🇲🇩⚡- Prosecutors demand a 9-year sentence for Evghenia Gutul, Governor of the Gagauzia region of Moldova.

Gagauz are threatening to mass protest any decision against Gutul. Gutul was detained earlier this year in March upon arrival from Moscow.

🇮🇶⚡- "We do not have a sufficient air defense system equipped with advanced technology to counter violations," - Shia al-Sudani, Prime Minister of Iraq.

🇺🇸⚡- USAID officially ceases operations today.

🇮🇷🇮🇱 - Newly published footage shows the moment an Iranian ballistic made impact against Beersheba, Israel, on June 20.

🇮🇷⚡- "From now on, we will enrich uranium as needed without accepting any conditions. For example, we may need 90% enrichment for ocean-going ships, and we can now do this without limitations, this enrichment is not necessarily for nuclear weapons," - Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Member of Iran's Majlis.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Hamas remains an organized entity with over 20,000 fighters and is still in control of the Gaza Strip," - Israeli Channel 12.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Hamas seeks a ceasefire to achieve its goals of recovery and launching another attack. If we do not defeat Hamas in Gaza within a short period, it will reorganize its ranks," - Israeli Channel 12.

🇺🇸⚡- The US, Australia, India and Japan launch a joint 'maiden mission' to 'strengthen maritime security' in the Indo-Pacific region.

🇹🇼⚡- Taiwan announces its 41st edition of Han Kuang exercises will be the largest ever. The exercises are set to begin next week.

🇺🇸⚡- The US returns a Cold War era exercise, the REFORPAC, which is to be held in the Indo-Pacific.

It will be the largest air force exercise any country has ever held, an unprecedented 300 aircraft will be participating. The exercises are set to begin in the middle of July.

🇺🇸🇦🇺⚡- The joint US-Australia annual military exercises 'Talisman Sabre' this year will be the largest in scale ever.

They will span six locations across the Indo-Pacific, and with 19 other nations also participating. They are set to begin in the middle of July.

🇺🇸⚡- "The goal is to integrate and experiment with logistics, sustainment, and enabling capability to bring fifth-gen fighters, command and control aircraft, and airlift and air refueling into the Western Pacific at speed and scale, with approximately 25 operating locations, almost 300 aircraft, and sister services and partner nations involved," - Laura Lenderman, Deputy Commander of Pacific Air Forces, on REFOFPAC.

🇵🇭🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- Philippines Defense Minister Gilbert Teodoro says the country's military will begin merging the East and South China Sea into 'one theatre'.

The move will merge Philippines military operations in the Taiwan Strait and the Scarborough and Second Thomas shoals into one command.

Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani had previously made a similar proposal to US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

🇵🇸🇸🇦🇮🇱⚡- "Removing Hamas from power a condition for Saudi normalization.

Saudi Arabia is insisting that Israel finish the job in Gaza by removing Hamas from power completely in the coastal enclave as a precondition for a normalization agreement with Israel," - i24, citing a Saudi source.

🇨🇳🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "China is the only one capable of influencing Iran. Iran would collapse without China buying its oil," - Israel’s Consul General in Shanghai urges China to curb Iran’s military and nuclear ambitions.

🇺🇸⚡- "Credit where credit is due.

President Trump has successfully resolved several serious conflicts around the world," - Elon Musk.