🇦🇲🇷🇺⚡- "Armenia is to withdraw from the military bloc under Russian control, the CSTO," – Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan.

12 hours ago Armenia signed a 'strategic partnership' deal with the US.

CSTO: Collective Security Treaty Organization, a bloc of former Soviet Union nations.

🇦🇲🇷🇺⚡- "Those responsible are those who formed this bubble-like bloc, whose members, it turns out, instead of fulfilling their obligations to protect bloc partners, were planning a war against Armenia together with Azerbaijan." – Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan.

🇸🇴🏴⚡- The al-Shabaab group have captured the strategic town of el-Dheer, Somalia.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- 9 Chinese jets currently in Taiwanese airspace.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli raids on southern Lebanon

🇫🇷🇳🇨⚡- France suspends planned reforms in New Caledonia, which sparked major unrests last month.

🇦🇲⚡- Scenes from the Armenian parliament right now after Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, called called some government officials "cowards" and "traitors".

🇦🇲⚡- Scenes outside the Armenian parliament, as anti-Pashinyan protests turn violent. The police are reportedly using stun grenades to secure the perimeter.

🇦🇲⚡️- "For you, since 1998 the people of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) were used to maintain power. Today you brought them to Armenia as protest material, paying them ֏5,000 to bring them to protests against me. For you, the people of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) have been, are, and will always be a tool to maintain power. You don't care about Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), Armenia or the Armenian people!" – Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, criticizing Robert Kocharyan-led opposition.

🇦🇲⚡️- Snipers are present in the Armenian National Assembly building in Yerevan.

🇦🇲⚡️- Tensions remain extraordinarily high outside the National Assembly in Yerevan, as police continue to fire crowd control devices onto protesters, including flashbangs, smoke bombs, and rubber bullets.

🇦🇲⚡- "I should have said in 2018 that Karabakh should be recognised as part of Azerbaijan," – Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan.

🇬🇧🇾🇪⚡️- UKMTO reports that a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier, TUTOR, was struck by a Houthi aerial target and has begun taking on water in the Red Sea. The crew abandoned the vessel shortly after impact.

🇦🇲⚡- Yerevan's only synagogue was attacked today. Similar attacks occured last month and in October 2023, with red paint poured over the center and graffiti reading "Jews are the sworn enemies of the Armenian state".

🇦🇲⚡️- Police are removing journalists from the Armenian National Assembly.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- A military correspondent with the Times of Israel reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu is holding a security assessment meeting this evening "in light of the developments in the north, and Hamas' negative response regarding the release of the hostages."

🇺🇲🇪🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Allies have made announcements, but they have not been delivered. All NATO countries will oblige to supply weapons to Ukraine." – NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg.

🇺🇸🦁🇮🇱⚡️- President Trump: "The fact is we don't have to be in the Middle East, other than to protect Israel. We've been very good to Israel. But other than that, there was a time we desperately needed [Israel] but we don't need that anymore. We have more than they do."

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Prime Minister Netanyahu has summoned all security leaders to his office in Jerusalem.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Barrage towards Kiryat Shmona

🇸🇾🏴⚡- An Islamic State attack in Syria kills at least 20 Syrian Army troops, including Major General, Abdul Qasim.