🇺🇸🇯🇵🇵🇭⚡️- Japan will deploy combat troops to the Philippines for Balikatan 2026. This will be the first such presence since World War II. The JSDF will join US and Philippine forces in the largest drills yet from late April to early May.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah rockets towards northern Israel, likely targeting IDF positions.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "The US and Israel have removed Iran's Majlis Speaker, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, and Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, from their list of targets for the next 4-5 days," - The Wall Street Journal.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- According to CNN, Iran has been laying traps and moving additional military personnel and air defenses to Kharg Island in recent weeks in preparation for a possible US operation to take control of the island.

The concern is that occupying Kharg island with US troops would result in high casualties, likely triggering Iranian retaliation against Gulf countries’ infrastructure and prolonging the conflict, the senior Gulf official said.

“Iranians are clever and ruthless. They will do everything they can to inflict maximum casualties on US forces both on the ships at sea, and especially once ground troops are anywhere in their sovereign territory.” - Retired Adm. James Stavridis.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Antisemitic stickers are being placed on gas stations across the country blaming jews for the massive price increases.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaee:

"When they haven't gotten any results from their air force, which is their strong point; what do they expect from ground action? Do American soldiers want to die for Israel? We're waiting."

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper gives an update on Operation Epic Fury.

🏳️‍🌈⚡️- California Governor Gavin Newsom’s press office alleges that Benny Johnson’s team is the biggest user of the homosexual dating app Grindr.

🇺🇸🇻🇪🇨🇴⚡️- "Applying total systemic friction on the cartels.

On March 25, at the direction of SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Four male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed."

🇮🇷🇧🇭⚡️- Explosions heard in Bahrain.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: “At least 3 congressional Republicans—including chairs of House and Senate Armed Services—are hinting strongly that a ground operation in Iran is planned and could potentially be underway soon,” according to National Security reporter for the WSJ Alex Ward.

🇰🇵🇧🇾⚡- Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un receiving Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Pyongyang, North Korea, earlier today.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "Hezbollah has adopted hit-and-withdraw tactics and urban warfare methods, similar to those used before the 2000 liberation." - Al Jazeera correspondent in Lebanon.

🇮🇷🇧🇭⚡️- BREAKING: Fuel tanks have been struck at Bahrain International Airport, locals tell Rerum Novarum.

🇮🇷🇦🇪⚡️- Missile and drone attack targeting the United Arab Emirates.

🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is racing to pass a state budget to avoid a forced snap election, which would occur within 90 days if no budget is passed by March 31.

Recent polling has shown Netanyahu's coalition falling short of a Knesset majority, according to Reuters.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah rockets launched to central Israel.

A long range barrage.