🇺🇸🇹🇭⚡️ — The U.S. and Thailand are in talks over a new long-term supply agreement for U.S. liquefied natural gas, as concerns grow over energy security following damage to Qatar’s LNG infrastructure and instability around the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran War, Reuters reports.

➡️ Discussions are focused on a binding long-term deal between Venture Global and Thailand’s state-controlled energy company PTT Public Company Limited.

➡️ The contracts under discussion would reportedly likely run for 15 years or more, though exact volumes and timelines were not disclosed.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️ — President Trump posted a report from Israel's Jerusalem Post claiming sexual abuse in Iranian prisons is surging during the ceasefire.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — President Trump once again posts about Iran's Navy being "in the bottom of the ocean."

🇮🇱❌🇱🇧🇱🇧 — The Lebanese Army announced the death of Saleh Muhammad Souni, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike yesterday at eastern Lebanon's Qaraoun Dam.

🇮🇱❌🇱🇧 — Civil defense is driving around Tyre City urging residents to evacuate following the Israeli evacuation notice.

🇺🇸⚡️ — President Trump brags about "acing" three cognitive tests, mocking Biden and Obama who did none.

🇨🇦🇸🇪⚡️ — Canada announced plans to purchase Saab’s GlobalEye early warning aircraft instead of Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail, as Ottawa moves to reduce reliance on U.S. defense suppliers and deepen ties with Europe’s defense industry.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said the choice of Saab’s GlobalEye — based on the Bombardier Global 6500 jet — would strengthen Canadian strategic autonomy, support domestic jobs, and align Canada with partners.

Carney did not give details of the ​fleet size or the cost of a potential contract.

Saab also said it plans to invest in research and development work in Canada as part of the agreement.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — The White House has rejected the report from Iran's broadcaster IRIB that outlined a proposed MoU.

🇮🇱🇺🇸⚡️ — Israel has received its first Boeing KC-46 Pegasus “Gideon” aerial refueling aircraft from the U.S.

It landed at Nevatim Airbase, one of Israel's largest, earlier today with IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir in attendance.

The KC-46 can carry significantly more fuel and refuel more aircraft than Israel’s older tanker fleet.

Israel is set to receive at least six KC-46 aircraft.

🇰🇷🇻🇳⚡️ — Samsung Electronics plans to invest $1.5 billion in a new semiconductor testing plant in Vietnam, according to a proposal document reviewed by Reuters.

➡️ Construction has already begun 60km north of Hanoi, with operations slated to start in November 2027 — marking Samsung’s first chip testing facility in Vietnam.

➡️ The plant will focus on legacy memory chips (DRAM and NAND), targeting shortages driven by major producers shifting capacity toward AI chip production.

➡️ Vietnamese authorities approved the investment in March, and Samsung intends to reinvest profits of up to $2.5 billion for a potential second factory.

🇮🇷🇺🇸🇶🇦🇵🇰⚡️ — Iran has told Qatari mediators it will only sign a peace agreement with the U.S. if $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets are released, with half transferred immediately upon announcement of a memorandum of understanding and the remaining $12 billion released within 60 days, according to The Telegraph.

➡️ Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Araghchi delivered the demand during the recent talks in Doha with Qatari officials, insisting “no negotiations are possible” without access to the blocked funds.

➡️ The frozen assets, largely oil and gas revenues restricted under U.S. sanctions, are held across several countries including South Korea, Qatar, Iraq, Japan, Germany, Turkey, Bahrain, and Luxembourg.

➡️ The proposal has triggered backlash among allies of Trump, who argue releasing the money would effectively reward Tehran after the Strait of Hormuz crisis.

➡️ Pakistani and Qatari mediators are working on a mechanism to prevent the funds from directly financing Iran’s nuclear program or regional proxy groups.