🇹🇼⚡️- Beginning earlier this week and continuing through the end of June, Taiwan will hold a series of military and coast guard exercises around the island.

Today's exercises includes a suspected test of the M142 HIMARS MLRS system.

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🇩🇪🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The clock is ticking. There are 12 hours left, and if a ceasefire isn’t reached, the EU will start preparing sanctions," - Stefan Cornelius, German Government Spokesman.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Russia is completely ignoring the 30-day ceasefire offer," - Andrii Sybiha, Ukrainian Foreign Minister.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Scenes from Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, this morning. The city has been completely wiped out.

🇩🇴🇦🇪⚡️- Dubai-based DP World will invest $760M to expand the Port of Caucedo in the Dominican Republic and create a 225-hectare free trade zone (FTZ). The project aims to attract $3.9B in foreign investment, boost capacity to 3.1M TEUs, and position the country as a key nearshoring hub just 1,100 nautical miles from Miami.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇻🇪⚡️- Over the past year, traders have disguised over $1B in Venezuelan oil as Brazilian crude to skirt US sanctions and lower shipping costs. Using fake documents and location spoofing, tankers sail directly to China, where independent refiners buy the oil under labels like “bitumen blend” to avoid import restrictions.

🇮🇷🇾🇪⚡- A security incident occurred on the 10th of May south of Kish Island, Iran, in the Arabian Gulf (Persian Gulf) - shown on map.

A suspected USV, without explosives, crashed into a commercial ship, making it one of the first such cases in the Gulf sea. UK's Maritime Trade Operations believes it could likely have been a Houthi operation.

🇺🇸⚡- "The leadership of India and Pakistan were wise in agreeing to a ceasefire," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸⚡- "The Houthis have ceased fire and said they will not attack our ships," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸⚡- "We want to bring the pharmaceutical industry back to the United States," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸⚡- "Geneva talks with China were friendly and constructive," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸⚡- "I will speak with the Chinese President by the end of the week," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸⚡- "US citizen Idan Alexander will be released within two hours," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸⚡- "My visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE is historic," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡- "Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is expected to pressure President Trump to distance himself from Israel's plans to attack Iran during his visit," - Bloomberg.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Idan Alexander has been released by Hamas and is in the hands of the Red Cross.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- BREAKING: Initial reports of Indian air defenses working in the Jammu and Kashmir region, India.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- An Indian passenger flight from Delhi-Amritsar just made a sudden u-turn.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- Blackouts enforced in areas of the Punjab region.

🇮🇳🇵🇰⚡- 3 flights to Amritsar, Punjab region of India, have now been cancelled.