🇨🇳🇦🇿⚡- Chinese military attache to Azerbaijan, Sun Zhong, says military cooperation between Beijing and Baku will continue to grow confidently.

Zhong says the military relations have "deepened," with a "mutual understanding and trust" between the two countries.

🇹🇷🇰🇿⚡- Turkey's President Erdogan awards Kazakhstan's President Tokayev with the country's highest award, the Order of Devlet Nisani in Ankara, Turkey.

Tokayev, while on a visit to Turkey, has signed signed 18 economic and military agreements with Erdogan.

🇲🇹🇵🇸⚡- Malta announces it will recognize the State of Palestine during the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, in September.

🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- Chinese naval activities in the Scarborough Shoal to the Second Thomas Shoal regions have doubled in the past 6 months - disputed water-spaces of the South China Sea.

🇺🇸⚡️- Trump Department of Justice has dropped all charges against Alejandro Orellana, the man charged with giving face shields to anti ICE rioters in LA earlier this year.

The arrest was treated as a major win for the Trump Administration and a reversal of the trend of leftist rioters being give free reign.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "22 Knesset members from the Likud-bloc coalition have approached the Israeli Defense Minister requesting permission to enter Gaza today for a tour of the northern Gaza Strip area as part of preparations for a Jewish settlement in the sector," - Israeli Channel 12.

🇬🇧🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: The United Kingdom will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly in September unless Israel implements a ceasefire in Gaza.

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡️- President Trump announces a 25% tariff on India.

🇺🇸🏫⚡️- Following Columbia, Brown University has just struck a deal with the White House to "restore some federal research funding and address allegations about antisemitism on campus."

As part of the deal, Brown has agreed to not discriminate racially in its admissions practices or University programming, and the University will also provide its admissions data to the federal government, among other demands. The agreement affirms “that the government does not have the authority to dictate teaching, learning and academic speech."

🇨🇦🇵🇸⚡️- Canada will officially recognize a Palestinian state at the UN general assembly in September.

🇺🇸🇨🇦🇵🇸⚡️- President Trump reacts to Canada’s announcement.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇳⚡️- President Trump blasts Russia and India, says he doesn’t care “what India does with Russia,” they can “take their dead economies down together,” and warns former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to “watch his words” and that “he’s entering very dangerous territory.”

🇷🇺🇸🇾⚡- Syrian Foreign Minister Assad al-Shaibani arrives in Moscow, Russia, to meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡- "US President Donald Trump recently warned a Jewish campaign donor that his MAGA base was beginning to turn on Israel.

“My people are starting to hate Israel,” Trump is quoted as having told an unnamed prominent donor recently," - Financial Times, British outlet.

🇩🇪🇮🇱⚡- German's Foreign Minister is currently meeting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu amid speculations that Berlin could follow France, the UK and Canada in recognizing the State of Palestine.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: Russian forces have captured Chasov Yar, Kramatorsk direction.

The battle over the city lasted almost 16 months.

🇩🇪🇵🇸⚡️- German FM says a two-state solution is the only path to dignity for israelis and palestinians

🇸🇾🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- An Israeli security source tells Saudi outlet al-Hadath that Iranian-backed groups could soon launch attacks against Israel from southern Syria.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Fastest way to end humanitarian crises in Gaza is for Hamas to surrender and release hostages," - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- US Envoy Witkoff has arrived at the Israeli Prime Minister's Office to meet Netanyahu.

Witkoff is also expected to visit one of the US-run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution centers in the Gaza Strip.