The second day of the International Media Forum “Islamic Civilization: A New Perspective – New Discoveries” commenced today, Wednesday, at the Center for Islamic Civilization in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent.

The International Media Forum under the theme “Islamic Civilization: A New Vision, New Discoveries” commenced at the Grand Conference Hall of the Center for Islamic Civilization in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, convened at the initiative of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

The International Media Forum, titled "Islamic Civilization: A New Perspective – New Discoveries", will launch tomorrow, Tuesday, in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent and the city of Samarkand, with a participation of about 300 media representatives and experts from nearly 50 countries.

The Center for Islamic Civilization in Uzbekistan and the Uzbekistan University of Journalism and Mass Communication signed today a joint program to create a media platform for young journalists, aimed at studying and introducing the country’s cultural and historical heritage and producing contemporary media content about it.

Israeli occupation forces have arrested 130 Palestinian women and girls from the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem since the beginning of 2026, according to the Palestine Center for Prisoner Studies.

Ten Palestinians, including nine Palestinian police officers and personnel, were killed and others injured in Israeli airstrikes and shelling targeting northern and central Gaza Strip on Wednesday.

UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ramiz Alakbarov warned Wednesday of the consequences of escalating violence and settlement activity in the occupied West Bank.

A helicopter crashed Saturday while taking part in firefighting efforts against a large wildfire in the U.S. state of Utah, with no immediate information available on the condition of the two people aboard.

The death toll from the ongoing Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip has risen to 73,375, with 174,220 people wounded since October 7, 2023, according to health authorities in the enclave.

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B fighter jet crashed Friday near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar outside San Diego, California, while the pilot safely ejected before the aircraft went down.

A multinational maritime defense alliance was officially announced on Thursday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, as a new framework for maritime defense cooperation aimed at enhancing maritime security, safeguarding freedom of navigation, securing international trade routes and global energy supply lines and protecting shared maritime interests in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

The death toll from the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip has risen to 73,335, with 174,052 others injured, including children, women, and entire families, as recovery teams continue to retrieve victims from beneath the rubble of homes and residential buildings across the enclave two years into the conflict.

Three Palestinians were killed and more than 10 others injured on Saturday in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting several areas across the Gaza Strip.

The death toll from the Israeli occupation’s ongoing aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 73,317, with 173,961 people injured.

The U.S. administration has extended work permits for hundreds of thousands of migrants from Haiti and six other countries who are protected under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program, just hours before the permits were due to expire.

Powerful Typhoon Bavi battered the U.S. Pacific island of Rota on Monday, marking the second major typhoon to hit the region since April.

The Arab Parliament has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that struck a café near the Palace of Justice in the Syrian capital, Damascus, resulting in a number of deaths and injuries.

Two Palestinians were killed and several others wounded on Tuesday in separate Israeli strikes in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, as military operations continued across the territory.

The General Command of the Bahrain Defence Force announced on Thursday that Iran continues what it described as a systematic hostile approach through missile and drone attacks targeting civilians in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Kuwait has once again strongly condemned the repeated Iranian attacks against it, warning that such actions represent a serious escalation and a direct threat to the country's security and stability.