🇮🇶🇸🇦 | The Iraqi military chief of operations in Maysan is fired after evidence showed that attacks targeting Saudi Arabia originated from the province — INA

🇮🇷🇰🇷 | Iran's foreign minister initiated a phone conversation with his South Korean counterpart and discussed the situation in the Strait of Hormuz — Yonhap

🇸🇦🇹🇷 | Turkey's foreign minister and his Saudi counterpart discussed the recent attacks targeting the kingdom in a phone call, diplomatic sources say — AA

🇨🇳 | New pictures have strengthened assessments that China's "WZ-X" is a stealthy, long-endurance ISR UAV designed to fly deep in contested airspace — SCMP

🇮🇳 | The BRICS countries have reached a consensus on a joint statement following intensive negotiations at their summit in New Delhi, government sources say — PTI

🇰🇵🇰🇷🇺🇸 | South Korea's defense minister says he "strongly" hopes for the resumption of dialogue between North Korea and the US — Yonhap

🇾🇪 | The Houthis are avoiding any direct confrontation with the STC, which remains active on the ground in southern Yemen but in a defensive posture — Al-Monitor

🇮🇷🇺🇸 | CENTCOM says its forces have redirected 100 commercial vessels over the past 60 days since the US resumed the blockade against Iran — Facebook

🇸🇦🇾🇪 | The Houthis say Saudi Arabia has carried out 129 airstrikes across seven governorates in western Yemen over the past 48 hours — statement

🇮🇷🇴🇲🇺🇸 | The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz depends on the US and not on the agreement reached between Iran and Oman, a source says — Tasnim

🇪🇺🇷🇺🇱🇰🇦🇪 | Sri Lanka is in talks to purchase ∼150 armored vehicles from STREIT Group, a UAE-based manufacturer under EU sanctions for supplying Russia — IO

🇺🇳🇾🇪 | The IOM says intensifying fighting in Yemen has forced at least 76,000 people to flee their homes since July, up from 46,000 just days earlier — statement

🇨🇳🇮🇳 | China's president and India's prime minister met and had a candid, in-depth exchange of views in New Delhi on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit — Xinhua

🇦🇱🇷🇺🇺🇦 | Albania barred the oil tanker Hanuman from entering the Port of Durrës after Ukraine identified the vessel as part of Russia's "shadow fleet" — BIRN

🇮🇷🇮🇶🇸🇦 | Iraq's foreign minister and his Iranian counterpart discussed the attack on Saudi Arabia and the measures taken in response in a phone call — INA

🇸🇦🇾🇪 | The Houthis say they struck weapons depots and command-and-control rooms in southern Saudi Arabia using ballistic missiles and UAVs — statement

🇴🇲🇺🇸 | CENTCOM has reduced its air-based defense for tankers using the Omani route through the Strait of Hormuz to two specific time slots daily — FT

🇮🇶🇹🇷 | The PMF is preparing to absorb hundreds of members of the PKK excluded from the peace process with Turkey, Iraqi security officials say — The New Region

🇮🇳🇮🇷🇦🇪 | Iran's president and Abu Dhabi's crown prince discussed international and regional issues on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi — WAM

🇮🇷🇮🇶 | Iraq has announced a phased timeline to reopen three land border crossings with Iran, a day after closing them to probe drone launches — AFP

🇷🇺🇺🇦 | Ukraine's navy says its Sargan 3000 USV engaged and destroyed a Russian USV in the Black Sea, marking the first-ever battle between USVs — Telegram