🇺🇸⚡️- The US Citizenship & Immigration Services will no longer hold naturalization ceremonies in States or Cities that implement sanctuary policies for illegals.

🇷🇺🇮🇷🇦🇿⚡- "The West needs Azerbaijan to contain Russia and Iran. Azerbaijan is strategically important to the West. It is the only country in the world that borders both Russia and Iran, and it has successfully resisted dominance by both. Without a strong and independent Azerbaijan, there would be no Middle Corridor, the only land route from Central Asia to Europe that is not controlled by either Moscow or Tehran. There would be no Southern Gas Corridor, the U.S.-backed initiative that supplies gas to America’s NATO allies. Azerbaijan is containing Russian expansionism, containing Iranian aggression, and providing Europe with energy security," - Hudson Institute, US Think Tank, writes for The Wall Street Journal.

🇺🇸🇦🇿🇮🇱⚡- The Hudson Institute announced it met with senior Israeli officials in Jerusalem. During the meeting Israeli officials praised Azerbaijani 'crucial' support during Israel's war against Hamas. Israeli officials also told the Hudson Institute that the Azerbaijani Jewish community is safer and better integrated into society than Jews in most European countries.

🇺🇸🇦🇿🇮🇱⚡- Israel announced on March 6 that it is in discussions with the United States to establish trilateral cooperation between itself, the US and Azerbaijan. The move would help bolster relations between the US and Azerbaijan.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- BREAKING: China announces the start of large-scale exercises around Taiwan. Exercises will involve the army, navy, air force and rocket forces in multiple directions around the island. Live fire rounds will be used.

🇷🇺🇨🇳⚡- China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has arrived in Moscow, Russia.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "The military exercises are focused on approaching the Taiwan Island from multiple directions. They will also focus on sea and air combat readiness patrols, seizing comprehensive control, sea and land strikes, and blocking key areas and roads, to test the actual combat capabilities of the theater's troops in joint operations," - Shi Yi, China's Eastern Theater Command Spokesperson.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- China's Eastern Theater Command names the exercises "Closing In" and discloses the exercises poster.

🇨🇦🇨🇳⚡️- Liberal MP Paul Chiang has resigned and will not seek re-election after days of pressure from the media. Its unclear if PM Carney asked him to resign or not as the Prime Minister was defending him as late as yesterday morning.

🇺🇸⚡️- Polling for the Wisconsin Supreme Court race that could potentially result in the GOP losing the House of Reps before 2026 show a tight race. Young voters are continuing to trend Republican while older voters dash to the Democratic Party.

Latest Atlas poll shows the following:
18-30
🟦Craword: 50% (=)
🟥Schimel: 50%

Over 65
🟦Crawford: 61% (+21)
🟥Schimel: 39%

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- Taiwan says it has detected 19 Chinese warships and the Shandong aircraft carrier group around its island

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- Scenes from Taiwan, where Chinese Shandong aircraft carrier involved in the exercise is seen operating very close to the Taiwanese Island.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- Taiwan's Defense Minister says the Chinese Shandong carrier strike group is operating in waters southeast of Taiwan.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- Taiwan scrambles fighter jets to monitor the Chinese exercises which surround the island.

🇺🇸🇮🇪🇮🇱⚡- US CENTCOM Commander Michael Kurilla has departed from Shannon Airport for Tel Aviv.

🇫🇷🇩🇿⚡- Algerian President Tebboune and French President Macron held a phone call during which they agreed to resume cooperation, after the diplomatic crisis in relations between the two countries that has been ongoing since the summer of 2024. The relations between the two countries were cut completely three months ago.

🇮🇶🇾🇪⚡- Iraq has decided to end the Houthis activities on its territory. A Government official in Baghdad tells al-Araby al-Jadeed, Qatari outlet, that it is "working to limit the 'Houthi Movement' in the country."

"In light of the current problems in the region and the fear of escalating American actions against Iran, the Iraqi government has begun to feel that the Houthis in Baghdad are a political burden on it. Most of their political and media activities have been stopped, but their representatives are still in Iraq," - al-Araby al-Jadeed, citing an Iraqi Government official.

🇪🇬🇮🇱⚡- "Israel has asked Egypt and the United States to begin the process of dismantling military infrastructure built by the Egyptian army in Sinai in violation of the peace agreement with the countries. Israel believes Egypt's actions in the Sinai as a 'significant violation' of the security annex," - Israel Hayom.

🇸🇾🇹🇷🇮🇱⚡- "If a Turkish air base is established in Syria, it would undermine Israel's freedom of operation. This is a potential threat that we oppose.

In recent weeks, Israel's political-security leadership has held several discussions regarding concerns of deeper Turkish involvement within Syria itself, including the possibility that the Erdogan government would establish military bases there," - The Jerusalem Post.

🇺🇦🇩🇪⚡- German Foreign Minister Baerbock arrived in Kiev, Ukraine.

🇷🇺🇱🇹⚡- "Russia is preparing for a long-term confrontation against NATO," - Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.