🇷🇺🇸🇾⚡- Russian outlets report former President of Syria Bashar al-Assad spends most of his time playing video games, owns multiple luxury apartments and a villa.

🇵🇰⚡- Death toll of Pakistani soldiers rises to 13 in two attacks from Tahreek-e-Taliban in western Pakistan.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- In just the first day of the ceasefire 152 bodies were recovered by emergency teams from across the Gaza Strip.

🏳️🇵🇰⚡- BREAKING: Heavy clashes have broken out between Afghanistan's Taliban and Pakistani forces in the Waziristan area, along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

🇯🇵⚡️- Japan's coalition collapse as centrist party Komeito leaves.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- "Venezuela says they are expecting a US armed attack in a very short time." - CBS.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Israel has begun gathering the 2,000 prisoners scheduled for release by Monday / Tuesday in exchange for the 20 living Israeli hostages.

🇷🇺⚡- "Russia has rescheduled its planned summit with Arab leaders in a last-minute move after only a very handful of leaders agreed to attend," - Bloomberg.

🇺🇸🇵🇷⚡- The fifth generation gunship AC-130J Ghostrider arrives in Puerto Rico.

The aircraft was pictured already armed with laser-guided AGM-114 Hellfire missiles.

🇷🇺🇻🇪🇺🇳⚡- "Venezuela has been subjected to unprecedented pressure and US military invasion threats," - Russia's Representative to the UN at the Venezuelan-requested UNSC.

🇷🇺🇻🇪🇺🇳⚡- "Venezuela does not appear in the US State Department's report as a country associated with drug smuggling threats and cartel gangs," - Russia's Representative to the UN at the Venezuelan-requested UNSC.

🇷🇺🇻🇪🇺🇳⚡- "US military activities just a few kilometers from Venezuela pose a threat to its security," - Russia's Representative to the UN at the Venezuelan-requested UNSC.

🇷🇺🇻🇪🇺🇳⚡- "We condemn the actions taken by the United States against Venezuela, which aim to cause the overthrow of the Venezuelan government," - Russia's Representative to the UN at the Venezuelan-requested UNSC.

🇨🇳🇻🇪🇺🇳⚡- "We reject the interference of external forces in Venezuela's internal affairs under any pretext," - China's Representative to the UN at the Venezuelan-requested UNSC.

🇵🇸⚡️- Hamas and Abu Yasser militias are clashing in Jabalia camp in the Gaza Strip.

🇷🇺🇻🇪🇺🇳⚡- "The situation is one step away from a direct military aggression against Venezuela," - Russia's Representative to the UN at the Venezuelan-requested UNSC.

🇺🇸🇻🇪🇺🇳⚡- "For years, the government of the United States has been conducting a propaganda and disinformation campaign against our country," - Venezuela's Representative to the UN at the Venezuelan-requested UNSC.

🇺🇸🇻🇪🇺🇳⚡- "At present, it is undertaking an escalating deployment of military forces mere miles from the Venezuelan coasts," - Venezuela's Representative to the UN at the Venezuelan-requested UNSC.

🇨🇳🇻🇪🇺🇳⚡- "We hope that Washington will listen to the voice of the countries of the region and ensure peace and stability in Latin America and the Caribbean," - China's Representative to the UN at the Venezuelan-requested UNSC.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡- "At the President’s direction, the Department of War is establishing a new counter-narcotics Joint Task Force in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility to crush the cartels, stop the poison, and keep America safe.

The message is clear: if you traffic drugs toward our shores, we will stop you cold," - Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

🇺🇸🇻🇪🇺🇳⚡- "The US government hides its crimes using the mask of self-defense," - Venezuela's Representative to the UN at the Venezuelan-requested UNSC.