🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇷⚡- "Moscow supports direct negotiations between the US and Iran on the nuclear program and is a supporter of a diplomatic settlement," - Dmitri Peskov, Kremlin Spokesman.

🇪🇺🇺🇸 - EU could postpone their answer to Trump's tariffs "at the beginning of next week".

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- The battle for Gornal, Kursk region, has begun, with Russian troops entering the town from the northeast.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇨🇳⚡- Ukrainian President Zelensky says 'another country [China] has joined' the war with Russia against Ukraine. Ukrainian army allegedly fought Chinese troops, capturing two of the soldiers.

Footage posted allegedly shows one of the captured Chinese soldiers fighting for Russia.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "60% of the 159 people indicted for spying for China since 2020 are either current or retired military personnel," - Taiwan's National Security Bureau.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇷⚡- "In the case of a US attack on Iran, Moscow would not be obligated to provide military assistance to Tehran," - Andrey Rudenko, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Large-scale Israeli incursion along the Syria-Jordan border, Daraa region, southern Syria.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Israeli recon drones operating over the Daraa region, southern Syria.

🇺🇸🇨🇳 - President Trump says China wants to make a deal “badly” but doesn’t know how to get it started.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Trump's special envoy m Witkoff will represent the United States in negotiations with Iran. Tehran will be represented by Foreign Minister Araghchi," - Axios.

If the Axios report is true, and both are to meet in Muscat on Saturday, then Trump was correct: They are direct negotiations, and both sides are represented by high-level delegations.

🇺🇸⚡- Elon Musk calls Trump's trade advisor Peter Navarro a "moron".

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "If there is no progress in negotiations with Iran, the military option will be on the table," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "We agree with the United States that Iran will not possess nuclear weapons," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "The bombing and dismantling of Iranian nuclear facilities must be carried out under American supervision and implementation," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "We will accept an agreement to dismantle the Iranian nuclear program only if it is Libyan-style," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇺🇸🇹🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Turkey wants to establish military bases in Syria and this poses a threat to us, and we oppose it," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡- "My visit to the United States was very good and warm," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇶⚡- IRGC-backed Iraqi-based Kataib Hezbollah has denied the Reuters report that they and other pro-Iran groups will disarm after Trump's threats.

🇹🇷🇫🇷⚡- Arrested Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu made 'Honorary Citizen' of Paris, France.

🇺🇸🇰🇷⚡️- South Korea is taking a diplomatic approach to US tariffs, ruling out retaliation, seeking a new trade deal, and refusing to join China or Japan in opposing the measures.