🇮🇶⚡️- Pro-Iranian Iraqi outlet Sabereen reports heavy aerial activity over areas of southern Iraq.

🇮🇶⚡️- Heavy fighter jet activity reported in Salah al-Din, northern Iraq. It is unknown if they are American or Israeli.

🇯🇴⚡️- Heavy fighter activity reported above Jordan, flying east towards the Iraqi border.

🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian state outlets report that the country has entered a heightened state of alert due to the ongoing US/Israeli sorties above Iraq.

🇮🇷⚡- An Iranian jet is operating over Abadan, southwest Iran.

🇰🇵⚡️- South Korean outlet Yonhap reports that Kim Jong Un is alive and well, having visited a military installation earlier today.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️ - BREAKING: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth traveled to Israel today to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to Axios.

This comes as the United States and Israel discuss resuming major combat operations against Iran.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- Major American oilfield service companies, including Halliburton, Baker Hughes, SLB and Weatherford, are expanding recruitment in Venezuela as the country's oil industry begins attracting new investment following Maduro's removal.

Weatherford has advertised more than 20 positions, while Baker Hughes and SLB are also recruiting personnel. American drilling equipment is beginning to return, with Chevron preparing to activate four rigs and Patterson-UTI shipping additional equipment to the country. Only two rigs are currently operating, although production is projected to increase from approximately 1.2 million barrels per day to 1.5 million by late 2027. The developments suggest Venezuela's reopening is beginning to translate into actual investment and operational activity, rather than remaining limited to agreements and announcements.

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡️- Marist poll of the Ohio Governors race shows Amy Acton 7 points ahead of Vivek Ramaswamy.

🇨🇦⚡️- Alberta has overwhelmingly voted down the non binding independence referendum. 76% of Albertans voted it down while 24% voted in favor.

🇦🇺⚡️- Yesterday, Australian MP Helen Haines was targeted in an attempted assassination, in which she was rammed with a car by a man named Brendan Nugent.

Haines is in critical condition; she has had one leg amputated, is likely to lose her remaining leg, and may still succumb to her injuries.

Nugent’s motive for the attack is unclear, but his social media footprint points to him being a leftist, who posts frequently about Palestine, wealth inequality, the benefits of cannabis use, and has even posted multiple links to Candace Owens’ conspiracy videos regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

🇦🇺⚡️- Brian Nugent’s father, Rod Nugent, released a statement in which he revealed that Helen Haines had been a close friend of the family for over 20 years.

Brian Nugent is a 43-year-old environmental campaigner and has been noted as becoming increasingly erratic over the past few months, as police were dispatched three times to his house during this time, one of his neighbors described him as “an absolute nutjob,” per The Age.

🇺🇸⚡️- PlaqueBoyMax's response to Trump using his music in a TikTok edit.

🇺🇸🇵🇭🇨🇳⚡- China says U.S. littoral combat ship USS Charleston “illegally intruded” near Sabina Shoal, South China Sea, without "Beijing's permission".

The reality: Sabina lies about 75 nautical miles off Palawan, western Philippines, inside the Philippines’ EEZ. Under UNCLOS, every ship has freedom of navigation there, and a 2016 international tribunal ruled China’s sweeping claims have no legal basis.

🇮🇷🇵🇰⚡- Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir visits Tehran today in a bid to help revive stalled US-Iran peace talks.

🇫🇷⚡️- The French police arrested a member of a far-left group this morning as part of their investigation into the fire that ravaged the city hall of Limoges.

🇺🇸🇯🇵⚡️- Cygames have announced they had to cancel their Umamusume 7th Event concerts in Los Angeles as they failed to obtain visas for their singers. Despite correctly following guidelines, the USCIS backlog provoked a significant delay which forced the cancellation of the events.

Cygames indicated they could not manage to get a hold of any U.S. official to streamline the visa process. This happened despite Cygames becoming a major partner of three U.S. racecourse events this year, including the prestigious Breeders' Cup, and reviving the American youth's interest in horse racing.

🇧🇬🇨🇳⚡️- Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev met the Chinese Foreign Minister. Rumen Radev reaffirmed Bulgaria's respect of the one-China principle and indicated that the Bulgarian economy was open to increased Chinese investments.

🇫🇷⚡️- According to Le Populaire du Centre, French police forces have arrested 34-year-old Hodei Docampo Ciarra as the main suspect in the investigation into the arson that ravaged the city hall of Limoges. He was already known to the police forces and was registered as a far-left extremist by internal intelligence services.

🇫🇷⚡️- French Interior Minister announces military elements from Operation Sentinel will be deployed to secure key sites in France this Saturday.