⚡🇶🇦🇮🇷 — Qatar and Iran discuss plan to create a temporary shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz.
🇸🇦🇾🇪⚡️ — Saudi Arabia appears to be preparing for a renewed war with the Houthis (Ansarallah) following weeks of attacks targeting Saudi ships, airports, and oil facilities, NYT reports.
Analysts warn that a new Saudi campaign could deepen the wider Middle East crisis and potentially open another front in the Iran war. Few believe Riyadh could completely defeat the Houthis; instead, the likely goal would be to weaken the group and pressure it into a Yemen peace settlement more favorable to Saudi Arabia and its Yemeni allies.
Saudi officials say the kingdom still prefers a peaceful solution but is prepared to take military action if the attacks continue.
Analysts warn that a new Saudi campaign could deepen the wider Middle East crisis and potentially open another front in the Iran war. Few believe Riyadh could completely defeat the Houthis; instead, the likely goal would be to weaken the group and pressure it into a Yemen peace settlement more favorable to Saudi Arabia and its Yemeni allies.
Saudi officials say the kingdom still prefers a peaceful solution but is prepared to take military action if the attacks continue.
⚡🇺🇦🇷🇺 — Ukraine strikes nuclear fuel storage facility at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
⚡️🇨🇦🇺🇸U.S. President Trump has signed an Executive Order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America.
🇺🇸⚡️ — Secret Service Communications Director Anthony Guglielmi and two other officials have been placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into alleged misconduct, CNN reports.
All three lost their security clearances and access to work devices. The Secret Service has not disclosed the nature of the allegations.
All three lost their security clearances and access to work devices. The Secret Service has not disclosed the nature of the allegations.
🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — A Russian drone guided by an onboard AI system killed three Ukrainian civilians in a July 6 strike on a gas station in Zaporizhzhia, NYT reports.
It is the first documented case of civilian deaths caused by a fully autonomous Russian drone.
The drone used a commercially available Nvidia Jetson Orin computer costing a few hundred dollars and had no antennas or human pilot. It was programmed to reach a specific gas station, then independently identified and targeted propane tanks using AI trained to recognize specific objects.
Ukrainian investigators found unencrypted terrain images and targeting code on the chip, allowing them to determine what objects the drone had been trained to detect and attack.
It is the first documented case of civilian deaths caused by a fully autonomous Russian drone.
The drone used a commercially available Nvidia Jetson Orin computer costing a few hundred dollars and had no antennas or human pilot. It was programmed to reach a specific gas station, then independently identified and targeted propane tanks using AI trained to recognize specific objects.
Ukrainian investigators found unencrypted terrain images and targeting code on the chip, allowing them to determine what objects the drone had been trained to detect and attack.
❗️🇮🇷🚀— IRGC naval forces launch anti-ship ballistic missiles toward Strait of Hormuz.
🇺🇸/🇮🇷🔻The U.S.-sanctioned LPG tanker ‘Seagates’ is currently passing through the Strait of Hormuz via the route designated by Iran.”
⚡🇺🇸🇷🇺 — US asks Russia to end its economic and security relations with Iran.
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🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — U.S. Central Command commander Admiral Brad Cooper claims that U.S. forces have facilitated the transfer of 1500 commercial vessels and 750M barrels of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz, while not allowing Iran to export any crude oil whatsoever.
Admiral Cooper further claims that no Iranian ship has entered or left an Iranian port without CENTCOM's permission, and that ships are only being allowed on humanitarian grounds.
Admiral Cooper claims that around 75 ships have been redirected and 3 have been disabled since the start of the U.S. Navy's blockade against Iranian ports.
Admiral Cooper further claims that no Iranian ship has entered or left an Iranian port without CENTCOM's permission, and that ships are only being allowed on humanitarian grounds.
Admiral Cooper claims that around 75 ships have been redirected and 3 have been disabled since the start of the U.S. Navy's blockade against Iranian ports.
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🇾🇪❌🇾🇪 — PLC armed forces has published footage of BM-21 Grad MLRS launches towards unspecified Ansarallah positions.
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🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Yaroslavl Oil Refinery.
The refinery is one of Russia’s largest, processing around 15 million tons of crude oil annually and producing gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel and other petroleum products.
The refinery is one of Russia’s largest, processing around 15 million tons of crude oil annually and producing gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel and other petroleum products.
🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — Ukrainian President Zelensky says Ukraine’s Alpha unit have struck a Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber in an overnight attack on Engels-2 Air Base, Russia’s Saratov region.
🇵🇱🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️ — Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski:
Apparently, Putin’s spooks told CIA Director he would not provoke NATO.
Putin had told President Biden’s CIA Director that he would not invade Ukraine.
We should accelerate defence preparations.
Apparently, Putin’s spooks told CIA Director he would not provoke NATO.
Putin had told President Biden’s CIA Director that he would not invade Ukraine.
We should accelerate defence preparations.
🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — U.S. officials say the U.S. military has significantly reduced Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz, potentially marking a turning point that could gradually ease global economic pressure and improve prospects for a deal with Iran, Axios reports.
Iran has fired on ships but has “limited accuracy", with only about 2% of vessels transiting the Strait last month hit.
Officials say more than 200 mine-like objects have been cleared from the main shipping lane, though only 11 were identified as actual mines.
Traffic through the southern channel has increased to 20–30 tankers per night, carrying 9–10 million barrels of oil — roughly half the pre-war volume, per officials.
The UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait have joined the US-protected export route; Saudi Arabia is expected to join, and Qatar may soon send LNG tankers.
The U.S. aims to widen the main channel by mid-September to allow at least 50 ships through each night, with a longer-term goal of restoring 60–70% of pre-war oil exports.
Iran has fired on ships but has “limited accuracy", with only about 2% of vessels transiting the Strait last month hit.
Officials say more than 200 mine-like objects have been cleared from the main shipping lane, though only 11 were identified as actual mines.
Traffic through the southern channel has increased to 20–30 tankers per night, carrying 9–10 million barrels of oil — roughly half the pre-war volume, per officials.
The UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait have joined the US-protected export route; Saudi Arabia is expected to join, and Qatar may soon send LNG tankers.
The U.S. aims to widen the main channel by mid-September to allow at least 50 ships through each night, with a longer-term goal of restoring 60–70% of pre-war oil exports.
📰— Reuters: Gulf states activate sovereign wealth funds to bypass Strait of Hormuz
🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 🔻Israeli media says:
“U.S. administration has warned Israel against carrying out any unilateral strikes against Iran.”
“U.S. administration has warned Israel against carrying out any unilateral strikes against Iran.”
⚡️🇺🇸🇪🇬🇦🇪🇮🇷 Reuters: The Trump administration plans to restrict an Egyptian bank over its business with Iran, including revoking the US financial access of Banque Misr’s branches in the UAE.
If finalised, the proposed rule would prevent Banque Misr UAE from maintaining correspondent banking relationships with US financial institutions, effectively cutting its direct access to the US financial system.
If finalised, the proposed rule would prevent Banque Misr UAE from maintaining correspondent banking relationships with US financial institutions, effectively cutting its direct access to the US financial system.
— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: As part of the economic D-Day sanctions against Iran, Iranians have been banned from taking the Duolinguo English test.