🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "We destroyed the Iranian nuclear sites," - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Iran has been behaving badly," - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Witkoff will be going to Russia after Israel," - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "What Russia is doing in Ukraine is disgusting and unfortunate," - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The Russian-Ukrainian war must stop," - President Trump.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "The radicals [Hamas] write they are ready to resume negotiations with Israel as soon as the hunger in Gaza stops," - TASS, Russian outlet.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- Joint 14-nation statement, including the US, UK, France, Germany, condemning the increasing threat of Iranian intelligence operations:

"We are united in our opposition to attempts by Iranian intelligence agencies to kill, kidnap, and persecute people in Europe and North America, which is a clear violation of our sovereignty.

These agencies are increasingly cooperating with international criminal organizations, targeting journalists, dissidents, citizens of Jewish origin, as well as current and former officials in Europe and North America.

We call on the Iranian authorities to immediately put an end to such illegal activities on our territory."

🇨🇳⚡- China unveils plans for a high-speed railway line to transport cargo along the new 'Middle Corridor' (TITR).

The railway will start at Almaty (Kazakhstan), and travel through Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Sarakhs (Iran), Tehran (Iran), Ankara (Turkey), Istanbul (Turkey), and finally into Europe.

TITR notably bypasses Russia completely. Earlier this month, on July 17th, the first 2,000 ton cargo freight train departed along the TITR.

🇺🇸🇫🇷🇵🇸⚡- BREAKING: France has blasted the US and its Gaza aid program. France has accused the US-run Gaza Humanitarian Fund, GHF, of 'bloodshed' and demands the program to cease operations.

🇺🇸🇫🇷🇵🇸⚡- "I want to call for the cessation of the activities of the [US-run] Humanitarian Fund in Gaza, the militarized distribution of humanitarian aid that has led to bloodshed in the queues for aid in Gaza. This is a scandal, a disgrace, and it must be stopped," - France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

🇵🇭⚡- BREAKING: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front, JTIM, has suspended the disarming of its remaining 14,000 soldiers, accusing Manila of violating the 2014 peace deal.

The group, originally consisting of over 50,000 fighters, threatens to reignite the civil war in the Bangsamoro region, southern Philippines.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "China is preparing to invade Taiwan, but there are questions over whether the island is ready," - Sky News.

🇵🇭🇮🇳⚡- India launches 'Act East', India's military pivot towards the South China Sea, with the announcement of joint naval drills with the Philippines in the contested waters.

🇺🇸🇨🇦⚡- "Trump signed an executive order to increase tariffs on Canada from 25% to 35%," - The White House.

🇺🇸🇨🇦⚡- "Tariffs on Canada are scheduled to take effect on August 1, 2025," - The White House.

🇱🇹⚡- BREAKING: Lithuania's Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas resigned.

🇺🇸⚡️- Federal Judge blocks Trump Administration from ending TPS status for immigrants from Nicaragua, Honduras, and Nepal. The Judge, appointed by President Biden, said the policy was born out of "racial animus" and equated ending the program to the Atlantic Slave Trade.

🇺🇸🇹🇭🇰🇭⚡- Cambodia joins Pakistan in nominating President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the ceasefire deal with Thailand.

🇸🇻⚡- The Parliament of El Salvador has voted to scrap Presidential term limits, which paves the way for current President Nayib Bukele to run for office indefinitely. Term limits have also been extended from 5 years to 6 years.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇳🇮⚡- Nicaragua becomes the first member of the United Nations to officially recognize the Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine as Russian territory.