🇨🇳⚡- China launches satellite Gaofen-14 02 into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in its southwestern Sichuan Province.

🇰🇷🇰🇵⚡- "South Korea will discuss the North Korea file with ASEAN members at the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur," - Yonhap.

🇺🇸🇰🇷🇰🇵⚡- South Korea will discuss the goal of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula with President Trump during his visit to the APEC summit.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israel's 9th assassination strike in 4 days, a vehicle was struck in Nabi Chit in southern Lebanon.

🇸🇩⚡- BREAKING: Al-Fashir falls to the Rapid Support Forces, ending a 32+ month violent urban battle.

The Sudanese military have lost their final stronghold in the Darfur and southwest region of Sudan.

🇸🇩⚡- Heavy fighting ongoing at Al-Fashir International Airport, the last position under the Sudanese Armed Forces in the area.

🇸🇩⚡- Mass fleeing of civilians from al-Fashir, Darfur direction in southwest Sudan, after the Rapid Support Forces, RSF, captured the city.

Reports of the UAE-backed RSF firing upon fleeing civilians.

🇸🇸🇪🇹🇦🇪⚡- South Sudan's President Salva Kiir travels to the UAE using an Ethiopian aircraft to strengthen relations between Juba and Abu Dhabi.

South Sudan is a key supply route for the UAE to arm the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, as covered by Rerum Novarum previously.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Multiple Israeli airstrikes against the Bodai countryside, eastern Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - The three Israeli drone strikes were an attempt to target a vehicle in eastern Lebanon, but the assassination attempt failed.

Correction: An Israeli UAV malfunctioned and crashed. Israel bombed it to avoid it falling into Hezbollah hands.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The IDF's resources are somewhat freed up from Gaza, and Lebanon is starting to feel it," - Ben Tzion Macales, Israeli journalist for Channel 14.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "333 days have passed since the ceasefire agreement was signed between Israel and Lebanon.

During this period [2024-2025], 344 Hezbollah militants were eliminated (if including uninvolved individuals, over 400 were killed).

In the year between October 2023 and September 2024 [before the start of the Hezbollah-Israel war], about 500 Hezbollah operatives were eliminated.

The difference between the two periods is that in '23/'24 Hezbollah responded to every elimination; so far, not a single response has been recorded, neither to the eliminations, nor to the raids, nor to the repeated bombings of its base and facilities.

1.03 militants per day over the past 333 days," - Gal Elbaz, Israeli journalist.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Yet ANOTHER Israeli assassination strike:

Al-Mayadeen reports an Israeli drone just struck al-Hafir, west of Baalbek, eastern Lebanon. One confirmed death, another in serious conditions. 10th assassination in just 5 days.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Scenes from al-Hafir, west of Baalbek, eastern Lebanon

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent calls Putin's Envoy Kirill Dmitriev a "propagandist".

“Everything we do is pushing Putin to negotiate. Russia’s economy is currently experiencing virtually zero growth and inflation of over 20%," - Scott Bessent.