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More than 3,000 Sudanese refugees are among 6,000 African migrants detained in Benghazi as eastern Libyan authorities step up crackdowns, rights advocates say. https://t.co/7DpPXzijaJ https://t.co/rq15LqdUK0

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An RSF attack in North Kordofan state killed 15 civilians and wounded seven near El Obeid, while drone strikes targeted vital water supplies for displaced people. https://t.co/IxRFxa8fi2 https://t.co/XYOvjoNTOG

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U.S. President Donald Trump met with top advisers behind closed doors at the White House on Friday to discuss his options on Iran, including the possibility of significantly expanding military action against the country, sources tell ABC News. Contributed by @AZ_Intel_. https://t.co/dKqeP34FDk
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has described Ukraine as the most combat-capable and experienced army in Europe, noting that Ukrainians have effectively brought Russia's war to a stalemate while becoming innovators in modern warfare.

US military disable tanker trying to breach blockade of Iranian ports, official says The US military fired on a tanker that was trying to breach its blockade of Iranian ports, a US official said on Friday, disabling the vessel. American forces disabled the M/T Lavine in the Gulf of Oman on Friday after the ship attempted to run the blockade, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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Ukraine's tiny interceptor drones need a little help getting into the air. An old naval helicopter is just the thing.

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The U.S. military says it disabled another merchant ship that repeatedly tried to breach its blockade of Iranian ports, marking the second commercial vessel stopped since the blockade was reimposed. Source: AP

Russia struck an arms show near Kyiv on Friday, killing at least 10 people and wounding a hundred, Ukrainian officials said, raising questions around the safety of such events.

Beijing is doubling down on overland trade routes across Central Asia as continued disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and the wider region expose the vulnerability of global shipping chokepoints. A new link to Afghanistan via Uzbekistan offers a practical example of this long-term diversification push. However, observers caution that security concerns and capacity constraints could make a meaningful shift away from sea freight difficult. Officially launched in May with pilot shipments, the...

A group of American tech giants, including Nvidia, Palantir and Meta, signed a public letter on Friday calling for US leadership in open-weight AI models, an area that China currently dominates. The challenge comes amid growing speculation that the Trump administration might introduce restrictions on open AI models. These would aim to address national security risks of the fast-moving technology and combat the growing popularity of Chinese models, a move that critics say would instead hurt US...

Israel's Ambassador to the UN tells Mamdani to "take note" after Khan's removal Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, told New York mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday to "take note" after members of the International Criminal Court voted in New York City to dismiss the chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, over misconduct claims. In a post on X, Danon accused Khan of pursuing a political witch hunt against Israel and using the arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netan

President flew to Ankara onboard Qatari-gifted jet, without advanced defenses, and flew home on old Air Force One Donald Trump switched aircraft before departing Turkey earlier this month after US officials determined there was a credible threat from Iranian proxy forces targeting him and Air Force One, according to a new report from the New York Times. The threat surfaced while the US president was attending the Nato summit. He had arrived in Ankara onboard the new Qatari-donated Boeing 747-8,

US military says it's fired on & disabled a 2nd merchant ship trying to violate the Iranian blockade Per @CENTCOM spox Capt. Hawkins, the M/T Lavine tried to run the blockade at least 4x. The crew was warned, didn't comply, and military then fired into its engine room

Authorities face the "worst fire in the history of the region", Madrid officials say, as French firefighters battle a blaze heading towards Bordeaux.
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Elon Musk on Ukraine: There is a lot of wishful thinking, with people saying Russia should completely withdraw, etc. This is not realistic. We have to be pragmatic about this. How do you explain to the children of the men who are dying on the front lines? This goes for the Russian side too. They are being conscripted. Source: The Economist
Yemen's Houthis release a video titled: To the Saudi enemy... Escalation for escalation.

Explosion heard in Sirik, Iran
Elon Musk on Russia: We were never at any point selling Starlink to Russians. They got Starlink units they ordered through Ukraine and then smuggled them into eastern Ukraine, where Russians are. They were using them, in some cases, for attacks. In order to address this, we worked with the Ukrainian government to create a whitelist of approved Starlink terminals. This has some downsides because a whole bunch of innocent people who used Starlink for work or education now don't have Starlink.

The comment followed Donald Trump’s demand for Riyadh to normalize relations with Israel as part of the pact, a condition publicly backed by US Energy Secretary Chris Wright

Violent explosions rock Iranian Kurdish opposition sites in Sulaymaniyah
The Kremlin is preparing for upcoming elections and is finding it increasingly difficult to conceal public fatigue with the war.

Big fire as result of Russian strike at the warehouse in Zaporizhzhia

Saudi Arabia: If the Houthis continue their hostilities, we will respond without hesitation.

Iran is smuggling operatives across the English Channel in small boats posing as asylum seekers in order to conduct operations on British soil and have been intercepted by British security services-Telegraph What...

Russia struck a defense industry event in Kyiv Oblast in daylight, killing at least 10 and injuring around 100 as fears grow of a larger attack to come.

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Three explosions at the Juffair base in Bahrain

Amid fears of escalation with Iran, Austrian Airlines and ITA (Lufthansa Group) canceled their morning flights to Israel. Source: N12

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Explosions were reported in Belgorod

Iranian media: Explosions rock Omidiyeh, southeast of Ahvaz

Notably Vance who has been anti escalation with Iran did not attend today's White House national security meeting. Interesting...

Many airlines are cancelling flights to Israel over the weekend believing a large escalation with Iran is imminent.