🇸🇴⚡- Somali pirates board Hellas Aphrodite, a Malta-flagged tanker, southeast of Eyl, Somalia, deep in the Indian Ocean. The incident marks a resurgence of piracy in the region.

The tanker was heading towards India. All 24 crew members are safe and barricaded in the ship's fortified safe room. European Union's naval response team is heading to the area.

🇦🇿🇹🇷⚡- Azerbaijani President Aliyev says the Azerbaijani Armed Forces are closely cooperating with Turkey and are transitioning from the old Soviet model to NATO standards.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: Ukrainian sources report that Russian DRGs have entered the major Ukrainian logical hub of Pokrovskoe city, Dnepr region.

Map by: Kalibrated.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - The moment of the Israeli airstrike against Kfar Dounine in southern Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "If the Lebanese army does not accelerate the process of disarming Hezbollah, Israel will do so," - Israeli Broadcasting Corporation.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The Lebanese army is refusing to evacuate positions in southern Lebanon being targeted by Israel, despite IDF warnings to clear those areas," - Israel Today.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- The attacks against Kafr Dounine were supposed to be "more intense," but the Lebanese Armed Forces refused to leave the area preventing Israel from carrying out the attacks, Israeli outlet 301 reports.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The Lebanese army are still in their positions and refuse to leave Kafr Dounine," - Kafr Dounine, southern Lebanon, Municipality Head.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Due to the Lebanese army's refusal to evacuate, the IDF is not attacking the target.

If the IDF does not attack because of the Lebanese army's refusal, this event will have bad long-term consequences," - Per Hananel Aviv, Israeli journalist for 301.

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡- Syria's Foreign Ministry denies the Reuters report that the US have agreed to set-up a military airbase in the Damascus countryside.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: US announces a new country will join the Abraham Accords tonight.

🇺🇸🇰🇿🇮🇱⚡- Kazakhstan will be joining the Abraham Accords tonight.

🇺🇸🇰🇿🇮🇱⚡- Kazakh President Tokayev will announce Astana joining the Abraham Accords during his meeting with President Trump tomorrow.

Kazakhstan already has diplomatic relations with Israel.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡- BREAKING: Two B-52 Bombers flying off the coast of Venezuela.

🇸🇪⚡- BREAKING: Drone sightings reported over Gothenburg-Landvetter International Airport, Sweden. Flights are being redirected to Copenhagen, Denmark.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡- B-52 Bombers continue flying off the coast of Venezuela in international airspace.

🇸🇾🇺🇳⚡- All 14 members of the United Nations Security Council, including Russia, have voted in favor of the US resolution calling for the lifting of all sanctions on Syrian President al-Sharaa and Interior Minister Khattab.

🇧🇪⚡- Brussels International Airport has temporarily closed after drone sightings.

🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: The U.S. Congressional Budget Office is believed to have been hacked by a foreign actor, according to the Washington Post.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Lebanese Army Commander Rudolph Hilal proposed during the government’s session earlier today to freeze the plan to disarm Hezbollah due to ongoing Israeli attacks. This marks heightened tension in the region, as earlier today Lebanese Army troops reportedly refused to leave their bases after receiving warnings from Israel, which forced the Israelis to halt their bombing campaign.

🇺🇸🇸🇴⚡️- A significant number of Somalians in Minneapolis didn't vote for ethnic Somali Mayoral candidate Omar Fateh due to Fateh being part of the Daarood clan rather than the Hawiye. These deep seeded clan wars allowed Mayor Jacob Frey to rally key community leaders from the Hawiye clan to hold off a challenge from Fateh.

Representative Ilhan Omar, who endorsed Fateh and is part of the Daarood clan, is reportedly the next target of Hawiye community leaders as they are emboldened by their proxy victory over the Daarood in the Mayoral election, she will possibly face a primary challenge on tribal grounds.