🇮🇶🇵🇰⚡- Iraqi media reports that an armed group of Pakistanis disguised in Popular Mobilization Forces uniform were arrested by the Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces in central Iraq.

The Pakistani individuals were armed with firearms and military vehicles.

🇷🇸🇷🇺 • The Prime Minister of Serbia, under Western pressure, plans to dismiss a number of pro-Russian politicians, a Serbian source told TASS. After the expected resignations, the cabinet will no longer be able to block anti-Russian sanctions.

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🇷🇺🇦🇿⚡- Azerbaijan has refused to participate in today's meeting of the Interior Ministers of the CIS Council in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

🇷🇺⚡- Russia bans WhatsApp and Telegram calls.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "We are constantly preparing for a surprise attack from Iran," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "We are always prepared for Tehran's attempts to rebuild the nuclear program," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "400 kilograms of enriched uranium still remains in Iran, and we knew in advance that it would not be damaged [during the US strikes]," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "We are monitoring developments in Iran very closely," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "The moment you [Iranians] gain freedom, Israel will provide you with water recycling technology [to address Iran's water shortage problems]. Take to the streets for your future," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Small Russian infantry groups advanced up to 10 km in several places on the eastern front near Dobropolye and Kramatorsk," - Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The Armed Forces of Ukraine will not leave the Donbass because these are illegally occupied territories of Ukraine," - Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Russia is preparing for an offensive operation in three directions - Zaporozhye, Pokrovsk, and Novopavlovka [Dnepr region]," - Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Territorial issues should be discussed after a ceasefire and along with security guarantees for Ukraine," - Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine

🇺🇸⚡️- After earlier reports claimed the Bureau of Labor Statistics would stop releasing monthly jobs reports the Trump Administration Press Secretary says they will continue.

🇵🇸🇸🇸🇮🇱⚡- Israel and South Sudan are in talks to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the African nation, Israeli Channel 12 reports.

🇺🇸⚡️- The United States' immigrant population has decreased by 2.2 million between January and July of this year, according to the Center for Immigration Studies, mostly from "self-deportation".

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: Ukrainian forces, led by Azov, have launched a counterattack against the Russian breakthrough in the Pokrovsk direction.

Zolotoy Kolodez, Kucherov Yar and Volnoe have returned to grey-zone.

🇮🇷⚡- Overnight, Iran's IRGC carried out a large-scale military readiness exercise involving the launching of ballistic missiles and fighter jets.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡- "Britain warns the EU including Macron, Merz and Kallas to stop publicly demanding Ukraine’s inclusion in upcoming Trump–Putin Summit, fearing it could alienate Trump and shut Europe out," - The Telegraph.

🇬🇧🇪🇺🇮🇷⚡- The E3, France, Germany, and the UK, have warned the UN that they will trigger the snapback mechanism and reintroduce sanctions on Iran if Tehran does not resume nuclear talks with the IAEA by the end of August.

🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- A Chinese J-15 fighter jet intercepts and tails a Philippine Coast Guard aircraft over the disputed Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea. Just days after two Chinese vessels collided in Scarborough after attempting to intercept a Philippine Coast Guard vessel.