The Biden administration has banned trade with three Chinese companies that manufacture seafood, aluminum and footwear. The US Department of Finance has accused these companies of forcibly employing Turkic residents of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Eight Tajiks were arrested in the United States on suspicion of ISIS involvement. It is noted that the Tajiks were under the surveillance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for some time and then arrested.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan reacted to the cease-fire plan announced by US President Joe Biden in the Gaza Strip. It was noted that Uzbekistan is in favor of resolving conflicts only peacefully and with the help of all available diplomatic means. "We welcome the initiative of the United States to cease fire, release hostages and restore peaceful life," said the representative of the ministry.

Columbia Law Review website shut down after article critical of Israel. The website of the 123-year-old Columbia Law Review magazine in the USA was closed due to the article written by Palestinian Rabea Egbaria, a graduate student of the Harvard Law Faculty, accusing Israel of genocide. The article's author noted that the site's shutdown should be seen as "a small part of the larger authoritarian crackdown on college campuses across the United States."

American congressmen are retaliating against the International Criminal Court for demanding arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Galant. If passed, the bill would bar U.S. visas and freeze U.S. assets and real estate transactions.

The US special envoy on anti-Semitism met with Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok and X to urge them to step up efforts to limit anti-Semitic content on their platforms. It also asked each company to train key employees to curb anti-Semitic content. It is said that the companies have not yet agreed to the requirements of the US government.

US aid efforts to Gaza have failed: a temporary jetty for delivering humanitarian supplies was destroyed by strong waves, the Pentagon said. According to Pentagon deputy spokeswoman Sabrina Singh, it was caused by strong seas and North African winds.

Israel dropped US-made precision bombs on the Rafah refugee camp. According to the conclusion of the experts, the air attack on the Rafah refugee camp of Israel was carried out with the help of American-made ammunition. At least 45 people have been killed and hundreds injured in an attack on a cluster of crowded tents in a city in the southern Gaza Strip.

More than a dozen students have been arrested at Oxford University after police broke up a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Vladimir Putin authorized the seizure of US assets in Russia. Russian courts will now be able to dispose of American property located in the country to compensate for damages caused by the seizure of Russian assets in the United States.