🇮🇳 🇺🇸 ⚡️ — 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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🇺🇸 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — The envoy Steve Whitkopf, who was supposed to represent Washington in the talks with Iran, will leave the Middle East tomorrow and return to Miami.

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⚡️ — Regional sources to i24NEWS: Arab mediators attempted this evening to persuade the Iranians to agree to discuss additional issues. The Iranians had already informed them yesterday: "We are only prepared to discuss the nuclear topic."

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🇺🇸 🇷🇺 ⚠️ — Russia announces it is no longer "bound" by the last nuclear treaty with the United States

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🇷🇺 ⚠️ — Russia after the end of the START nuclear treaty: We will take the necessary military measures.

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🇺🇸 ❌ 🇮🇷 🇴🇲 🇹🇷 ⚡️ — The US rejected Iran's request to move the talks from Istanbul to Muscat and limit discussions to only the nuclear file, excluding ballistic missile and proxy network issues, Axios reports.

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🇺🇸 ❌ 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — Advisor to the Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard:

American soldiers will be legitimate targets for Iran.

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