🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- The Israeli government is going to file a defamation lawsuit against the New York times over an article alleging sexual assault against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli Jails.

"Following the publication by Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times of one of the most hideous and distorted lies ever published against the State of Israel in the modern press, which also received the backing of the newspaper, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar have instructed the initiation of a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times." - Israel Foreign Ministry.

🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡️- "Saudi Arabia has discussed the idea of a non-aggression pact between Middle East states and Iran as part of talks with allies on how to manage regional tensions once the US-Israeli war with the Islamic republic ends, diplomats said.

Riyadh is eyeing as a potential model the 1970s Helsinki Process that eased tensions in Europe during the cold war, said two western diplomats, as the region anticipates a postwar Iran that is weakened but still poses a threat to its neighbours. They added that the non-aggression pact was among various ideas being considered.

Gulf states in particular have been concerned since the US and Israel launched the war against Iran that they would be left with a wounded, more hawkish Islamic regime on their doorstep once the conflict ends and the large American military presence in the region is scaled back." - The Financial Times.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "The main loading facility for Iranian oil, Kharg island, we've seen there has been no loading in three days, we believe there storage is full, none of the ships are getting out, none are coming in, so they're not able to store oil on the water.

They're gonna start shutting down their production, we can see that that's happening from satellite." - Scott Bessent, US Treasury Secretary.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- “US Central Command was created in direct response to the threats posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

For 47 years, the Iranian regime has terrorized the region and made hostility to the U.S. a core tenet of its rule.

Their hostile, lethal track record against the U.S. is well documented.

In just the last 30 months prior to the commencement of Epic Fury, Iranian-supported terror groups have attacked U.S. troops and diplomats more than 350 times —the equivalent of an attack more than every third day— killing four U.S. servicemembers and wounding nearly 200 more.

In less than 40 days, CENTCOM forces achieved our military objectives. With 90% of its defense industrial base destroyed, Iran won't be able to reconstitute those weapons for years.” - Admiral Brad Cooper, CENTCOM Commander.

🇹🇭🇰🇭⚡- Thai outlet The Standard has clarified earlier reports of possible gunfire or explosions in the Preah Vihear area were false.

The Thai military initially accused Cambodia of a ceasefire violation, but after clarifying the situation, no explosions or gunfire took place.

🇺🇸⚡️- Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks has resigned after 37 years of public service. Thus marking the second major immigration official to resign this month, along with ICE Director Todd Lyons.

🇬🇧⚡- British university student, Henry Nowak, was walking home when he was stabbed at random by a Sikh named Vikrum Digwa, wielding a Sikh ceremonial sword, which is specially permitted in Britain due to religious exemption laws.

Digwa then “aggressively chased” Nowak, leaving a trail of blood, as Nowak looked to flee over a fence. Astoundingly, when Southampton police arrived, they arrested Nowak after Digwa alleged he was racially abused. Shortly after, in police custody, Nowak fell unconscious and died due to his wounds.

The trial is currently underway with Digwa pleading not guilty, and his mother is also on trial for helping cover up the murder.

🇮🇷🇦🇪🇮🇳⚡- Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi becomes the first senior Iranian official to openly confirm UAE's involvement in the war against Iran. The comments were made during the BRICS foreign ministries summit in New Delhi.

🇨🇺⚡- BREAKING: Protests erupt in Cuba as Havana cuts power to the country's eastern regions indefinitely.

The government states that they have "absolutely no fuel left," with the situation now "critical."

🇺🇸🇨🇴⚡- "Relentless operations to stop narco-terrorism.

US Coast Guard Southeast crews aboard CGC Tahoma and an embarked helicopter seized approximately 6,085 pounds of cocaine worth nearly $45.8 million Saturday after stopping three vessels off the coast of Colombia.

The interdiction required disabling fire after warning shots proved ineffective. Tahoma’s crew apprehended 9 suspected drug smugglers following the operation, then sunk the vessels as hazards to navigation," - US Coast Guard.

🇮🇷🇨🇳 - The vessel Iran seized earlier today is HUI CHUAN, the BBC reports.

HUI CHUAN is one of many of China's military ghost vessels that are used by Beijing to prop up armies and militias around the world.

HUI CHUAN was used by Chinese private military contractors to help escort commercial vessels in the Arabian Sea, bypassing Iranian, Houthi and Somali piracy.

🇮🇷🇨🇳 - Reuters has confirmed the report too, citing two maritime security sources.

Iran seized a Chinese military floating armory, flying under a false Honduras flag.

🇸🇩⚡- Heavy Sudanese airstrikes on Nyala, Rapid Support Forces controlled Sudan's capital.

🇺🇲🇨🇺⚡️- CIA Director J. Ratcliffe met with members of the Cuban government in Havana.

☢️ 🇺🇸 🇻🇪 U.S. removes highly enriched uranium from Venezuela in ‘accelerated’ secret mission

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🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡️- The internationally recognised and Saudi backed Yemeni government and the Iran-aligned Houthi group will exchange more than 1,600 prisoners, the office of the U.N. special ​envoy for Yemen said on Thursday, marking the largest release ‌of detainees since the outbreak of the war in Yemen.

Under the agreement, the Houthis will ​release 580 prisoners, including seven Saudis and 20 Sudanese, while the ⁠government will release 1,100 Houthi prisoners.

The two sides agreed to hold further talks on ​additional releases and allow mutual visits to detention facilities. They also agreed on an implementation plan with the International Committee of the Red Cross to move forward with the ​release operation.

🇺🇸⚡️- On this day we remember the beginning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, when Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Lt. William Clark led the Corps of Discovery into the vast unknown. Two of the Republic’s earliest legendary Army officers, they were defined by duty to country, courage in the face of hardship, and a loyal friendship that became one of the great bonds in American history. Their expedition helped unite a continent and shape a nation from ocean to ocean.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡️- President Donald Trump defends Chinese President Xi Jinping for referring to the United States as a “declining nation” and also said that the “decimation of Iran” is “to be continued.”