🇻🇪⚡- Calm has returned to Caracas, Venezuela. No more gunfire is heard.

🇻🇪⚡- Locals report the entire incident was a mistake. A civilian drone was mistaken for a hostile drone, causing the Venezuelan military to react.

🇻🇪⚡- "Ministries and government buildings are being evacuated in Caracas, Venezuela," - Caracol Radio, Colombian media.

🇻🇪⚡- "What happened in the center of Caracas was due to the flight of drones without permission," - Venezuela's Ministry of Information.

🇻🇪⚡️- Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado says she is planning to return to Venezuela as soon as possible. - Fox News.

🇻🇪⚡️- Diosdado Cabello, current Minister of Interior and extreme Chavista Maduro loyalist is currently on the streets of Caracas with police and paramilitary groups.

They are shouting about never being traitors, and down with traitors.

🇹🇭🇰🇭⚡- Thailand's military says a Thai soldier was injured after a Cambodian artillery shell struck the Chong Bok area.

🇺🇸🇩🇰🇬🇱⚡- "The US is developing a draft agreement with Greenland that could be offered directly to the island’s authorities, bypassing Denmark.

The proposal involves a Free Association Agreement — where the US provides funding and improvements in living standards, while Greenland hands over all defense matters to Washington, but the island retains internal self-government.

The US already has similar arrangements with Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau.

Trump’s strategy has two main goals. The first is to deepen divisions between Greenland and Denmark. The second is to open direct negotiations with the island, bypassing Copenhagen," - The Economist.

🇲🇦🇮🇱⚡- "The third meeting of the joint military committee between Israel and Morocco was held in Tel Aviv, and concluded this week with the signing of the joint action program for 2026," - Israeli Channel 12.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- Panic spreads across Aden, capital of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, as the Saudi-backed Homeland Shield Forces begin seizing the Shabwah region.

The Storm Brigades (Presidential Palace guards) have fled the al-Ma'shiq Palace. Several prison breakouts are reported, after the prison guards abandoned their posts. Looting is reported across the city.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- “At this time, doesn't look like Iran protests will topple the regime.” - Ynet.

“Israeli intel is monitoring closely, not seeing signs yet that regime is in danger.” - Israeli Channel 12.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- Pro UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council groups in the Abyan Governorate are holding private discussions on surrendering / defecting to the Saudi-backed Homeland Shield Forces.

The discussions are led by the ultra-conservative, right-wing Giant Brigades. The talks come as the Southern Transitional Council of Yemen disintegrates.

Note, Abyan is the final region before Aden.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- Saudi-backed Homeland Shield Forces have reached the borders of the Abyan Governorate in the south.

The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council controls less than 50% of the Shabwah region, including its capital, Ataq.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇶🇦⚡- "We are in contact with Tehran and Washington and support any dialogue to prevent escalation.

There is still room for diplomatic and political solutions regarding Iran," - Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

🇸🇴🇮🇱⚡- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar has arrived in Somaliland.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- Strong rumors that the Head of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, Aidarus al-Zoubaidi, will be travelling to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to attend the Yemen Summit today.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- Aden Independent Channel, AIC, the official Southern Transitional Council's media, has 'temporarily' closed its offices in Aden.

All its employees have been granted an 'open leave until further notice'.

🇶🇦🇵🇸🇪🇬⚡️- The Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson has said Doha is engaged with mediators to reopen the Rafah crossing to deliver aid to Gaza.

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇸🇴⚡- "US could recognize Somaliland in next diplomatic challenge to EU.

Speculation is growing that the Trump administration will join its ally Israel in recognizing the breakaway Republic of Somaliland, a decision Brussels rejects," - EU Observer.

🇸🇾⚡- Clashes between the Syrian government forces and the SDF have erupted in the Sheikh Maqsoud and al-Ashrafiyeh district's of Aleppo.

Fighting is also ongoing between the pro-Damascus SNA and the SDF in the Tishrin Dam area, northern Syria.