🇾🇪🇸🇦❌🇾🇪 — Saudi fighter jets were reported above the Al-Jawf governorate, where clashes between the Houthis (Ansarallah) and the Saudi-backed Al-Juayd tribal fighters are taking place.

🇸🇦🇾🇪❌🇾🇪 — Intense Saudi fighter jet activities were also reported above the Sadaa governorate, northwestern Yemen.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — President Trump has, for now, shelved plans to significantly escalate U.S. military operations against Iran, with concerns that a broader conflict could rapidly deplete already strained stocks of Patriot missile interceptors and other air defense munitions in the Middle East, according to NYT, citing Trump administration officials.

➡️ Officials said dwindling interceptor inventories are among several factors weighing against renewed major combat operations. The administration is also concerned about the risk of a wider regional war, Iranian attacks on key Gulf allies, and broader economic, energy, and refugee consequences.

➡️ Few members of Trump's inner circle support escalating the conflict. One senior U.S. official said there are doubts that renewed strikes would pressure Iran back into negotiations, arguing they instead strengthen internal unity in Iran by shifting attention toward an external threat.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine has privately cautioned the Trump administration that resuming major combat operations against Iran is doable but that it would dangerously deplete interceptors available to CENTCOM, according to NYT.

➡️ Earlier this week, several Pentagon officials and U.S. military commanders believed President Trump was leaning toward approving the first phase of a broader bombing campaign against Iran. The proposed operation would have targeted coastal radar sites, anti-ship missile launchers, fast attack boats, and other military positions used in attacks on commercial shipping transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

➡️ Many of Mr. Trump’s advisers, including Jared Kushner, say there is a plausible alternative pathway with less risk: continuing negotiations and economic pressure on Iran over a longer period of time.

🇬🇧🇺🇦⚡️ — The British Army will equip its forces with Tekever AR5 reconnaissance drones, battle-tested in Ukraine, under a deal worth up to £400 million, the Ministry of Defence announced.

➡️ The drones, which will be built at Tekever's new manufacturing facility in Swindon, are expected to enter service later this year. Designed for long-range reconnaissance, the AR5 can carry up to 50 kg of surveillance equipment, including cameras and sensors.

➡️ The Army has placed an initial order for six AR5 drones, with the option to procure up to 18 more by 2029 as part of a planned 10-year program.

➡️ The AR5 will replace the Army's Watchkeeper drone fleet, which is being retired early after years of cost overruns and operational problems.

🇭🇹⚡️ — A Haitian police armored vehicle was ambushed by gangs in the capital, Port-au-Prince.

The gangs set the vehicle on fire using Molotov cocktails; there are no reports of casualties among the police force.

🇬🇧🇮🇷⚡️ — Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says he warned the British government two months ago that Iran was using small boats crossing the English Channel to smuggle operatives into the UK, The Telegraph reports.

Farage raised the issue during Prime Minister's Questions in May, calling for a national security emergency over illegal Channel crossings.

After The Telegraph released a report about the issue on Saturday, he accused the government of failing to act, claiming Britain was "letting in terrorists."

🇱🇧🇺🇸⚡️ — Lebanon is seeking to attract new investment from U.S. companies, with a particular focus on the energy, telecommunications, and digital transformation sectors, as part of broader efforts to support the country's reconstruction and economic recovery, according to MTV Lebanon.

🇾🇪❌🇾🇪 — Four Ansarallah/Houthi fighters were killed by the Saudi-backed Al-Juayd tribal fighters following an attack on their checkpoint in Al-Yatamah, Al-Jawf Governorate.

🇱🇧🇹🇷⚡️ — Lebanon is exploring the future acquisition of defensive weapons, including Turkish-made systems, though any purchases remain contingent on the country's economic recovery and political stability, according to Türkiye Today, citing a senior Lebanese source.

➡️ Beirut is interested in cost-effective, high-tech defensive equipment, though no discussions have taken place with Turkish defense companies because Lebanon currently lacks the financial resources.

🇾🇪❌🇾🇪 — Multiple Ansarallah/Houthi vehicles were destroyed by the Saudi-backed Al-Juayd tribal fighters following the intense clash in Al-Yatamah, Al-Jawf Governorate.

🇰🇷⚡️ — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says relations with South America are entering a "new phase," as Seoul seeks to deepen economic ties through a trade agreement with the region's Mercosur bloc and expanded cooperation on critical minerals.

➡️ Lee made the remarks in an interview with Spanish news agency EFE ahead of a visit to Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, where he is scheduled to hold summit talks with regional leaders.

🇩🇪⚡️ — The suspect behind the vehicle ramming attack at the Christopher Street Day Pride Parade in Berlin is known to authorities and believed to be part of Berlin's Islamist scene, according to DPA.

"Measures against this suspected ‌perpetrator, ⁠who has not yet been arrested, are underway," ​a spokesman for Berlin police said.

🇺🇸🇻🇪❌🧑‍⚖️ — The U.S. State Department welcomed Venezuela's decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), calling on other member states to follow suit.

The department said it was "time to dismantle the ICC," describing the court as "neither credible, independent, nor legitimate," and urged all remaining member states to withdraw from the Rome Statute.

🇮🇷🇴🇲🇺🇸⚡️ — Talks between Oman and Iran on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and their respective territorial waters have made progress, though more time is needed to reach an agreement, two regional sources told CBS News.

➡️ The pause in U.S. military operations is intended to avoid disrupting the ongoing diplomatic efforts.

🇨🇳🌍⚡️ — China is expanding its use of film diplomacy across Africa as part of a broader effort to strengthen its soft power and improve its image on the continent, SCMP reports.

➡️ Beijing is seeking to build goodwill, improve its image, and strengthen long-term cultural ties across Africa through film festivals, public screenings, cultural exchanges, and co-productions.

🇦🇺🇺🇸⚡️ — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will raise the issue of newly imposed U.S. tariffs with President Trump after Washington introduced fresh duties on imports from dozens of trading partners, including Australia.

➡️ Albanese said his government considers the tariffs unjustified and will continue pressing for their removal. "We'll raise it at every level in the Australia-U.S. relationship," Albanese stated.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Vice President JD Vance and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine raised concerns about U.S. munitions stockpiles as President Trump considered expanding military operations against Iran during a White House meeting on Friday, according to CNN.

➡️ The discussions came as Trump weighed options to escalate the conflict, though multiple sources told CNN that few within the president's inner circle or the Pentagon believed further escalation would achieve the desired results.

➡️ A Department of Defense source told CNN that military operations against Iran are currently "on hold."