🇺🇸⚡️ — Vice President JD Vance told WaPo that he still considers himself a “skeptic of foreign military interventions,” adding that he believes the same description applies to President Trump.

🇵🇰❌🇦🇫 — Video shows a Pakistan Air Force airstrike targeting the provincial capital of Gardiz in Afghanistan's Paktia Province.

🇵🇰❌🇦🇫 — Footage shows Pakistani forces shelling Afghan Taliban positions from the Angoor Ada border area, forcing all the Taliban militants to flee their positions.

🇵🇰❌🇦🇫 — NEW: The Pakistani Air Force conducted new airstrikes in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, according to Aamaj News.

🇵🇰❌🇦🇫 — Al Jazeera reported an explosion in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan, a short time ago.

🪖📱 — Apple announced that the iPhone and iPad are now approved to handle NATO RESTRICTED information, making them the first consumer devices to receive NATO-wide clearance.

➡️ Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) led the certification process.

🇺🇸⚡️ — NEW: The FAA imposed flight restrictions Thursday over the area around Fort Hancock, citing “special security reasons,” which lawmakers said stemmed from an incident where a military laser-based anti-drone system accidentally shot down a U.S. Customs and Border Protection drone, Reuters reports.

➡️ Congressional aides said the military used a high-energy laser system to accidentally down the U.S. Customs and Border Protection drone near the Mexican border, an area that frequently experiences incursions by cartel-operated drones.

➡️ The flight restrictions are active until June 24th.

🇺🇸🇴🇲🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Al Busaidi is set to meet with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and other U.S. officials in Washington on Friday as part of efforts to prevent a war with Iran, according to MS NOW.

🇨🇳🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: China is warning its citizens not to travel to Iran and urging all those currently in the country to leave as soon as possible.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — U.S. intelligence assessments do not back President Trump’s claim that Iran is close to fielding missiles capable of reaching the United States, according to Reuters.

➡️ A 2025 Defense Intelligence Agency report concludes Iran is unlikely to produce a viable intercontinental ballistic missile before 2035, even with potential foreign assistance.

➡️ One source said that even with help from China or North Korea, it would likely take Iran up to eight years to develop an operational ICBM.

➡️ While Marco Rubio said Iran is “on a pathway” toward eventually acquiring such capabilities, intelligence officials see no sign of an imminent threat.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️ — The U.S. State Department has approved the departure of non-essential government personnel and their family members from Israel over security concerns.

➡️ The U.S. Embassy warns that it may also impose sudden travel restrictions on staff in certain areas of Israel, including Jerusalem’s Old City and the occupied West Bank.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡️ — The Pentagon is building AI-driven cyber capabilities designed to identify and potentially exploit weaknesses in Chinese infrastructure, including power grids and critical networks, as part of preparations for a possible conflict, FT reports.

➡️ Officials say artificial intelligence would automate reconnaissance and accelerate targeting. A former CIA official likened the approach to “a thief in the night” testing doors until finding one left unlocked.

➡️ The U.S. has already awarded roughly $200 million in AI-related contracts to firms such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI. However, tensions are emerging as some AI companies push back against unrestricted military applications, like Anthropic.

🇭🇺⚡️ — Multiple Hungarian opposition parties have pulled out of the April elections in an effort to prevent vote-splitting and strengthen support for Péter Magyar’s Tisza Party, which is currently polling ahead of Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz, FT reports.

➡️ Magyar is calling on the remaining opposition groups to also withdraw, saying that only a unified challenge can bring an end to Orbán’s 16-year rule.