🇺🇲🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- The US reiterates it will defend the Philippines, who is a "treaty ally".

🇷🇺🇰🇷🇺🇦⚡- In response to Russia signing a significant military agreement with North Korea, South Korea is now considering lifting the ban on sending arms to Ukraine.

🇷🇺🇰🇷🇺🇦⚡- "If South Korea supplies weapons to Ukraine, it will not like the answer. I hope they won’t do it. It would be a big mistake." – Russian President, Vladimir Putin.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- US State Department on the current tensions between Hezbollah and Israel: "We are trying to avoid a regional war."

🇷🇺🇵🇱⚡- A hot air balloon is flying above Polish airspace, flying in from Kaliningrad region, Russia.

🇷🇺⚡- "The situation in the world is developing, what we're seeing is a bloc-system being developed and put together in Asia. NATO is already moving there as a permanent residence. This poses a threat to all the countries in the region, especially the Russian Federation." – Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on the escalations in the South China Sea and the subsequent creation of the US-led Indo-Pacific bloc.

🇦🇲🇵🇸⚡️- Armenia has recognized the independence of Palestine.

🇳🇪🇫🇷⚡️- Niger has cancelled all permits with the French nuclear fuel company Orano to exploit the major uranium mine of Imouraren in northern Niger.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Deputy commander of the 117th Ukrainian Brigade, Major Aleksandr Egorov, has been killed in action - Zaporozhye.

The 117th were the leaders of the Ukrainian 2023 counteroffensive.

🇦🇲🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Israeli Foreign Ministry has summoned the Armenian ambassador to Israel.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian tech giant, Fores, offers Ukrainian pilots $1 million if they defect to Russia with a F-16.

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- The Iranian Quds Forces are preparing special forces brigades to assist Hezbollah's special forces, 'Redwan', in the event of war with Israel.

The Quds special forces will be "battle-hardened and have taken part in the liberation of Syrian and Iraqi cities from ISIS". – Israeli Channel 12.

🇺🇲🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- China sanctions Lockheed Martin over arms sales to Taiwan.

🇺🇦🇮🇱⚡- Ukraine imposes visa restrictions on Israeli citizens entering Ukraine. This was in response to Israel restricting Ukrainians entering Israel a few days ago – Ukrainian ambassador to Israel.

🇺🇲🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Andrew Miller, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Palestine-Israel Affairs, has resigned.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Massive Israeli airstrike in Khiam, southern Lebanon

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "Israel cannot allow the Hezbollah terror organization to continue attacking its territory and citizens, and soon we will make the necessary decisions."

🇺🇲🇹🇼⚡- US approves the sale of 1,000 suicide drones to Taiwan.

🇪🇬🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Egypt is making an appeal to the United States to prevent Israel from invading southern Lebanon.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "Taiwan separatism supporters can face detention, life imprisonment and the death penalty," – Taiwan Affairs Office in Beijing, China.