🇳🇵 — Nepalese police say they have arrested the former prime minister, who was ousted by Gen-Z-led protests in 2025.

🇮🇷🇹🇭 — Thailand’s prime minister says Iran has agreed to grant Thai vessels a safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

🇶🇦🇺🇦 — Qatar’s defense ministry says it has signed a defense cooperation deal with Ukraine to counter missiles and drones.

🇦🇲🇦🇿 — Armenia’s foreign ministry reports “positive developments in further normalisation” with Azerbaijan.

🇴🇲 — A security source reports that two drones targeted Oman’s Salalah Port (ONA)

🇨🇴🇺🇳 — The UN says more than 10,000 Colombians have been recruited to fight in global conflicts over the past decade.

🇵🇭 — ISIS in the Philippines, once a stronghold in Asia in the mid-to-late 2010s, is now effectively defunct (Militant Wire)

🇺🇦🇦🇪 — Ukraine’s president says his country and the UAE have agreed to cooperate on defense.

🇮🇱🇾🇪 — Israel’s military says it intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis from Yemen.

🇨🇺 — Cuba held a nationwide civilian military exercise involving weapons training and combat drills (France 24)

🇷🇺🇮🇷 — Russia’s Rosatom warns of a deteriorating situation at Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear ‌Power Plant.

🇫🇷🇮🇶 — France’s president says “everything must be done” to prevent Iraq from being drawn into the war in the Middle East.

🇮🇶 — Iraq’s interior ministry says an airstrike killed two police officers in western Mosul.

🇷🇺🇸🇦🇺🇦 — Ukraine’s president says Russia took satellite images of Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan Air Base (NBC News)

🇫🇷🇮🇷🇺🇸 — France’s interior minister says a foiled attack on Bank of America in Paris could be tied to the war in Iran.

🇰🇿🇷🇺 — Trade and economic ties between Kazakhstan and Russia showed signs of slowing in 2025 (TCA)

🇮🇷🇺🇸 — The IRGC threatens to strike US universities in the Middle East.

🇰🇼 — Kuwait’s defense ministry says it is currently confronting missiles and drones.

🇮🇷🇺🇸 — US officials say the Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran (WaPo)

🇦🇪 — The UAE’s defense ministry says the country is under attack by missiles and drones.

🇯🇴🇺🇦 — Ukraine’s president says he is in Jordan for “important meetings” on security.