🇨🇳⚡️- 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.

🇮🇷⚡- An explosion heard at Sirik, southern Iran, 40 seconds after the Bandar Abbas one.

🇮🇷 - Local Fars News reporters confirm the sounds of explosions in southern Iran and are investigating.

🇮🇷⚡- Local sources report the explosions, at least two, came from Bahman Port and the docks nearby on Qeshm Island. No sound of fighter jets were heard.

🇮🇷 - Reports of drones or aerial activity over southern Iran remain unconfirmed, with unverified footage. Locals have not reported sightings of drones.

🇮🇷⚡- Initial report, the sounds of explosions in Bandar Abbas / Qeshm were missile launches from the underground missile base between Bander e Khamir and Bander e Pol, approximately at 27.0366709, 55.6888091, direction north of route 96.

The site was struck multiple times during the US-Iran war.

The activity is probably related to a possible Iranian attack on a vessel, or military exercises.

🇮🇷 - BREAKING: IRIB confirms Rerum Novarum's report of explosions on Bahman Port, Qeshm Island, the Persian Gulf.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Israel deny taking part in today's events, Israeli sources tell i24.

🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: Renewed explosions on Bahman Port, Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf.

🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: Exchanges of fire between the IRGC and an unidentified enemy have been confirmed by Fars News Agency. Commercial ports were targeted during the clashes, but it is unclear who the enemy is at this time.