🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- "Saudi Arabia is keen to establish strong and positive relations with the UAE. The relationship with the UAE is of great importance for regional stability," - Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi Foreign Minister.

🇪🇺⚡️- “European Union regulators on Monday announced an investigation of Elon Musk’s social media platform X after the authorities said that it had failed to stop the spread of sexualized images generated by artificial intelligence.” - NYT.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: The location of the final remaining deceased hostage, Ran Gvili, has been identified in the Gaza Strip, Amit Segal of Israeli Channel 12 reports.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "We have returned all hostages," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Our task is complete. Finding Gvili's body was an unprecedented achievement, and as I promised you, we brought everyone back," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli assassination strike targeting a vehicle in Tyre, southern Lebanon.

🇺🇸⚡- "I am sending Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight. He has not been involved in that area, but knows and likes many of the people there. Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me. Separately, a major investigation is going on with respect to the massive 20 Billion Dollar, Plus, Welfare Fraud that has taken place in Minnesota, and is at least partially responsible for the violent organized protests going on in the streets. Additionally, the DOJ and Congress are looking at “Congresswoman” Illhan Omar, who left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars. Time will tell all. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT" - President Donald Trump via Truth Social.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷⚡- "We cannot remain silent about Trump's or others' threats to Imam Khamenei, and we are committed to all measures to confront this threat.

They wanted to overthrow Iran from within, so they infiltrated the legitimate protests and carried out acts of destruction, arson, and killing of innocent people," - Naim Qassem, Secretary-General of Hezbollah.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷⚡- "Several parties have asked us in the past two months: If America and Israel go to war against Iran, will Hezbollah intervene? We are concerned with what is happening and determined to defend ourselves. We will decide at the right time how to act - whether to intervene or not.

The war against Iran this time could ignite the region," - Naim Qassem, Secretary-General of Hezbollah.

🇸🇩⚡- BREAKING: The Sudanese Armed Forces have lifted the 31 months long siege of Dilling, South Kordofan.

Sudanese troops broke through the Rapid Support Forces (+ al-Hilu Forces) encirclement from the east and entered the city in the past hour.

Map by VistaMaps.

🇺🇸 - CENTCOM confirms the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its strike group have entered the Middle East arena.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Just recovered the last Hostage body in GAZA. Thus, got back ALL 20 of the living Hostages, and ALL of the Dead! AMAZING JOB! Most thought of it as an impossible thing to do. Congratulations to my great team of Champions!!!" - President Trump.

🇺🇸⚡️- Federal Immigration agents are responsible for 67% of shooting deaths in Minneapolis so far this year.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump is attempting to sideline Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowsky in favor of Tom Homan. Homan has been against the Minneapolis strategy since the beginning.

🇸🇦🇧🇭🇦🇪⚡- "Bahrain has emerged as a quiet partner in efforts aligned with Abu Dhabi's broader regional agenda.

The objective is not direct confrontation with Saudi Arabia, but a gradual campaign to weaken Riyadh’s leadership role inside the Gulf, restrict Qatar’s reintegration, and fracture the momentum of Saudi–Qatari rapprochement," - The Dark Box, French-based Middle East Think Tank.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump in a new statement says he had a call with Tim Walz and they were "on a similar wavelength" on how to move forward with ICE in Minneapolis.

🇺🇸⚡️- Tim Walz has again today compared ICE operations to Nazi Germany.

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇮🇱⚡- "Saudi Arabia, which I’ll never forgive for 9/11,  is trying to destroy the UAE, which is our closest Arab ally in the Middle East and has friendly relations with Israel," - Mark Levin.

🇸🇦🇶🇦🇦🇪⚡- The UAE has begun limiting Qatari and Saudi media in the Emirati State, Saudi outlet Ajel reports.

🇺🇸✡️⚡️- The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jennifer Mnookin, has been selected as Columbia’s next president.

Jennifer Mnookin will be the first Jewish president of Columbia University, following repeated Presidential dismissals during pro-Palestinian protests after October 7th.

This appointment now makes Mnookin the sixth Jewish president out of the eight Ivy League schools.

🇺🇸🇧🇷⚡️- “I spoke today by phone with the President of the United States, Donald Trump. We discussed topics related to bilateral relations and the global agenda. We exchanged information on the economic indicators of both countries, which point to good prospects for the two economies. President Trump stated that the economic growth of the United States and Brazil is positive for the region as a whole. We welcomed the good relationship built in recent months, which resulted in the lifting of a significant portion of the tariffs applied to Brazilian products.

I reiterated the proposal, forwarded to the State Department in December, to strengthen cooperation in combating organized crime. I expressed interest in tightening the partnership in repressing money laundering and arms trafficking, as well as in freezing assets of criminal groups and exchanging data on financial transactions, a proposal that was well received by the U.S. president.

Regarding the Peace Council, I proposed that the body presented by the United States be limited to the Gaza issue and provide a seat for Palestine. In that context, I reiterated the importance of a comprehensive reform of the United Nations, which includes expanding the permanent members of the Security Council.

We exchanged impressions on the situation in Venezuela. I emphasized the importance of preserving peace and stability in the region and working for the well-being of the Venezuelan people.

We agreed on a visit to Washington after my trip to India and South Korea in February, on a date to be set soon.” - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.