🇮🇷🇺🇸 — Trump says the US has begun the process of clearing the Strait of Hormuz (Truth)

🇵🇰🇶🇦🇸🇦 — Sources say Qatar and Saudi Arabia will provide Pakistan $5 billion in financial aid amid debt repayment (AA)

🇫🇷🇹🇷 — France’s president says he spoke with Turkey’s president about the Middle East, Ukraine, and the Caucasus (X)

🇰🇿 — Kazakhstan’s new constitution aims to simplify decision-making, improve stability, and manage succession (EAF)

🇨🇴🇪🇨 — Ecuador’s government says it has raised tariffs on imports from Colombia from 50% to 100% (statement)

🇦🇲🇦🇿 — Azerbaijan has shipped an additional 887 tons of diesel fuel to Armenia by rail (Report.az)

🇷🇺🇺🇦 — The governor of Russia’s Kursk Oblast accuses Ukraine of violating the truce with a drone strike (Telegram)

🇮🇷🇺🇸 — CENTCOM says two US warships transited the Strait of Hormuz to prepare for mine-clearing operations (statement)

🇮🇷🇵🇰🇺🇸 — Iranian and American teams are holding face-to-face talks in Islamabad, Pakistan (PTV News)

🇷🇺🇺🇦 — A Ukrainian official says Russia’s military continues to strike Ukrainian positions with drones despite the truce (AP)

🇸🇾 — Locals in Syria’s Suwayda have resumed protesting the presence of government forces in Druze areas (ANHA)

🇷🇺🇺🇦 — Ukraine’s ⁠military says it has documented 469 ceasefire violations by Russia (Telegram)

🇮🇴🇲🇺🇬🇧 — British officials say the UK government has shelved plans to transfer the Chagos Islands to Mauritius (BBC)

🇵🇰🇸🇦 — Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry says Pakistani fighters jets have arrived in the country under a new pact (statement)

🇲🇽🇺🇸 — The FAA says it has allowed the Pentagon to use anti-drone lasers along the border with Mexico (statement)

🇮🇷🇺🇸 — Vance says he is returning to the US without having reached an agreement with Iran (presser)

🇮🇴🇲🇺🇬🇧 — Mauritius’ foreign minister vows to “spare no effort” to reclaim the Chagos Islands from the UK (AFP)