🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸 After a series of controversial statements regarding the Strait of Hormuz and forcing India to release 3 Iranian tankers in exchange for passage of 2 Indian LNG vessels, Iranian foreign affairs minister stated that the Strait 'is only closed to ships from Israel and the United States'.

Just few days ago, IRGC told that only countries, which have expelled American and Israeli ambassadors, can expect safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Regardless, ships attacks in the proximity to the Strait belonged to various countries, many had nothing to do with the States or Israel.

🇮🇷🇮🇶 - Lanaz oil refinery in Iraq destroyed after an Iranian strike.

🇺🇸🇺🇦 - Zelensky told that he cannot call Trump his friend, unlike Macron.

Also mocked the US leader by saying that, while Trump, perhaps, treats him in a fatherly way, Trump already has his actual children, while Zelensky got his own actual parents.

🇦🇺 Australia announces they only have about a month left in their fuel reserves, with the government releasing 6 days worth of petrol from their emergency stockpile 2 days ago

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- Marines raise the American flag at the US embassy in Caracas for the first time in seven years.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump told 'countries of the world that receive oil through the Strait of Hormuz' to take action to unblock it and only promised her for their attempt.

Iranian media machine rushed to mock the US leader for involve America's allies in the conflict, making them suffer because of the ongoing interruptions in oil supplies, yet refusing to take action to end the Iranian blockade of the Strait - in contrast to Trump's earlier promises to inflict great damage upon Iran for attempts to block the Strait.

🇨🇭🇺🇸 - Switzerland denied 2 US requests to let their surveillance aircrafts fly over the Swiss territory.

The aircrafts in question were on their way to the Middle East.

🇹🇷 Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan: Our main goal is to stay out of this war.

🇺🇸 Senate plans to vote on passing the SAVE America Act on Wednesday, will not be a talking filibuster, per Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

🇺🇸 There are likely 40-50 House Republicans who will not vote for any legislation from the Senate unless the SAVE America Act is passed, per Rep. Brandon Gill.

🇦🇷 🇬🇧 Argentina is rapidly rebuilding its military, raising concerns about the future of the Falkland Islands.

UK defence figures warn the slow deployment of HMS Dragon to the Middle East has exposed weaknesses in Britain’s forces, with some veterans of the 1982 war questioning whether the UK could respond quickly to a crisis in South America.

🇦🇺 Australian man cures his dog’s cancer by uploading its DNA to ChatGPT to design a custom vaccine from scratch.

🇨🇺 🇺🇸 Cuba expected to announce major economic reforms next week allowing exiles to own private firms on Island — Miami Herald.

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🇮🇷 Any country except for US and Israel can pass through Strait of Hormuz - Iranian Foreign Minister.

🇬🇧 Newly formed right-wing UK party, Restore Britain, has reportedly overtaken the Conservative Party in membership numbers.

🇮🇱🇺🇦🇮🇷 Israeli news outlet Ynet obtained information that prime-minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent an official request to Ukraine's president Vladimir Zelensky asking to provide help with defense against Iranian drone strikes.

Earlier, other Middle Eastern countries targeted by Iranian strikes contacted Ukraine in order to hire its drone defense experts and buy cheap Ukrainian aerial defense systems, which proved to be successful against Iranian drone models used by Russia.

🇷🇺 - Another volcano erupted in Kamchatka, as the region became increasingly seismically active lately.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇦🇪🇮🇷 Chinese sources allege that their satellites made images of the American THAAD systems in the UAE being destroyed by Iran. In such case, that would explain the decision to move THAADs from South Korea to the Middle East.

However, American critics question the images' authenticity and claim that they were fabricated.

Price of one THAAD system is estimated at $3 billion.