The Houthis have taken at least 10 crew members of the sunken ship Eternity C to Yemen.

The Russian government has decided to close 20 checkpoints on the border with Ukraine from August 1.

Source: TASS

Saudi Foreign Minister:

There is no credibility or justification for any talk about normalization amid the war and killing in the Gaza Strip

Four supply trucks belonging to the FAMa/African Corps, abandoned by the convoy, were set on fire by the FLA.

JD Vance:

Trump has nothing to hide.

Trump has directed the Attorney General to release all credible information and frankly to go and find additional credible information related to the Jeffrey Epstein case.

Recent satellite imagery shows ongoing construction and renovation work at the Maaten el-Sarra Air Base in southeastern Libya, which earlier reports claimed was being carried out by Russia's Africa Corps.

Source: AfriMEOSINT

Netanyahu will present to the ministerial committee a plan to annex areas in the Gaza Strip in an effort to keep Smotrich in the government.

Source: Haaretz

The SDF rejected U.S. envoy Tom Barrack’s request to withdraw from Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor, Hasakah, and Tabqa, and refused to disarm.

SDF representative Sihanouk Dibo said they turned down the proposal, which included handing over natural resources and border crossings to the Damascus government.

US Senator Lindsey Graham:

Putin has seriously miscalculated President Trump. I hope countries like China, India and Brazil — who prop up Putin’s war machine —are about to pay a long overdue price.

The US may withdraw about a third of its contingent from Europe - about 20 thousand soldiers.

Source: Politico

Ghana: Government announced a shift from peacekeeping to peace enforcement in Bawku after three students were killed in an ambush.

Troops were deployed near the Burkina Faso border to contain escalating violence.

NEW: Trump administration has denied permission for Taiwan's President to stop in New York en route to Central America.

Source: FT

Trump on meeting with Xi.

New video from near the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) site in Netzarim shows Israeli forces repeatedly firing directly at people — not warning shots.

Every one of the over 1,000 aid seekers killed there was shot by Israel.

Two Russian soldiers on motorbikes collide on a field road.

Germany is planning to develop long-range combat drones for deep-strike missions.

Three industry consortia—including Airbus with Kratos, Rheinmetall with Anduril, and Helsing—are working on concepts.

Source: Handelsblatt

South Korea has upgraded its Cheongung-I air defense system to the Cheongung-II, which can now intercept ballistic missiles as well as aircraft.

The improved system is being deployed and will be fully operational by 2027.