🇺🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷⚡- The Iranian shadow tanker, SKIPPER, has begun heading north after it was seized by the US Coast Guard yesterday morning.

The USCG had waited until the tanker was loaded with cargo, and intercepted it on its way to Cuba.

🇲🇽🇨🇳⚡- Mexico's congress has approved charging up to 50% tariffs on Chinese imports. The congress has also agreed to slap tariffs on other countries, including Indonesia, Brazil and Thailand.

"The tariffs would substantially harm Mexico. We urge Mexico to correct its erroneous practices of unilateralism and protectionism as soon as possible," - Chinese Ministry of Commerce.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇶🇦⚡️- American conservative Tucker Carlson visited Gaza refugees in Qatar who had been medically evacuated because of their injuries.

🇹🇭⚡- Thailand's Prime Minister Charnvirakul dissolves the House of Representatives, triggering a general election that will be held in the next 60 days.

The decision comes after the parliament entered a deadlock over constitutional amendments concerning the authority of the Senate.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡- "Russia and its close ally Belarus reached out to Venezuela's embattled leader, Nicolas Maduro, on Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump ramps up pressure for his removal, raising the possibility he could seek refuge abroad," - Reuters.

🇺🇸⚡️- Tyler Robinson, the suspected assassin of Charlie Kirk, is now appearing in court in Provo, Utah. Judge Graf of the Fourth District has gaveled the court into session.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- BREAKING: Reuters reports that the United States plans to seize more tankers transporting Venezuelan oil, with the seizure of SKIPPER being only the start.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡- "The vessel is currently undergoing a forfeiture process right now […] The vessel will go to U.S. port, and The United states does intend to seize the oil" - White House Press Secretary.

🇺🇸⚡- "Trump says CNN should be sold as part of Warner Bros Discovery deal," - Reuters.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: Russian forces have captured Sivers'k, Donetsk region.

🇺🇸🇻🇪🇮🇷⚡- "We condemn the US military navy's attack on a Venezuelan merchant ship and consider it an act of international piracy.

The seizure and confiscation of commercial ships belonging to other countries is a blatant disregard for international law," - Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Current situation in the Pokrovsk direction: Mirnograd is on the verge of falling into Russian control, a small pocket of Ukrainian troops remain in the center of the city.

Map by Hudson War Mapping.

🇺🇸🇻🇪🇷🇺⚡- Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov has called for a "full investigation" into the US seizure of the sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump has signed an executive order protecting AI from state law violations.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- A squadron of Israeli jets over Damascus, Syria.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli airstrikes against the Reihan Heights in southern Lebanon.

🇬🇧🇺🇳🇮🇱⚡- "ICC prosecutor Karim Khan says the UK threatened to defund the court and withdraw from its founding treaty if it pursued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant," - The Guardian.

🇷🇺🇹🇷🇹🇲⚡- Russia's Putin meets Turkey's Erdogan in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The Israeli army is monitoring Hezbollah operatives who are disguising themselves as farmers and approaching forward positions, with the aim of gathering intelligence.

The Northern Region Command warns of the possibility of Hezbollah carrying out a limited special operation or an infiltration attempt, at a time when the Israeli political level is working to expand the legitimacy for launching a large-scale attack in Lebanon against Hezbollah," - Galei Tzahal.

🇾🇪🇦🇪🇮🇱⚡- The UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council of Yemen has sent a delegation to Tel Aviv, Israel, urging the Israelis they have a "common cause" against the Ansarullah, Sameral al-Atrush of The Times reports. The STC are prepared to recognize Israel and sign the Abraham Accords in return for US and Israeli support against the Houthis.

Meanwhile, Egypt is currently hosting an unusual, high-level talks with senior UAE and Israeli officials in El-Alamein. Subject of the talks remain unknown.

Map key:
Red - Ansarullah,
Green - Southern Transitional Council,
Purple - Presidential Leadership Council.