🇪🇹⚡️ — Ethnic Oromo militias from the Oromo region of Ethiopia launched a major attack against Somali civilians living in the Sitti area of the Somali region of Ethiopia.

The town of Mulli, in the Sitti area, was the main theater of the Oromo attack, which led to more than 16 civilians being massacred.

Local residents fought back against the attacking forces, while the Ethiopian federal force and the Ethiopian-Somali regional forces didn't intervene to stop the invasion.

The main goal of extremist Oromo militias is the expansion of Oromo land by invading, colonizing, and ethnically cleansing other Ethiopian regions and their local ethnic groups in an effort to create a great Oromo state.

🇾🇪❌🇾🇪 — The Houthis (Ansarallah) have launched ballistic missiles and drones against Mokha, PLC-controlled Yemen, over the past hour.

🇾🇪❌🇾🇪 — Houthi (Ansarallah) drones continue to fly towards Mokha, PLC-controlled Yemen.

🇩🇪🇷🇺⚡️ — Nearly 400 Russian nationals have been ordered to leave Germany in the period since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Among those removed were more than 80 members of Russia’s diplomatic presence whom German authorities largely suspected of conducting intelligence activities under diplomatic cover. Another 313 Russian citizens were deported through separate proceedings.

🇺🇸🇰🇷⚡️ — South Korea’s Hanwha has offered as much as $1.2 billion for Austal USA, potentially placing one of America’s largest naval shipbuilders under the control of the Korean defense group.

The preliminary, non-binding proposal values Austal’s US operations at between $1.05 billion and $1.2 billion. It does not include the Australian-listed parent company or Austal’s shipbuilding operations in Australia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.

Austal has agreed to further evaluate the proposal, giving Hanwha four weeks to conduct due diligence and allowing discussions with key customers, including the US Navy and Coast Guard.

Any takeover would face significant US regulatory scrutiny because of Austal USA’s involvement in sensitive defense programs. Potential approvals include reviews by CFIUS, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, and US antitrust authorities.

🇺🇸⚡️ — Trump Media & Technology Group says more than 10 customers have subscribed to Truth API, which provides subscribers with faster, licensed access to posts on Truth Social, including those from President Trump.

The initial customers are primarily high-frequency trading firms paying between $60,000 and $100,000 per month.

The company is also in talks with potential customers, including AI hyperscalers, and eventually plans to offer the service to retail traders.

🇮🇷🇺🇸🇸🇦⚡️ — Persian Gulf energy producers increasingly expect Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz to become a lasting reality, according to WSJ.

Crude shipments through the waterway dropped to roughly 2.2 million barrels per day last week, down from 8.5 million a month earlier and far below the roughly 20 million barrels of oil and petroleum products that transited Hormuz daily before the war.

With alternative export corridors such as the Red Sea facing growing security threats, Gulf states are increasingly prepared to tolerate a degree of Iranian oversight in return for restoring energy flows and avoiding another round of war.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️ — The U.S. government has sold two sanctioned oil tankers for scrap after seizing the vessels in the days following Washington’s raid on Venezuela, according to Lloyd’s List.

Dubai-based ship recycling company Global Marketing Systems purchased the Era and Lileo for an undisclosed amount last month following a court-authorized sale.

Both tankers, which previously operated under several different names, are now expected to be dismantled at shipbreaking yards in India.

🇨🇴⚡️ — At least 132 people have died and 570 have been injured as a result of the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck western Colombia on Monday.

The city of Pereira has reported 60 deaths alone.

🇺🇸⚡️ — Anthropic is holding meetings with prospective investors as it seeks to build confidence ahead of a potential IPO as early as September or October, WSJ reports.

The AI company has faced questions over growing competition from lower-cost Chinese models, strained relations with the Trump administration, and resistance to new data center projects.

Anthropic told some investors that it will increase its focus on healthcare and biological research as part of its future expansion.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — President Trump reposted a graph that claims Iran has no money and says the Iranian Rial is "trash."

🇾🇪❌🇾🇪 — Air defenses are currently engaging Houthi (Ansarallah) drones over Mokha, PLC-controlled Yemen.

🇸🇾🇸🇾⚡️ — Aleppo Governorate’s Internal Security Command lifted the curfew in Ayn al-Arab (Kobane) after security patrols were deployed and calm was restored in the city.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — A U.S. military intelligence assessment says Iran’s strategic priority has shifted from its nuclear program toward the Strait of Hormuz, according to NBC News.

Military officials have warned President Trump that any operation to seize control of the strait would be lengthy, costly, and deadly, with no guarantee of success.

🇨🇩🦠 — The WHO says the DRC’s rapidly growing Ebola outbreak began in February, months before it was officially declared on May 15.

Early cases were mistakenly attributed to malaria and typhoid, while conflict, health worker strikes, misinformation, and limited testing delayed detection and containment.

Confirmed cases have reached 4,200, with more than 1,900 deaths. The outbreak involves the rare Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved vaccine or treatment.

🇺🇸⚡️ — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:

Thanks to President Trump, our country is more affordable.

🇺🇸⚡️ — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:

We cannot allow these far-left liberals to take power. If these radical extreme liberals are given a chance at power, they will try to obstruct this president and turn our country into a communist hellhole.

🇸🇾⚡️ — Atef Nabil, a former officer for the Assad-led Baathist Syria and a cousin of ousted president Bashar al-Assad, was sentenced to death by the Damascus criminal court for participating in the death and torture of civilians under the previous regime.

🇸🇾⚡️ — The Damascus criminal court sentenced ousted President Bashar al-Assad and his younger brother Maher al-Assad to death in absentia over crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during Syria’s 14-year civil war.