🇨🇳🇷🇺⚡- Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrives in Beijing, China, to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Foreign Ministry Council.

🇺🇸🇰🇵⚡- "North Korea says it is ready to take military action against the US, Japan and South Korea over their joint air drills with US strategic bombers," - KCNA, North Korean outlet.

🇸🇾⚡- Tensions once again rise in the As Suwaida region of southern Syria between local Bedouin tribes and the Druze population.

Tensions rose after a local was attacked, leaving him injured, which has led to individual clashes around the region.

Reports of mobilization on either side are false.

🇮🇷⚡- Smoke over Vanak district, northern Tehran, Iran.

🇧🇩🇵🇰🇮🇳⚡- Bangladesh is exploring the option of purchasing 32 JF-17C Block 3 variant fighter jets from Pakistan.

Indian media has expressed concern.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Israeli settlers kill an American visiting relatives in the West Bank, the Guardian reports.

🇺🇸⚡- Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General, to visit Washington tomorrow.

🇺🇸🇶🇦🇮🇷⚡- "Al-Udeid Air Base remains fully operational and capable of conducting its mission, alongside our Qatari partners, to provide security and stability in the region," - Pentagon, after confirming a single Iranian missile struck the base on June 23.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Iran issues yet another threat, this time saying Israel's deliberate attack on President Pezeshkian won't go 'unanswered', and that Israel will 'pay the price'.

🇮🇹🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- A month after the seizure of the Madleen aid ship by Israeli forces, a new ship, 'Handala', has been launched from Syracuse Port, Sicily, Italy, to break the Gaza blockade.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "A turning point regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine is coming. I expect, in the coming days, you will see weapons flowing at a record level to help Ukraine defend themselves.

Stay tuned about a plan to go after the seized assets more aggressively. Stay tuned for a plan where America will begin to sell to our European allies tremendous amounts of weapons that can benefit Ukraine," - Senator Lindsay Graham tells Fox News on President Trump's "major announcement" on Ukraine tomorrow.

🇩🇪🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "For many weeks now, I have not liked what the Israeli army is doing in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians have the right to a place where they can live. I hope that we Europeans, together with the Americans, will be able to find a solution that leads to the creation of two states," - Friedrich Merz, Chancellor of Germany.

🇺🇦⚡- "A new government may appear next week. Zelensky has made the decision.

The government may be headed by Yulia Svyrydenko, currently the First Deputy Prime Minister. Denys Shmyhal, current Prime Minister, may take over as Defense Minister. Current Defense Minister Rustem Umerov will be sent to the US as an Ambassador," - RBC-Ukraine, Ukrainian outlet.

🇸🇾🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- An Israeli drone operating over the Bekaa region near the Syrian border, northern Lebanon.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇳⚡- The IAEA reports the sounds of explosions and gunfire near the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (under Russian control). Director General Rafael Grossi warns this poses a threat to nuclear safety.

🇸🇾⚡- Syrian government's Public Internal Security forces have failed to stop the fighting between the Druze clans and Bedouin tribes in the As Suwaida region of southern Syria.

Fighting has instead intensified, with several towns changing hands. Arab tribes from the Deir ez-Zur region, as part of the Arab Tribal Army, have begun reinforcing their Bedouin tribes in southern Syria against the Druze.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Israeli jets are operating over southern Syria.