Russian President Vladimir Putin observes naval drills conducted off the Russian island of Sakhalin on Thursday, shortly before travelling to the far-eastern Kuril islands for the first time.

Scene in the West Bank village of Qusra, as settlers blockade Palestinian homes and ‘Israeli’ forces move against the settlers. 

Rescuers and volunteers continue to search for survivors underneath the rubble and clear debris in Pereira after an earthquake that killed more than 200 people and demolished scores of buildings in the west of the country. Colombia has declared three days of mourning for victims.

Footage shared by Ukraine's emergency services shows firefighters extinguishing a blaze caused by Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, when an FPV drone -- a remotely piloted first-person view weapon -- strikes their truck. No one was injured in the attack, according to the emergency services. The crew heard the incoming warning and fled moments before impact, then returned to douse the fire in their truck, only to flee again as a second drone was reported incoming. 

Senior Libyan National Army officials attend the funeral of military intelligence chief Fawzi al-Mansouri in Benghazi, eastern Libya, after he was killed when an explosive attached to his car detonated as he left a mosque. Al-Mansouri, a prominent military figure with close ties to LNA commander Khalifa Haftar's family, was described by the LNA as a "heroic martyr."

Images of ships in the Strait of Hormuz, seen from Iran's Bandar Abbas, as US President Donald Trump again extended a waiver that allows foreign ships to carry oil and other commodities between US ports, as the war on Iran continues disrupting energy flows and keeping costs elevated.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launches an H3 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center, carrying a Michibiki 7 navigation satellite system.

Japan is racing to boost the international competitiveness of the country's rocket industry.

Its flagship H3 rocket was launched successfully in June, months after a previous mission to put a satellite into orbit ended in failure.

At least 20 buildings collapsed due to quake in Cali, Colombia

Images of ballistic missiles and drones launched towards what the Houthis said were Saudi troop concentrations and weapons depots at Mokha port in western Yemen.

‘Israeli’ troops move as excavators demolish houses in Zawtar al-Sharkiyeh, southern Lebanon, seen from the neighbouring "pilot zone" of Zawtar al-Gharbiya, where the Lebanese army was to take over as part of a US-sponsored framework agreement signed with ‘Israel’.