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The US and Venezuela have agreed to restore diplomatic and consular relations, marking a major shift after years of tension.

The US embassy in Caracas has reopened and officials are expanding diplomatic staff.

Editor-in-Chief of The War Zone (TWZ) Tyler Rogoway says the U.S. and Israel have not achieved full air supremacy over Iran, despite claims.

There are only areas of localized air superiority, while Iranian mobile air defenses still pose risks.

The shift to direct airstrikes over Iran increases operational risk for aircraft.

Iran still has road-mobile and hidden air defense systems that can “hide and pop up out of nowhere.”

As Rogoway notes, “the airspace isn’t some sanitized zone” and “achieving total air supremacy has not occurred.”

The campaign is now moving from long-range standoff strikes to direct attacks, allowing more targets to be hit but raising the threat to pilots and aircraft.

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U.S. investigators are examining whether American forces struck a girls’ school in Minab, Iran, on Saturday during the opening day of U.S.-Israeli attacks. Iran says 150 students were killed. Officials say the probe is ongoing and responsibility has not been confirmed.

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NEW: Major Gulf economies — including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait — are reviewing overseas investments as the Iran war strains their finances.

Missile attacks, disrupted oil shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, falling energy income, tourism losses, and rising defense costs are forcing governments to reconsider foreign investments, contracts, and sponsorship deals.

Source: FT

Hungary's opposition leader Péter Magyar demanded that the EU cut ties with Ukraine until Zelensky apologizes, saying “no foreign leader can threaten a Hungarian.”

Local Iraqi media claimed a U.S. military aircraft crashed in Basra, Iraq, prompting police to search for an American pilot. U.S. Central Command denied the claims on X, first rejecting reports of a crash and later denying the jet was shot down, highlighting conflicting accounts.

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Congo Authorities Report 200 Dead in Rubaya Coltan Mine Collapse

Congolese authorities say a mine collapse Tuesday at the M23-controlled Rubaya coltan site in eastern Congo killed at least 200 people, though the rebel group disputes the toll, highlighting risks in one of the world’s key sources of tantalum.

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Trump Predicts Cuba’s Fall, Eyes Iran’s Future

U.S. President Donald Trump told Politico the United States will influence Iran’s future leadership and said Cuba’s political collapse as U.S. pressure cuts Venezuelan oil supplies.

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Algerian Military Transport Plane Crash Kills Two Officers

Algeria’s Ministry of National Defence said a BE-1900 military transport aircraft crashed after takeoff on Wednesday, killing 2 officers & injuring 4 crew members as authorities opened an investigation into the incident.

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🗣The war’s average daily expense has already approached $1 billion. The war will last as long as the U.S. economy allows.

Control has not been established over the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively closed, disrupting 20 percent of global oil trade.

90 percent of whose [Congress] campaign funding comes from Jewish lobby organizations.

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A CNN team reporting from inside Iran says the current situation does not appear chaotic.

According to their observations, shops are open and well stocked, gas stations are operating normally, and there are no long lines or signs of panic in the areas they traveled through.

Four men have been arrested in London on suspicion of spying for Iran after allegedly carrying out surveillance on the Jewish community, the Metropolitan Police said.

China is negotiating with Iran to allow Chinese oil and Qatari LNG ships safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S.–Israel war with Iran disrupts shipping.

Source: Reuters

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