🇦🇪🇮🇶🇮🇷⚡️ — Explosions in northern Kuwait. A drone attack is reportedly underway.

The explosions were also heard in Iraq's Basra Governorate near the border with Kuwait.

🇮🇷🇮🇶🇰🇼⚡️ — Footage of a fire in northern Kuwait, reportedly caused by a Shahed-136 UAV attack.

🇰🇼⚡️ — No sirens nor alerts by the Kuwaiti Armed Forces as of yet.

🇺🇸🌞🇮🇶🇹🇷⚡️ — EXCLUSIVE: A former U.S. Marine who spent a year with the Yazidi Sinjar Resistance Units describes life inside the YBŞ, from Turkish drone action and clashes with Iraqi forces to the movement’s ideology, communal structure, and relationship with the PKK, in an exclusive interview with Tabz, with editorial contributions from Warfront Witness.

The interview traces his political journey from Marxism-Leninism to democratic confederalism while examining Abdullah Öcalan’s influence, jineology, and daily life in Sinjar.

His account offers a rare inside look at a little-known front in the region’s overlapping conflicts.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE

🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡️ — UKMTO announces a cargo vessel 20 nautical miles northeast of Al-Khasab, Oman, on the southern route of the Strait of Hormuz broadcasted via VHF 16 that they were hit by a projectile.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️ — An FBI supervisor has been charged with transferring nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency from accounts linked to Russia into his personal crypto wallet, NBC reports.

Patrick Yaroch faces charges of interstate transportation of stolen goods and receipt of stolen goods. Investigators say he admitted using FBI systems to obtain the keys needed to move the funds, making up to a dozen transfers totaling about $925,000.

According to an FBI affidavit, Yaroch said he acted out of frustration that the bureau "could not or would not act" against Russian-linked cryptocurrency accounts. He later voluntarily confessed, saying he was ashamed and that the incident had been "eating him up inside."

Authorities said there is no evidence Yaroch had any contact with the Russian-linked accounts or foreign entities associated with them.

🇺🇸⚡️ — Anduril Industries is in advanced talks to establish a production facility for its unmanned surface vessels (USVs) at the Sparrows Point industrial site in Maryland, WSJ reports.

The company has signed a memorandum of understanding for the project, which could involve hundreds of millions of dollars in investment, though a final lease has not yet been signed.

The proposed facility would manufacture and test autonomous boats, with support from Maryland state officials under discussion.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸🇰🇼 — i24 News, citing a source familiar with the details, reports the IRGC conducted an attack against a U.S. base in Kuwait with three UAVs. At least one of the UAVs impacted.

This base was likely Camp Buehring, a base located in the northern Kuwaiti desert. There is only one video of the UAV strike, indicating the strike was likely in a sparsely populated area. The surroundings in the video are rural desert, and the explosion was heard by Iraqis near Kuwait.

🇺🇸⚡️ — At midnight, U.S. Southern Command's Joint Task Force–Southern Spear (JTF 84-2) will be redesignated as Joint Task Force–Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM).

SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Donovan says the new task force will serve as the command's "action arm," expanding its operational role across the Western Hemisphere.

🍏❌😀 — Telegram has been removed from Apple's App Store.

🇩🇰⚡️ — Three teenage boys, aged 15, 16, and 16, have been charged with attempted terrorism over an alleged plot to attack Hadsten School in eastern Jutland, Denmark.

A judge at the Randers Court found there was reasonable suspicion the boys planned to kill or injure multiple people, with the alleged preparations taking place on Discord and Telegram. Police arrested the suspects before the attack could be carried out.

The boys have pleaded not guilty and, due to their age, will be held in secure youth institutions rather than prison. The court also ordered psychiatric evaluations for all three.

🇰🇵🇺🇸🇰🇷🇯🇵⚡️ — North Korea has condemned the recent Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise as a "war rehearsal of aggression" led by the U.S., South Korea, and Japan, warning it will respond with a "deterrence of a new level."

Pyongyang accused Washington of using the multinational drills to strengthen trilateral military cooperation and pursue military dominance in the Asia-Pacific.

It also criticized recent U.S.-South Korea military exercises, claiming the alliance has "crossed the red line" and is creating a new regional security crisis.

🇺🇸⚡️ — The U.S. State Department has informed Congress of plans to close five overseas diplomatic missions in a rare reduction of America's global diplomatic presence, according to Reuters.

The proposed closures include posts in St. George's, Grenada; Nagoya, Japan; Medan, Indonesia; Douala, Cameroon; and Winnipeg, Canada.

🇨🇺⚡️ — A few hours ago, Cuba's electricity collapsed for the second time in 24 hours. Cuba's Unión Eléctrica claims this occured due to weather conditions.

🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — Ukrainian drones attacked the Syzran oil refinery in Russia early this morning.

The refinery is in flames after the drone attack.

🇺🇸⚡️ — The White House continues to post sloppy AI-generated videos on X.

They posted this one with the caption, "Silence your cell phones. Sit back. Welcome to the Golden Age."

🇾🇪⚡️ — Explosion in Sana'a, Ansarallah-controlled Yemen.

💬🍏⚡️ — Telegram is back on Apple's App Store.

🇮🇷🇴🇲🇺🇸⚡️ — Iran and Oman are nearing an agreement to reopen shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, though key details of the proposed arrangement remain disputed, NYT reports.

Iranian officials said inbound vessels would use a route near Iran's coast while outbound traffic would transit a channel closer to Oman. They said ships would not pay tolls but would instead be charged a service fee covering security, environmental protection, and staffing, with the revenue shared equally between Iran and Oman.

A U.S. official familiar with the negotiations disputed that account, saying any temporary shipping routes would not require Iranian approval or involve tolls or other charges.

Some senior Pentagon officials are skeptical of the emerging arrangement, viewing it as a potential capitulation to Iran. Officials have also raised concerns that mines remain in Omani waters, meaning vessels would still need to coordinate with Iran for safe passage.

Iranian officials have likewise questioned whether the agreement would function as intended or prevent another round of U.S. military strikes.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Privately, some officials doubt a nuclear deal will be reached, as the 60-day period of the fragile MoU only has about two weeks left with no scheduled talks in sight, suggesting Trump could instead declare the issue resolved by asserting that Iran's nuclear stockpiles remain buried beneath the facilities destroyed in the June 2025 airstrikes, NYT reports.