🇮🇷 🇸🇦 ⚡️ — Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: A phone call between Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan, discussed regional developments.

🔴 Ibn Farhan emphasized Riyadh's approach to supporting regional stability and confirmed his country's support for any political and diplomatic solutions.

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🇮🇷 ⚡️ — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio:

If the Iranians want to meet, we are ready. If they change their minds, that's fine. We prefer to meet and engage in dialogue. I'm not sure about the possibility of reaching an agreement with Iran, but we see no harm in trying to explore that possibility.

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🇺🇸 🇮🇷 🇨🇳 🇺🇦 ⚡️ — Trump:

I discussed with President Xi issues of trade, Taiwan, Ukraine, the current situation with Iran, and China's purchase of oil and gas from the United States.

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🇮🇱 ❌ 🇵🇸 🚨 — 24 martyrs reported in ongoing violations by the occupation in the Gaza Strip since dawn today

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🇺🇸 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 ⚡️ — NEW: New START Treaty set to expire Thursday, removing caps on US and Russian nuclear arsenals

🔴 Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would stick to the treaty’s limits for another year if Washington follows suit; US President Donald Trump has been noncommittal.

🔴 New START capped each side at 1,550 nuclear warheads and 700 missiles and bombers; on-site inspections stopped in 2020 and Putin suspended Russia’s participation in February 2023 while pledging to respect the caps.

🔴 Arms control advocates warn expiration could spark an unconstrained Russia‑US arms race and draw in China, which has balked at restrictions on its growing nuclear arsenal.

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🇺🇸 🇮🇷 🇴🇲 ⚡️ — REPORT: U.S. and Iran to hold nuclear talks in Oman on Friday, a regional diplomat said

🔴 Trump has built up forces in the Middle East and warned "bad things" could happen if a deal is not reached; the talks were moved from Turkey at Iran's request

🔴 A source said Jared Kushner, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi were due to take part, but Tehran now wants bilateral talks with the U.S.

🔴 Tensions include a U.S. F-35 shooting down an Iranian Shahed-139 drone approaching the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boats harassing a U.S.-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz

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🇧🇪 🇺🇦 🇷🇺 ⚡️ — REPORT: Euroclear will transfer to Ukraine 3.3 bln euros for 2025 out of 5 bln euros of revenues from reinvesting illegally frozen Russian sovereign assets, the Belgium-based depository said in its report

🔴 The first tranche of 1.6 bln euros was remitted last July.

🔴 The remaining amount will be transferred in early 2026.

🔴 The Belgium government collects 30% of the revenues to the country’s budget as the windfall tax.

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🇮🇳 🇺🇸 ⚡️ — NEW: India has sharply increased defense procurement from the U.S., boosting defense trade with Washington to $20 billion and signing major engine and weapons deals.

🔴 India state-owned firm signed a $1 billion deal to buy 113 F404 engines from General Electric Aerospace to power the Tejas Mk-1A, and is finalizing a co-production deal to build F414 engines in India for the Tejas Mk2 and initial batches of a fifth-generation fighter.

🔴 Washington approved $92.8 million in sales of Javelin anti-tank missiles and Excalibur precision artillery projectiles, and India will lease two additional MQ-9B Sea Guardian drones for Indian Navy maritime surveillance.

🔴 Defense ties stayed insulated from trade friction after a tariff cut; New Delhi is pursuing “Make in India” and co-development with France for full technology transfer on fighter engine manufacturing.

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🇮🇱 ❌ 🇵🇸 🚁 — Spokesperson for Civil Defense in Gaza:

"There has been no change on the ground, and Israel is escalating the situation with baseless justifications. The war in Gaza continues unabated, with civilians being systematically targeted. There is a high number of casualties along the front lines, and we are receiving reports of missing individuals. The international community must safeguard the lives of the people in Gaza and ensure the right to life for children and women in the region."

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🇺🇸 🇸🇾 ⚡️ — United States Central Command:

"We carried out five strikes against ISIS targets throughout Syria between January 27 and February 2."

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🇮🇱 ❌ 🇵🇸 ❗️ — Israeli source: The Israeli army attempted to assassinate a commander in the Gaza Strip, and an investigation into the results of the attack is underway.

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🇺🇦 ✈ — New wave of drone attacks on eastern Ukraine

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🇮🇱 ❌ 🇵🇸 🇸🇾 ❗️ — Urgent | Syrian sources: Occupation forces raid and search homes in the village of Ruwayhina, in the central countryside of Quneitra.

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🇮🇱 🇯🇴 🇹🇭 ⚠️ — A drone loaded with a machine gun and pistols was found during a tour on the Jordanian border, which included the participation of the head of the "Rivman" Institute, "Haji Reznik," and the head of the "Eilat" Regional Council. The drone was discovered in a field by a Thai worker.

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🇱🇾 ⚡️ — REPORT: Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Muammar Gaddafi and wanted by the International Criminal Court, was killed after a four-man commando stormed his house in Zintan, western Libya.

🔴 Marcel Ceccaldi, Seif's lawyer, said an unidentified "four-man commando" attacked his home; adviser Abdullah Othman Abdurrahim said they disabled surveillance cameras then executed him.

🔴 Libyan prosecutors say they are probing the killing and established the victim died from gunshot wounds; Seif was 53 and had announced a 2021 presidential bid.

🔴 Analysts note the timing — 48 hours after a US-brokered Paris meeting between Saddam Haftar and Ibrahim Dbeibah — and public speculation ranges from a Zintan-based armed group to possible foreign intelligence involvement, while experts say his death removes a symbolic alternative in Libya's divided politics.

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🇺🇸 ❌ 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — Cancellation of negotiations between Iran and the United States

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🇺🇸 ❌ 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — An American official:

We told Iran that the choice is either this or nothing, and they replied, "Then nothing."

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🇮🇩 🇮🇹 ⚡️ — NEW: Indonesia, PT ESystem Solutions and Leonardo signed a Letter of Intent at the Singapore Airshow to advance procurement of M-346 F Block 20 aircraft.

🔴 The LOI covers localization items including support, maintenance, overhaul and training capabilities and aims to support Indonesia’s aircraft fleet modernization and replacement of aging BAE Systems Hawk jets.

🔴 The M-346F Block 20 is described with a Large Area Display cockpit, active electronically scanned radar, Link 16 data‑link, electronic countermeasures and new weapon systems to enable simulated air‑to‑air and air‑to‑surface operations.

🔴 Leonardo says the parties will move into the next stage of discussions to achieve a procurement contract signing soon; possible quantity was not disclosed.

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🇺🇸 ⚡️ — NEW: US Vice President JD Vance announced the United States intends to create an international alliance for the mining and production of critical minerals with domestic fixed prices.

🔴 Participants will establish so-called reference prices for specific minerals and maintain them at a stable level.

🔴 These reference prices will operate as a floor maintained through adjustable tariffs to uphold pricing integrity and prevent market undercutting.

🔴 The trading zone aims to create diverse centers of production, stable investment conditions and resilient supply chains; more than 50 countries attended and many have expressed desire to join.

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🇺🇸 ❌ 🇮🇷 🇴🇲 ⚡️ — An Iranian official told Reuters: "Washington's insistence on discussing non-nuclear issues could jeopardize the talks in Oman."

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🇺🇸 ❌ 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — Hebrew media citing an American source: "Following the developments, Trump is now inclined towards military action in Iran."

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