🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- An Israeli drone strike kills two in southern Lebanon.

🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡- Two tankers, STOIC WARRIOR and GINGA PUMA, have crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the past few hours using Oman's vessel traffic routes, which were established without coordination with Tehran.

🇺🇸🇴🇲🇧🇭 - Note, Oman doubling down on respecting the UNCLOS and ensuring no fees are imposed on traffic using the Strait of Hormuz occurred during the Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Bahrain today, which was attended by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡- Ever since the IRGC warning on VHF Channel 16, four tankers have turned around while attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz using Oman's designated vessel routes.

🇺🇸⚡- The Supreme Court has permitted President Trump to strip Syrians and Haitians of TPS (Temporary Protected Status) in a 6-3 decision.

The decision was made based on the Congressional precedent of stripping TPS. Justice Samuel Alito also commented on the lower court's injunction having little merit, as its injunction was filed due to the claim that stripping TPS was a form of racial discrimination against Haitians.

The decision will likely give way to the process of stripping Ethiopia, Myanmar, Somalia, South Sudan, Venezuela, and Nepal of their TPS.

🇲🇱⚡️- The Malian junta has forcibly removed a program, "Allo Klédu", from Radio Klédu, one of Mali's largest radio station. The program was recognized as Mali's last nationwide free speech platform.

The ban will last for at least two months.

🇺🇸⚡- In an additional decision, the Supreme Court, in another 6-3 ruling, ruled that non-citizens arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border did not automatically register as asylum seekers, and can be turned away.

🇲🇱🇷🇺⚡️- Drones belonging to the Africa Corps and the junta's FAMa have been recovered alongside videos stored in their hard drives.

The video attached shows members of the Africa Corps and local FAMa elements slaughtering a camel belonging to locals in an undisclosed location. Members of the FLA have denounced this act, explaining that camels are a strong cultural pillar of the Sahel.

🇲🇱🇷🇺⚡️- Community leaders and FLA members have denounced a recent increase in ethnic-based violences perpetrated by both the Africa Corps and the FAMa, mainly targeting Tuareg and Fulani people across Mali.

🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡- UKMTO reports an incident southeast of Dahit, Oman, in the Strait of Hormuz. A commercial vessel was struck by an unknown projectile, causing damage to the command deck.

🇺🇸🗽⚡️- Osman Chaudhary, the co-chair of the New York City DSA Electoral Working Group, says that DSA politicians (excluding Mayor Mamdani) now represent over 3 million New Yorkers at multiple levels of government.

🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡- "Hormuz traffic sees a sharp day on day uptick.

Confirmed Strait of Hormuz crossings rose to 70 on 24 June, up 105% day on day, as de-mining efforts advanced and operators increasingly used the Omani route.

IRGC warnings against use of the Omani route could create a new source of contention," - Kpler.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇮🇱⚡- Ansarullah leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi delivered a series of unusually pointed remarks in a speech today.

Al-Houthi accused Saudi Arabia of “aggression” in Yemen, citing the blockade and alleged conspiracies against the Yemeni population—marking his first direct anti-Saudi rhetoric in recent months, despite similar threats from other senior Houthi officials. The remarks come amid Oman-mediated talks between Sana’a and Riyadh, worsening living conditions in areas controlled by the Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council, which left dozens of protesters dead, and escalating fighting on the Ad Dali front.

The tone of the speech suggests a potential shift toward renewed confrontation with Saudi Arabia, following al-Houthi’s call for full-scale mobilization last week.

He also warned Somaliland of possible action, stating that pro-Ansarullah forces are closely monitoring developments there. The warning follows recent reports of an Israeli military presence operating in the separatist region.

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡️- Latest Ohio polls show that Amy Acton is slightly ahead of Vivek Ramaswamy in the Governors race.

AARP Poll has it at Acton 47, Ramaswamy 44.
The Real Clear Politics average of all polls show Acton with a 1 point lead.

🇺🇸⚡️- Representative Keith Self has introduced a bill to repeal the 17th Amendment, which was enacted during the Progressive Era, allowing the public rather than the state legislature to elect Senators.

🇲🇱⚡️- A soldier belonging to the Malian junta's FAMa was filmed dismembering a rebel's corpse, then promising to eat it. Another video shows him cooking the body parts he cut from the corpse.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Two Israeli airstrikes against Beit Yahoun, southern Lebanon, in clear violation of the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding.

🇻🇦🇩🇪⚡️- The Vatican's Dicastery for Divine Worship firmly rejected the request from German bishops to allow laypeople to preach the homily on Sunday Mass. The Vatican stated that the homily is "intrinsically linked" to the proclamation of the Gospel and the celebration of the Eucharist as the reason for the refusal.

According to sources within the Vatican to Catholic French media La Croix, the decision will stand firm for "at least a generation".

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - The situation in southern Lebanon over the past few hours:

- Israeli artillery began shelling northern Beit Yahoun, and the countryside between Aita El Jabel and the Beit Yahoun - Tebnine highway.
- The artillery fire was to provide IDF's 679th Brigade cover to advance north of the town.
- Hezbollah launched an ambush on the advancing IDF troops.
- The ambush led to clashes between the two, lasting well over an hour.
- Israel responded with two airstrikes against Hezbollah positions in northern Beit Yahoun.

🇺🇸⚡️- The California Wealth Tax initiative has cleared all hurdles and will be on the ballot this November. It is expected to pass despite heavy opposition from the states business leaders.

🇺🇸🇪🇺⚡️- Analysis comparing European cities and American cities with similar average summer temperatures vs the percentage of homes with AC units.

Every year thousands of Europeans, mainly elderly, die during the summer months due to heat.