🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡ - "#Putin is ready to negotiate with #Ukraine directly, without preconditions," - The #Kremlin.

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🚨🌏 - BREAKING: #Chinese forces have captured #SandCay, located in the northwest of the #TizardBank, #SouthChinaSea.

The #Chinese military landed on the cay, raising its flag, geolocated by #RerumNovarum to 10.37329, 114.48174. The cay, which is mostly uninhabited, has #Vietnamese military installations, as well as a fishing station.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡ - Stand-off between the #Philippines and #China at the #ScarboroughShoal.

The #Philippine #Navy has begun reinforcing its position east of the shoal, with 4 #Philippines #CoastGuard vessels, #BRPBagacay, #BRPRamonAlcaraz, #BRPGabrielaSilang, and #BRPSuluan having arrived.

More importantly, the #US combat vessel, #USSSavannah, is also seen operating south of the shoal, marking the closest the #US has ever been to #ScarboroughShoal.

#ScarboroughShoal is currently blockaded by at least 11 #Chinese vessels.

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🔥🚢 - Fire continues to rage at #ShahidRajaeePort in #BandarAbbas, south #Iran.

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🇮🇷⚓️ - #BandarAbbas

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💔🇮🇷 - The death toll has reached 8, and 750 are wounded with "a non-negotiable portion of severe wounds."

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🚨🌍 - #Iran's #HealthMinistry has declared a state of emergency in the city of #BandarAbbas, citing a significant increase in air pollution and the possibility of emissions of pollutants such as ammonia, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide.

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🔥🚢 - #Iranian authorities have ordered the evacuation of the entire #port as well as nearby towns and settlements, as the fire is spreading to other containment areas.

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🇰🇵⚡️ - #NorthKorea has launched a 5,000-ton "multipurpose destroyer," built "within 400-odd days perfectly with our own strength and technology" and equipped with the "most powerful weapons," state media said. #KimJongUn attended the ceremony for the new #ChoeHyon-class ship.

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🇮🇷🔄 - Correction:

Contrary to our earlier report and other reports: The fume does not belong to #ammoniumnitrate, but to #nitrogentetroxide - a powerful oxidizer used in #rocket #propellants.

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🌍⚔️ - Reports of clashes on the #India-#Pakistan border.

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🇮🇳⚡️🇵🇰 - #Pakistani locals are posting online about ongoing clashes along the #LoC in the #LeepaValley.

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🇮🇳⚡️🇵🇰 Additional visuals of ongoing clashes on the LoC between Indian & Pakistani troops in the Leepa Valley.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️ - "After the #Iran blast, #Israel prepares for an extreme scenario.

We are going through a period when the region is being rebuilt. We are prepared for defense and for any developments," - #Ma'ariv.

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🇮🇳⚡️🇵🇰 - Clashes are reportedly spreading to other sectors along the #LoC.

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💥🔫 - There is reported #mortar #fire between #India and #Pakistan.

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⚔️ - #Clashes have ended with no injuries.

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