🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇶🌞⚡️ — Air defenses intercepted a drone near the U.S. consulate in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, a short while ago, according to Reuters.

🇷🇺⚡️ — Russia to lift its ban on diesel exports as the domestic fuel market conditions have stabilized, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said.

➡️ He also said the gasoline export ban will be extended through the end of 2026.

🇶🇦⚡️ — Qatar’s Ministry of Transport announced that full maritime navigation for all types of vessels and marine transport will resume on July 26.

🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — Iran is increasingly using its Kheibar Shekan ballistic missile in coordinated attacks on U.S. bases in the Middle East, combining different flight paths, speeds, maneuvering warheads, drones, and other missiles to confuse American air defenses, WSJ reports.

➡️ U.S. officials say most are intercepted, but some continue to penetrate defenses.

➡️ The Kheibar Shekan is considered a key missile in Iran’s arsenal due to its low cost, mobility, accuracy, and rapid launch capability. Some variants feature a maneuverable warhead with a small engine that can adjust its trajectory during the final phase of flight, making interception more difficult.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸🇧🇭 — Iranian state media released satellite imagery showing visible impact marks and thick smoke rising from a second data center in Bahrain that it claims was used by Amazon Web Services following a strike on July 24.

➡️ The IRGC claimed an attack on another Amazon data center earlier this week.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Channel 11, citing an Israeli official, reports that Israel had prepared for a major U.S. strike to be conducted against Iran last night that could have expanded the conflict, but President Trump postponed the attack out of hopes Iran could resume negotiations with the United States.

🇺🇸🇨🇦⚡️ — President Trump via Truth Social:

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — WATCH: Onboard footage from a Ukrainian Yak-52 backseat gunner shooting down Russian Geran drones from an open cockpit with his rifle.

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦— A Ukrainian drone exhibition taking place near Kyiv was targeted by a Russian Iskander missile yesterday, resulting in casualties.

The exhibition hosted by the ARMADA drone company was publicly announced on social media and reportedly brought close to a thousand attendees.

🇵🇰📞🇸🇦 — Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar spoke with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud to discuss the latest regional developments.

➡️ They also discussed security in the shipping lanes of the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.

➡️ The two reaffirmed the close ties between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and emphasized the importance of continued diplomacy.