🇱🇰⚡️📉 — 📰 Insider Paper: Blackout in Sri Lanka is experiencing a nationwide power outage due to a system failure. Internet disruptions reported

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🏴❌🇸🇾 — ISIS attack kills seven Syrian Arab Army soldiers in the vicinity of al-Bukamal along the Iraqi-Syrian border.

🇮🇶 — AINA: The Christian Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party on Thursday held its eighth congress in Duhok, calling for autonomy and demanding increased efforts to prevent the emigration of Christians.

🇮🇱❌🇵🇸🇵🇸 — 📰 Al-Jazeera, quoting the Israeli Minister of Finance: The days of Israel transferring funds transferred by the Palestinian Authority (Fatah) into salaries to the families of terrorists are over

https://fxtwitter.com/AJABreaking/status/1733579026017472841

🇯🇵💸📃 — 📰 Nikkei Asia Review: Japan PM Kishida to replace cabinet spokesman over slush fund allegations

➡️ Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to replace Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, amid mounting pressure from the ruling and opposition parties for him to resign over allegations that he failed to report more than 10 million yen ($70,000) in income from events hosted by his party faction, several sources close to the government told Nikkei.

➡️ Kishida initially defended Matsuno, one of the most influential ministers in his cabinet, but concluded his resignation was inevitable as the slush fund scandal worsened. Matsuno is an eight-time elected politician from Seiwaken, the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) largest faction, which was once led by Shinzo Abe, the late former prime minister. Kishida will now begin searching for a successor to Matsuno.

➡️ The resignation of the chief cabinet secretary is unusual and deals a serious blow to Kishida's government, which is already plagued by an all-time low approval rating and delays in policy decisions. Matsuno will be the fifth minister in the Kishida cabinet to resign -- mostly due to alleged misconduct or scandals -- since the cabinet was formed in November 2021.

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https://archive.is/Ca03I

🇮🇶 — The spokesman of Kataib Hezbollah, Abu Ali Alaskri, declared in a statement that the Rules of Engagement against the US has changed.

He also adds that the combat operations aganist the US forces will continue untill the full withdrawal of coalition forces.

🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 — 📰 Israeli newspaper: Israeli Interior Minister Ben Gvir demands that Palestinian workers not be allowed to enter Israel from the West Bank

https://fxtwitter.com/AlArabiya_Brk/status/1733662715552391336