🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: Saudi Arabia refused to allow the United States to use its bases and airspace for Project Freedom, which was a key reason for President Trump suspending the operation. - NBC News.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇸🇦⚡️- Leadership in Saudi Arabia was angered by Trump's announcement of Project Freedom, a source said Saudi Arabia was “very supportive of the diplomatic efforts” by Pakistan to broker a deal between Iran and the U.S. to end the war. - NBC News.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇰🇼⚡️- Kuwait also refused to allow the U.S. military to use its bases and airspace for Project Freedom, an administration official told journalist Ryan Grim.

🇺🇸⚡️- In a CBS interview, Tom Homan said President Trump is considering legal status for illegal migrants like "Dreamers" and farm workers.

🇦🇪🇮🇳⚡- India and the United Arab Emirates are set to establish a defense cooperation agreement within six months after the signing of the Letter of Intent on January 19th, Hindustan Times reports.

🇨🇳⚡️- Two Chinese ex-Defence Ministers have been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for corruption.

The former defense ministers being Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu. If no crime is committed within the two year reprieve, their sentences are reduced to life imprisonments.

🇸🇴⚡- Tensions arose between Somalia's Federal Government, FSG, and the Galmudug regional administration. FSG, led by President Hassan Mohamud, has criticized Galmudug's appointment of a new head of the region's police force.

Multiple Galmudug Members of Parliament have blasted the President. The FSG have demanded Galmudug's police take direct orders from Mogadishu and not the regional administration head.

Galmudug was one of the final and few remaining Somali regions somewhat loyal to the FSG and Mogadishu.

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇰🇼⚡- "Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have restored U.S. military access to their bases and their national airspaces, easing tensions with the Trump administration. The move helps clear the way to restart Operation Project Freedom," - The Wall Street Journal.

🇺🇸🦠⚡- At least one “resident” of the United States is being monitored for the hantavirus, which spread on the MV Hondius cruise ship, according to USA Today.

🇺🇸🇧🇷⚡️- “Just concluded my meeting with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the very dynamic President of Brazil. We discussed many topics, including Trade and, specifically, Tariffs. The meeting went very well. Our Representatives are scheduled to get together to discuss certain key elements. Additional meetings will be scheduled over the coming months, as necessary. President DONALD J. TRUMP” - President Trump on Truth Social.

🇮🇷⚡- An explosion was heard out at sea, off the coast of Bandar Abbas, southern Iran.

🇮🇷⚡- An explosion was also heard near Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf.

Possible Iranian projectile launches towards a vessel.