🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Naim Qassem, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, told Al-Manar that Hezbollah will retaliate for Israel’s repeated strikes against Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- “We as a resistance are ready to defend. We will not initiate a battle, but if a battle is imposed on us by the Zionists, even if we only have sticks to defend ourselves, we won't let a single Israeli pass and we will fight him until none of our men or women are remaining.” - Naim Qassem, Secretary-General of Hezbollah, in an interview with Al-Manar, pro-Hezbollah Lebanese outlet.

🏳️🇵🇰🇹🇷⚡- Second round of talks between the Afghan Taliban and Pakistan in Istanbul continues tomorrow.

Both sides confirm the talks have made significant progress made on most points. However, the issue of Tahreek-e-Taliban remains a stalling point.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Within just 48 hours, the Israeli army assassinated 8 senior leaders from the Hezbollah organization in Lebanon," - Galei Tzahal, IDF official outlet.

🇵🇸⚡- BREAKING: Palestinian factions, including Hamas, and the Palestinian Authority have agreed to elect Palestinian human rights activist Amjad al-Shawa to lead post-war Gaza Strip, Kan11 reports.

🇵🇸⚡- Fatah, the governing party of the Palestinian Authority, has denied the Kan11 report that it agreed with the Palestinian factions to elect Amjad al-Shawa to lead post-war Gaza Strip.

Fatah asserts that its "official stance is that the person appointed to lead this committee must be a minister from the Palestinian Authority government, as it is the legitimate authority responsible for managing the affairs of our people in the homeland."

🇺🇸🇹🇹🇻🇪⚡- "We condemn the dangerous move by Trinidad and Tobago to conduct military exercises in coordination with the US.

This action constitutes a hostile provocation against Venezuela and a dangerous threat to peace in the Caribbean region. The government of Trinidad and Tobago has abandoned the country's sovereignty to act as a US military colony," - Yvan Gil Pinto, Foreign Minister of Venezuela.

🇺🇸🇹🇹🇻🇪⚡- "It's not about defensive drills, it's a military aggression to turn the Caribbean into a space for violence and US dominance.

Venezuela does not accept threats from any government subordinate to the United States. The National Armed Forces of Venezuela will remain on alert and in a state of mobilization in the face of this highly dangerous provocation," - Yvan Gil Pinto, Foreign Minister of Venezuela.

🇺🇸⚡- US Naval Institute reports that an F/A-18F Super Hornet and an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to aircraft carrier USS Nimitz crashed in the South China Sea on Sunday in two separate incidents.

No injuries reported, with all crew members safely recovered.

🇱🇧🇪🇬🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Egyptian Mukhabarat Chief Hassan Rashad has arrived in Beirut carrying a message of warning for the Lebanese authorities that Israel will escalate the situation if the government fails to disarm non-state actors (including Amal and Hezbollah).

🇬🇧🇹🇷⚡- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer set to visit Ankara today, with plans to complete the sale of 40 Typhoon fighter jets to Turkey.

🇺🇸🇯🇵🇲🇾⚡- Air Force One over Mount Fuji, as President Trump prepares to land in Japan following his ASEAN summit stop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

🇺🇦🇸🇪⚡- "Saab plans to open a Gripen fighter jet plant in Ukraine. The move is part of a Ukraine-Sweden deal for Kiev to procure 150 Gripens," - Financial Times.

🇨🇲⚡- Violent protests rock Cameroon after 92 year-old Paul Biya secured his eighth term in Cameroon. Biya was was allegedly reelected with 53.66% of the votes.

Four people have been killed in the ongoing protests against Biya.

French Think Tank Africa Review claims Cameroonian opposition Issa Tchiroma won the Presidential elections with 70% of the votes.

🇦🇪🇮🇱⚡- Israeli defense giant CONTROP to open a branch in the UAE. A historic first for an Arab / Muslim nation.

🇺🇸🇯🇵⚡- President Donald Trump arrives in Tokyo for the second-leg of his Asian tour.

🇻🇪🇷🇺⚡- A Russian aircraft, previously linked to the Wagner Group and currently known to transport UAE mercenaries around Africa, arrives in Venezuela.