According to Reuters, citing a White House official, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has renewed her bid to return to Venezuela in recent days. The move, which had increasingly frustrated Trump administration officials, comes against the backdrop of twin earthquakes that devastated Northern Venezuela. Per the report, Machado has petitioned the administration, the State Department, and members of Congress to aid in her return, but at the time of writing, the administration is reticent to accede to the request, as one White House official told Reuters “We support her returning to Venezuela, but does it have to be 24 hours after a massive humanitarian catastrophe where the death toll continues to climb?”

Early reports indicate that Israel has conducted an airstrike, likely against Lebanese Hezbollah targets and infrastructure in Nabatieh al-Fawqa in Southern Lebanon.
More to come.

U.S. Central Command has announced that an additional round of 'self-defense' airstrikes have been carried out against multiple targets in Iran following the successful Iranian targeting of the motor tanker Kiku as it transited the Strait of Hormuz near Oman this morning.

Activity of U.S. Air Force assets near the Strait of Hormuz, visible via @flightradar24 a short time ago, shows at least 4 KC-135 "Stratotankers" and 3 KC-46A "Pegasus" active following U.S. airstrikes in Iran.

According to Fox News’ @JenGriffinFNC, last night, following the U.S. retaliatory strikes against select targets inside Iran, Iran responded by striking U.S. forces in Bahrain. Per the report, 9 one-way attack drones were shot down during the wave of strikes and no damage or injuries were reported.

In the aftermath of the twin 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that struck Northern Venezuela, just under 1,500 people have new been reported dead and 3,200 injured, as rescue operations continue at a fevered pace.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump confirmed U.S. Central Command’s announcement of additional strikes on Iran. President Trump has said that Iran’s targeting of commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz is a violation of the ceasefire framework, adding that “There may come a point where we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job.”

In a release from the U.S. State Department, footage shows personnel from USA-01 elite heavy urban search-and-rescue teams rescue a baby from the debris of a collapsed building in Venezuela. Search and rescue operations, supported by U.S. and other nations, continue, following the twin earthquakes that devastated Northern Venezuela.

The Ministry of the Interior of Bahrain has announced that sirens are now sounding and citizens and residents are urged to head to the nearest safe place.

@VATF1, the urban search-and-rescue task force comprising USA-01, has released video showing the successful rescue of the young child's mother after she spent several days trapped beneath a collapsed building following Wednesday's devastating earthquakes in Venezuela.

Source: https://x.com/VATF1/status/2071009549906272649?s=20

Following U.S. retaliatory strikes against select targets in Iran, both Bahrain and Kuwait are now dealing with renewed Iranian drone and missile attacks, with Kuwait’s General Staff saying just earlier that air defense systems are intercepting hostile targets.

Developing: Heavy armor and security forces are on the move inside the 'Green Zone' in Baghdad, Iraq amid unconfirmed reports of arrests of Iraqi politicians.

Following reports of Iraqi armor activity in the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, reports also indicate that a number of politicians, including Sunni politician Muthanna al-Samarrai, have been arrested. Per reports from local media, the crackdown is supposedly subordinate to ongoing corruption investigations spearheaded by Iraq’s new prime minister, Ali Al-Zaidi. Al-Zaidi has close ties to Iran through his bank.

Following the announcement of U.S. retaliatory strikes against select targets in Iran, U.S. Central Command has released footage showing strikes against ten separate targets inside Iran and also in the Strait of Hormuz.

Following the recent Iranian drone and missile attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain, the IRGC has said that 8 U.S. military infrastructure sites were targeted in a combined drone and missile strike by the IRGC Navy and Aerospace Forces.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is in Iraq today and visited the site where Qasem Soleimani, the former IRGC Quds Force commander, was killed in a U.S. strike during the first Trump administration.

Bahrain underwent another wave of Iranian drone and missile strikes overnight, as Iran continues to call for the Iranian administration of the Strait of Hormuz and a full Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon.