🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡- US helicopter over northern Deir ez-Zur countryside, SDF-controlled Syria.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump, in a long-winded Truth Social post, claims that the fixation of Jeffrey Epstein is "radical left inspired" and "a waste of time and energy."

He also defended Attorney General Pam Bondi, claiming that the 2020 election and ActBlue are more important than the Epstein files.

🇷🇺🇮🇷⚡- Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova calls the Axios report that claimed Putin pressured Tehran to accept a zero enrichment on Iranian soil a "dirty, politicized campaign" - but does not deny the report itself.

🇬🇧⚡- "We struggle to keep a few air defence ships at sea and have a paltry ground based air defence capability, how the bloody hell are we going to put air defence systems on critical national infrastructure sites," - Think Defence, a UK Defense Minister funded Think Tank.

🇹🇷🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Turkey says its MiT agency warned Iran that Israel and Mossad were preparing widespread assassinations and attacks in Tehran prior to the start of the 12-Day War.

A Turkish official claims Iran chose to ignore the intel, as Tehran assumed Israel would limit its strikes to nuclear facilities only.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Netanyahu promised government ministers that he is committed to returning to continue fighting to defeat Hamas even after the deal is implemented," - Israel Hayom.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "The army will present to ministers today the plans for the establishment of the humanitarian city [in southern Rafah that will house 600,000 residents, mainly from the north of the Gaza Strip] after the implementation of the deal," - Israel Hayom.

🇷🇺🇮🇷⚡- Iranian outlet Tasnim News and Lebanese outlet al-Mayadeen, citing an 'informed source', deny that Russia is pressuring Tehran into a zero enrichment deal.

Unless the 'informed source' has access to the Putin-Macron and Putin-Trump phone logs, their denial is unreliable.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇳⚡- India's defense contractor Reliance Defence signs a $2.3 billion agreement with US's Coastal Mechanics Inc. to repair and maintain India's Air Force, IAF.

In a major defeat for Russia's soft power in India, the agreement also covers the 100 Russian-made MiG-29s in use by the IAF.

🇺🇸🇾🇪🇪🇹⚡- Two and a half months after Rerum Novarum covered the US airstrike on a migrant detention center in Sa'dah, Ansarullah-controlled Yemen, the US media has finally acknowledged the incident.

"They fled the war in Ethiopia, then American bombs found them. US-made bombs destroyed a detention facility that held Ethiopian migrants in Yemen, crushing bodies and shredding limbs. Amid official silence, the survivors are left wondering why," - The New York Times.

The final death toll hit 75+, with 50+ injured. As Rerum Novarum initially reported, the site, like many other of US airstrikes against the Houthis, was hit previously by Saudi Arabia. Which suggests US intel during the operation was so limited, it relied on old Saudi data.

🇨🇳🇷🇺⚡- Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrives in Beijing, China, to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Foreign Ministry Council.

🇺🇸🇰🇵⚡- "North Korea says it is ready to take military action against the US, Japan and South Korea over their joint air drills with US strategic bombers," - KCNA, North Korean outlet.

🇸🇾⚡- Tensions once again rise in the As Suwaida region of southern Syria between local Bedouin tribes and the Druze population.

Tensions rose after a local was attacked, leaving him injured, which has led to individual clashes around the region.

Reports of mobilization on either side are false.

🇮🇷⚡- Smoke over Vanak district, northern Tehran, Iran.

🇧🇩🇵🇰🇮🇳⚡- Bangladesh is exploring the option of purchasing 32 JF-17C Block 3 variant fighter jets from Pakistan.

Indian media has expressed concern.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Israeli settlers kill an American visiting relatives in the West Bank, the Guardian reports.

🇺🇸⚡- Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General, to visit Washington tomorrow.

🇺🇸🇶🇦🇮🇷⚡- "Al-Udeid Air Base remains fully operational and capable of conducting its mission, alongside our Qatari partners, to provide security and stability in the region," - Pentagon, after confirming a single Iranian missile struck the base on June 23.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Iran issues yet another threat, this time saying Israel's deliberate attack on President Pezeshkian won't go 'unanswered', and that Israel will 'pay the price'.