#BREAKING | 🇮🇷 🇦🇪 🇴🇲 — Iran’s "Persian Gulf Strait Authority" (PGSA) has announced the establishment of a controlled maritime zone in the Strait of Hormuz, requiring all vessels to obtain prior authorization for transit.

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📹⚔️ Dozens of US refueling aircraft land at Ben Gurion airport

Footage from today shows a fleet of aerial tankers arriving in Tel Aviv. The message is unmistakable: Washington is refueling for a long fight – or a big one.

Their arrival in Tel Aviv comes as Trump tells reporters he's willing to wait "a couple of days" for Iran's response in negotiations.

"If I can save war by waiting a couple of days… I think it's a great thing to do."

Wait a couple of days – while bombers refuel.

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📢 🇧🇴 🇧🇴 Evo Morales and his supporters have called for new elections within 90 days, after which they will take action against the Paz government.

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales and his supporters have issued a 90-day ultimatum to the government of President Rodrigo Paz, demanding new elections or the resignation of the Paz government while warning of coordinated escalations if their demands are ignored, according to geopolitical analyst Joseph Bouchard.

The pressure campaign comes after Paz, a right-wing leader who took office in November 2025 as Bolivia’s first non-MAS president in two decades, suffered a major setback in April’s regional elections, securing just two of nine governorships despite entering office with momentum. He now faces mounting unrest from Morales loyalists, major miners’ federations, labor unions, and indigenous groups, which have launched an indefinite general strike.

Morales, who governed Bolivia from 2006 to 2019 and was barred from the 2025 election, is currently based in the remote Chapare region, his longtime political stronghold.

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🔽 🇺🇸 🛢 US oil prices collapse below $96/barrel on reports that the US and Iran are nearing an agreement brokered by Pakistan.

The agreement is expected to establish a "joint monitoring mechanism" in the Strait of Hormuz.

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🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 The Navy has placed directed energy systems on nine ships and is working to expand testing and employment in the fleet,” a U.S. Navy official told TWZ.

However, the official declined to discuss current operations when asked if the systems have been employed in the Middle East.

Nine American destroyers stand at the vanguard of the U.S. Navy’s efforts to integrate laser weapons into the battlefield of the future. Lasers and other directed energy (DE) weapon systems went from an elusive dream to reality over the past decade, which TWZ has covered extensively. We’ve now compiled the most complete public accounting of the warships equipped with operational systems today, where they’re deployed, and what they can do.

Two ODIN-enabled destroyers are on combat deployments in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR). USS Spruance (DDG-111), part of the five-ship Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and the independently deployed USS John Finn (DDG-113) are operating in the Indian Ocean supporting ongoing operations against Iran. USS Gridley (DDG-101), the only other ODIN-equipped DDG underway, is in SOUTHCOM AOR escorting aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) to her new homeport at Norfolk. The four other destroyers are at their respective homeports in San Diego and Yokosuka.

The U.S. military is moving aggressively to reduce reliance on expensive single-use munitions, and laser weapons are oft-touted as part of a long-term solution. The recently released FY2027 budget reflects the urgency, with billions appropriated for scaled directed energy research and development (R&D) programs. “DE capabilities offer an inexpensive cost-per-shot alternative to conventional systems, increased magazine depth, and enhanced defense-in-depth,” budget documents state. The volume of high-end munitions expended during Operation Epic Fury, previous engagements with Iran, and the fight in and around the Red Sea against the Houthis, not to mention the near half-decade-long war in Ukraine, has sparked debate around the status and depth of U.S. stockpiles, driving renewed interest and investment in low-cost, reusable alternatives.

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