🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "Earlier today, U.S. forces in the Middle East shot down two Iranian one-way attack drones that threatened international maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.

American forces remain postured and ready to continue defending against Iranian aggression." - US Central Command.

🇺🇸🇨🇺⚡️- "Cuban girls and boys are direct victims of greed, economic strangulation, and U.S. aggression.

The oil embargo and the extreme tightening of the blockade that the U.S. applies against Cuba constitute a cruel and indiscriminate collective punishment that causes deaths in our country, mainly among infants.

An example of this is the doubling of the infant mortality rate from 4.0 to 9.9 per thousand live births, and the reduction in life expectancy for children with cancer from 85% to 65%.

Stop the U.S. aggression. Let Cuban children live and grow in peace." - Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "The U.S. government will attempt to redirect Iranian assets to Gulf states for rebuilding and repairs of future damage caused ​by Iran, a source familiar with the matter said on Saturday.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has ‌also directed a team to assess costs for damage already inflicted on Gulf allies by Iran, the source said, adding that the U.S. will consider using Iranian assets for those repairs as well.

The source on Saturday did not specify what kind of assets the Treasury was examining. The language ​used to describe the new measures did not appear limited to frozen assets." - Reuters.

🇷🇺🇦🇲⚡️- One day before the elections begin in Armenia, Armenian authorities have arrested six candidates from the Strong Armenia party, the pro-Russian party.

Samvel Karapetyan, the current leader of the Strong Armenia party, is currently under house arrest for threatening to overthrow the government in 2025.

Tensions between Russia and Armenia have increased recently as Armenia shifts away from Russia and is increasingly moving towards Europe and the West.

🇺🇸 - The USS Nimitz (CVN-68) has departed Jamaica after finishing its Southern Seas tour of south America and is underway again.

The Nimitz is scheduled to return to Naval Station Norfolk to be decommissioned.

🇺🇸⚡️- The mass shooting at the Old West End Festival in Toledo, Ohio has left 12 people shot, at least two in critical condition, and police still searching for the shooters.

The Deputy Police Chief said it appears that two people were shooting, and they believe they were firing at each other.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Four IDF soldiers have been wounded in a Hezbollah FPV drone strike in southern Lebanon.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "A Russian drone struck a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near Ukraine's disused Chornobyl power plant. Ukrainian officials say radiation levels at the site remain stable," - Reuters.

🇦🇲 - Armenia's parliamentary elections are taking place today. Nikol Pashinyan is expected to win.

🇦🇲⚡- Armenia's parliamentary election voter turnout at 11am local time stood at 14.5%, the highest in 14 years.

🇬🇧⚡- The Bank of England have axed Winston Churchill (£5), Alan Turing (£50), and Jane Austen (£10) from banknotes, deeming them 'elitist' and 'divisive'.

🇪🇸🇻🇦⚡️- Around 1.2M Spanish Catholics rallied in Madrid for the Pope's visit to Spain.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Israeli airstrikes against southern Beirut.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - The IDF have confirmed it's attacking Hezbollah installations in Dahiyeh, Beirut, under orders from Netanyahu and Katz.

🇱🇧🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Iran's Abbas Araghchi warned last week Iran would respond to any Israeli attacks on Dahiyeh, Beirut," - Israeli Channel 11.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Reports from Lebanon indicate a large-scale exodus and extensive evacuation of residents from the southern suburbs of Beirut following the recent raids," - Israeli Channel 12.

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Iran promised to respond with force to any Israeli attack on Beirut.

Let's see if the Iranians keep their promise," - Doron Kadosh of Galei Tzahal, IDF official outlet.