🇨🇳🇰🇷⚡- "China built a massive fixed platform in the Yellow Sea, echoing South China Sea tactics and raising sovereignty concerns. China denied South Korea's request to inspect the steel structure," - Chosun Daily, South Korean outlet.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "Beijing warns nations not to cut US trade deals at China's expense.

China warned countries against striking deals with the US that could hurt Beijing’s interests, upping the ante in the trade war with Washington and showing how others risk getting caught in the middle," - Bangkok Post, Thai outlet.

🇫🇷🇵🇭⚡- The Philippine Coast Guard is set to receive 40 patrol vessels from France in a $438 million deal, which will quadruple the South East Asian country's fleet.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- The US deploys NMESIS anti-ship missile system to the Philippines. Several launchers were deployed to multiple Philippine islands in northern Luzon, a region located within the strategic Luzon Strait between southern Taiwan and northern Philippines. The strait links the South China Sea with the Philippine Sea - a gateway for China's navy to access the open ocean.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- BREAKING: Terrorist attack ongoing in Pahalgam, in the disputed region of Kashmir, India.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Death toll currently at 27 from the terror attack at Pahalgam, Kashmir, India.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Pahalgam Hospital declares a state of emergency.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Scenes from Pahalgam, Kashmir, India.

Other videos circulating online show many corpses scattered across the ground.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi condems the terrorist attack.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- India's Special Forces have arrived at the scene - Pahalgam, Kashmir, India.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Scenes from Pahalgam, Kashmir India, where gunfire can be heard in the background.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Indian media calls it the worst terror attack since 2019.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Three gunmen were allegedly involved carrying out the attacks at Pahalgam, Kashmir in northwest India.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Two international tourists amongst the 27 killed, the rest are mostly locals or tourists within India.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Initial reports: One of the two international tourists killed in Pahalgam, Kashmir, is an Italian and the other is an Israeli.

🇺🇸🇮🇳🇵🇰 - The attack occured as US Vice President JD Vance tours India.

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡- "The United States wants to sell more energy and defence equipment to India to build closer ties," - JD Vance, US Vice President.

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡- "The rebalancing of global trade because of Trump's tariff actions is going to produce great benefits for the people of India," - JD Vance, US Vice President.

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡- "If India and the United States work together successfully, we're going to see a 21st century that is prosperous and peaceful," - JD Vance, US Vice President.

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡- "But I also believe that if we fail to work together successfully, the 21st century could be a very dark time for all of humanity," - JD Vance, US Vice President.

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡- "We, of course, want to collaborate more. We want to work together more, and we want your nation to buy more of our military equipment," - JD Vance, US Vice President, urging India to buy US F-35s over Russian jets.