Overview
- Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo discussed a proposal that would let Hamas fighters temporarily keep only light weapons to be handed later to a new security force, according to sources familiar with the talks.
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the State and Treasury departments to report within 45 days on whether branches of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon meet U.S. terrorism designation criteria.
- Sudan’s ruling camp showed fresh disarray as local reports said Defense Minister Hassan Dawood Kabron may have resigned, the foreign minister read from the wrong paper at a briefing, and General Abdel Fattah al‑Burhan rebuffed a U.S.‑backed Quartet plan while RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo announced a unilateral three‑month truce.
- U.S. adviser Massad Boulos, after meetings with senior UAE officials, said Washington expects both Sudan’s army and the RSF to accept an unconditional humanitarian cease-fire that enables full, safe aid access as a step toward civilian-led governance.
- A military faction in Guinea‑Bissau declared full control, shut borders, suspended the electoral process and said it detained President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, while the UAE denied supplying arms to Sudan’s belligerents and highlighted large Gaza aid deliveries under Operation Al‑Faris Al‑Shahim 3.