🇾🇪⚡- Offensive action by the PLC forces in the al-Jawf, al-Bayda', and Ma'rib regions.

🇷🇺⚡- "In Irkutsk, Russia, several hospitals have been closed for quarantine and a mask regime has been introduced at the aluminum plant due after a local died due to the 'plague,'" - The Moscow Times.

🇷🇺⚡- Several women in labor at three hospitals quarantined in Irkutsk, Russia, say their husbands are not allowed to visit them.

🇾🇪⚡- At Turbah, southern Ta'izz direction, falls to the Ansarullah.

🇮🇳⚡️- Vivek Ramaswamy celebrates gas in Ohio being close to 4 dollars a gallon.

🇾🇪 - The current situation in the Ta'izz direction following recent Ansarullah advances.

🇾🇪⚡- BREAKING: Ansarullah forces have captured the al-Ahad al-Shou'bah junction just north of al-A'lum on Road 2050, therefore cutting the final PLC supply route to Ta'izz.

Ta’izz is now completely besieged, leaving only mountain passes open for a PLC withdrawal, a route that would force its troops to abandon their heavy equipment.

🇾🇪 - Highly unusual developments are unfolding northwest of Ta’izz city.

One or more Ansarullah military columns appear to be advancing south along the N3 Highway, reportedly encountering no resistance from PLC forces at the Mattar al-Qadim Military Camp.

Reports remain unconfirmed, but if true Ansarullah have entered Ta'izz city.

🇾🇪⚡️- A vessel has been targeted in the Bab Al-Mandab Strait, 60 nautical miles south of Al-Mukha, Ansarullah-controlled Yemen.

🇪🇹🇪🇷🇪🇬⚡- "The Summit addressed the need to uphold the fundamental principles and pillars of international law as the basis for regional stability and cooperation, particularly respect for the sovereignty, stability and territorial integrity of the countries of the region; upholding the principles of good-neighboring; rejecting interference in the internal affairs of the countries of the region under any pretext.

The Summit discussed the coordination of joint efforts to achieve regional stability.

The Summit addressed:

- Supporting the unity and sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Somalia and rejecting any interference aimed at undermining them, particularly recognition of what is referred to as “Somaliland.”

- Affirming the principle of freedom of navigation and that the governance of the Red Sea is the exclusive responsibility of the littoral states.

- Affirming the importance of respecting international law governing transboundary rivers, including the Nile River." - El-Alamein Joint Declaration by Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Somalia.

🇷🇺⚡- Russian authorities have enforced a strict censorship of the lab plague 'outbreak' in the Irkutsk region.

🇷🇺⚡- A source tells Russian outlet RTVI that staff at Moscow State Technical University's Irkutsk branch were told to avoid public transport.

🇧🇷⚡️- Polls closed in Brazil. Full results are expected to arrive in about three hours.

🇪🇹⚡- Ethiopian military, ENDF, have captured Wukro and Hagere Selam, northern Mekele direction, Tigray region.

🇧🇷⚡️- BREAKING: Voting results for the 2026 Brazilian elections are starting to get published:

1.79% counted.

Flavio Bolsonaro: 49.19%
Lula: 42.21%
A. Cury: 3.08%
Renan Santos: 2.46%
Ronaldo Caiado: 2.33%

No other candidate is above 0.5% for now.

🇧🇷 - For visibility purposes, Rerum Novarum will only relay the scores of the top two candidates, Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro, until the final results are published by the authorities.