🇮🇷| Khamenei boasts about missile power, ignores weak air defenses

▪️Ayatollah Khamenei praised Iran’s armed forces for “breaking through” Israeli defenses and “leveling” urban and military sites with missiles—calling it a “divine blessing.” His speech ignored the repeated failures of Iran’s own air defense systems, which have struggled to intercept modern drones and missiles during recent Israeli strikes

🇺🇸🚫🇺🇦 | U.S. halts some air defense shipments to Ukraine

The U.S. has paused delivery of certain air defense missiles to Ukraine 🇺🇦 due to concerns over critically low American stockpiles, reports Politico. No timeline for resumption has been given.

🎉 Modi Govt is likely to announce major GST relief for household items.

📉 GST revamp may slash daily-use goods tax from 12% to 5% this month.

🇺🇸🇮🇳🇨🇳| US Govt official to be present at Dalai Lama's birthday celebrations. Indian govt will be represented by 2 ministers. Chief Ministers of AP, Sikkim will also be present.

🇨🇳| Chinese premier Li Qiang to visit 🇧🇷Brazil to attend BRICS summit. He later travels to 🇪🇬Egypt: Chinese govt

🇨🇳| CHINA REACTS TO ANNOUNCEMENT BY DALAI LAMA; SAYS DALAI LAMA'S SUCCESSOR MUST BE "APPROVED BY THE CENTRAL (CHINESE) GOVERNMENT"

🇺🇸| US Secretary of State Rubio officially announces that USAID has ceased all operations.

▪️"Only assistance that aligns with administration policy and serves American interests will continue," Rubio said.

‼️ BREAKING: QUAD Joint Statement in Washington DC strongly condemns Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu & Kashmir, India which killed 25 Indian nationals and 1 Nepali citizen.

“We call for the perpetrators,
organizers, and financiers of this reprehensible act to be brought to justice without any delay and urge all UN Member States, in accordance with their obligations under international law and relevant UNSCRs, to cooperate actively with all relevant authorities in this regard.”

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🇺🇸| U.S. won’t send some weapons pledged to 🇺🇦Ukraine following a Pentagon review of military aid

▪️Ukraine WON’T be getting any more:

–PAC3 Patriot missiles
–155mm artillery shells
–GMLRS rockets
–Stinger, AIM-7, and Hellfire missiles

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🇺🇦🇺🇸| Kiev summons US charge d’afffairs over sudden halt of critical military aid.

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🇮🇱| Hamas in an official statement: The mediators have conveyed new ceasefire proposals - we are examining them.

The Hamas organization clarified that in any case, they do not intend to give up on their basic demand: guarantees for ending the war and the withdrawal of the IDF from all areas of the Gaza Strip.

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🇭🇰🏳️‍🌈| Hong Kong proposes to recognize rights for same-sex couples, according to AFP.

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🇷🇺🇰🇵| Russia transfers weapons and drone tech to North Korea

▪️Russia has already transferred Shahed drone production technology and ready-to-use Pantsir-S1 air defense systems to North Korea, according to Ukraine’s intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov.

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