Nicaragua is breaking off diplomatic relations with Israel, the Central American nation said on Friday, calling the Israeli government "fascist" and "genocidal."
Nicaragua's government, in a statement, said the break in relations was due to Israel's attacks on Palestinian territories.
The nation's congress had, earlier in the day, passed a resolution requesting Nicaragua take action to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the Gaza war.
The conflict, the Nicaraguan government said, now also "extends against Lebanon and gravely threatens Syria, Yemen and Iran."
The Middle East is on high alert for further regional escalation after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel on October 1.
Iran is also an ally of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's administration. Nicaragua has become increasingly isolated in recent years after Ortega cracked down on anti-government protests in 2018, which rights groups say left around 300 dead.
Israeli forces pounded the suburbs of Gaza City overnight from the air and ground, destroying homes and driving more families out of the area as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet was set on Sunday to discuss a plan to seize the city.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was committed to improving ties with Beijing in a key meeting with China's President Xi Jinping on Sunday, as both countries resolved to put aside differences from a years-long border standoff.
The prime minister of Yemen's Houthi-run government and several other ministers were killed in an Israeli strike on the capital Sanaa, the head of the Houthi Supreme Political Council said on Saturday, in the first such attack to kill senior officials.
A divided US appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal, undercutting the Republican president's use of the levies as a key international economic policy tool.
The United States said on Friday it will not allow Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to travel to New York next month for a United Nations gathering of world leaders, where several US allies are set to recognise Palestine as a state.
Two dead storks at Delhi Zoo have tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus, prompting authorities to shut the facility from Saturday, the Times of India reported.
Australian police battled severe alpine weather on Saturday on the fifth day of a search for a gunman who escaped into dense bush after allegedly shooting dead two officers and injuring another at a rural property in Victoria state.
Turkey has decided to bar Israeli vessels from using its ports, forbid Turkish ships from using Israeli ports and impose restrictions on planes entering Turkish airspace, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday.
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Israel pounds Gaza, Netanyahu to convene security cabinet
India committed to improving ties with China, Modi tells Xi
Houthis vow revenge after Yemen's PM killed in Israeli strike
Most Trump tariffs are not legal, US appeals court rules
US bars Palestinian leader Abbas from UN as allies pledge statehood
India's Delhi zoo shut after positive bird flu tests from two storks
Search for Australian gunman enters fifth day as weather closes in
Turkey bars Israeli ships from its ports, restricts airspace
