🇵🇭 — 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.

🇮🇷🇮🇱🇶🇦 — Qatar’s Al Araby TV says an “Israeli missile” struck its building in Tehran, Iran.

🇱🇧🇺🇸 — The American University of Beirut announces that it is switching to online classes.

🇰🇼 — Kuwait’s foreign minister accuses the Arab League of showing a “clear incapacity” in safeguarding “Arab security.”

🇴🇲 — Oman’s foreign ministry says no party has claimed responsibility for attacks against the country.

🇮🇷🇱🇧 — An Iranian diplomatic source says the country’s ambassador to Beirut will remain in Lebanon (AFP)

🇪🇬 — The Arab League nominates a former Egyptian foreign minister as its secretary-general (Al-Ahram)