🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Reporter: Where are we on Iran?

Trump: We will know in 48 hours.

🇾🇪❌🇸🇦 — NEW: Yemen’s Houthis (Ansarallah) announced they struck the Saudi oil tanker “Wafa” with ballistic missiles in the northern Red Sea off Yanbu, claiming a direct hit.

They said it was the eighth Saudi oil tanker targeted since the maritime blockade began on July 22, while 29 other Saudi tankers have been forced to turn back in the Red and Arabian Seas.

🇷🇺🇰🇵❌🇺🇦 — Ukraine’s military intelligence says North Korea has begun deploying a missile unit of around 90 personnel to Russia’s Voronezh region, reportedly joining Russia’s 112th Missile Brigade, Reuters reports.

The unit is expected to be equipped with up to 120 ballistic missiles, including KN-23 and KN-24 systems, and six launchers for strikes against Ukraine.

Kyiv says Russia is increasingly relying on ballistic missiles, which are difficult to intercept, amid shortages of advanced Ukrainian air defenses.

🇺🇸⚡️ — Progressive Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary, narrowly defeating Rep. Haley Stevens despite being heavily outspent.

Haley Stevens had been backed by tens of millions of dollars, much of it from pro-Israel groups like AIPAC and hidden donors.

If El-Sayed wins in November, he would become the first Muslim U.S. senator.

🇪🇺🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Former senior officials from the UK, France, Germany and Russia met in Vienna last month to explore possible conditions for future peace talks to end the war in Ukraine, Bloomberg reports.

The meeting was organized by the Swiss-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and included former UK national security adviser Tim Barrow, former German State Secretary Markus Ederer and French diplomat Pierre Vimont.

The former Kremlin official who attended was not identified.

🇵🇰🇸🇦⚡️ — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Asim Munir are set to visit Saudi Arabia tomorrow.

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — WATCH: Russian Geran-4 jet-powered drones struck two cargo ships in the western Black Sea.

Russia’s Defense Ministry claims they were carrying equipment for the Ukrainian military.

🇺🇸⚡️ — The Pentagon's policy chief is drafting a new U.S. nuclear strategy that would place greater emphasis on the potential use of shorter-range tactical nuclear weapons in the event of a regional conflict with China or Russia, according to NBC News.

The classified strategy informs nuclear options for the commander in chief during crises.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡️ — The U.S. is continuing talks on allowing Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptor missiles, despite recent comments by President Trump casting doubt on such an arrangement, according to Reuters.

The proposals under consideration include producing Patriot components in Ukraine for final assembly in Germany, integrating Kyiv into an existing U.S.-European Patriot production program, or allowing Ukraine to manufacture a lower-cost version of the PAC-3 interceptor.

U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker has been leading the effort and also discussed the plans during a visit to Kyiv last month.

🇺🇸⚡️ — President Trump posted an AI-generated photo of him wearing a military uniform alongside General Patton and General MacArthur.

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — Ukraine's Air Force says air defenses intercepted none of the Russian missiles launched overnight, confirming our report.

🇸🇦🇺🇸⚡️ — Saudi Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Fayyad Al-Ruwaili met with U.S. Army Central Commander Lt. Gen. Kevin Leahy.

The two military leaders reviewed Saudi-U.S. defense and military cooperation and discussed ways to further strengthen bilateral ties in support of their shared strategic interests.