🇵🇰🇰🇼⚡️ — Pakistan is negotiating an expanded defence pact with Kuwait in exchange for energy cooperation and investment, according to Reuters.

➡️ The talks are still at an early stage and could be affected by the U.S.-Iran tensions.

➡️ Kuwait is seeking expanded military cooperation, including aircraft, drones, air defence systems, and other capabilities, though Pakistani officials said deploying combat troops is not currently being considered.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — U.S. Central Command confirmed that U.S. forces destroyed the Chabahar Shahid Kalantari Port surveillance tower, which it said was part of an IRGC maritime surveillance network used to monitor commercial vessels near the Strait of Hormuz.

🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — Iranian fishermen found a downed U.S. LUCAS kamikaze drone in the Strait of Hormuz.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸 — Iran’s IRGC Navy:

The movements and equipment of the terrorist American military are under the surveillance of Iran’s naval units.

The Americans are bringing themselves closer, with every passing moment, to the zero hour for operations against CENTCOM’s naval units in the region’s waters.

Just wait…

🇲🇽⚡️ — A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of southwestern Mexico, about 71 km west-southwest of Puerto Madero, at a depth of 10 km, according to the USGS.

➡️ A tsunami alert has been issued, with residents near the coast urged to move to higher ground as a precaution.

🇵🇰🇮🇷🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡️ — Pakistani officials have warned Iran that any attacks on Saudi Arabia would be considered a “red line” for Islamabad, Reuters reports.

➡️ Pakistan fears escalating Houthi attacks rather than direct Iranian attacks on Saudi targets could pull it into the regional conflict.

➡️ Pakistan has a mutual defence agreement with Saudi Arabia, under which Islamabad has deployed troops and fighter jets to the kingdom.

🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to a three-week low, with MarineTraffic data showing only eight confirmed crossings on Thursday, down from 15 the previous day.

➡️ Most vessels used the Iranian route, while no crossings were recorded via the Omani route, and no shadow fleet activity was detected.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️ — The Trump administration has notified Israel that it plans to send dozens of additional refueling aircraft to the country ahead of a possible expansion of U.S. military operations against Iran, according to Axios.

➡️ Trump is considering broader strikes targeting Iranian infrastructure, nuclear facilities, and underground sites like Pickaxe Mountain, and he could order an escalation in the coming days, though no final decision has been made.

➡️ The U.S. currently has around 60 refueling aircraft stationed in Israel and is considering returning deployments to levels seen at the start of the war.

➡️ Netanyahu would have the final say on hosting the additional refuelers.