.”

Twenty Palestinians were killed during a stampede at a food distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on Wednesday. The crowd surge occurred at a GHF site in the southern Gaza Strip, between Khan Younis and Rafah.