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❗️India and Greece held exercises in the Mediterranean Sea. @Mavgeopolitics

🇺🇸The US will no longer sell Patriot missile systems, reports The Atlantic. The Pentagon has declared these systems in short supply and has started rejecting new requests from partners for system deliveries. There is also information that restrictions have been imposed on other types of weapons for sale to other countries. @Mavgeopolitics

❗️Image released by Hamas showing the remaining hostages. @Mavgeopolitics

❗️Trump and Xi Jinping are having a phone conversation - China's Central TV. @Mavgeopolitics

❗️In an affidavit submitted in the Delhi High Court, JKLF terrorist Yasin Malik, who is serving a life sentence in a terror funding case, has said that former PM Manmohan Singh personally thanked and expressed gratitude to him after he met Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder and 26/11 mastermind terrorist Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan in 2006. @Mavgeopolitics

❗️The Taliban has banned books written by women and 18 university subjects in Afghanistan, including courses on women's rights and gender studies, claiming they conflict with Sharia law. Around 140 books by female authors and hundreds by Iranian writers were removed from curricular - BBC @Mavgeopolitics

❗️US, UK and France, has blocked a joint Pakistan-China proposal to designate the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Majeed Brigade as terrorist groups under the UN 1267 sanctions regime. Citing insufficient evidence linking the groups to Al Qaeda and IS, the US took a 'technical hold' on the proposal. @Mavgeopolitics

🇮🇷🇺🇳 Iran withdrew on Thursday a U.N. resolution it had drafted seeking a ban on attacks against nuclear sites — a draft earlier backed by Russia, China and several other states — just before a scheduled vote. Western diplomats said the U.S. lobbied hard to block it, warning the IAEA’s funding could be reduced if the measure passed and the agency moved to restrict Israel’s rights. @Mavgeopolitics

❗️Trump has been quietly pushing for months to retake Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base from the Taliban, viewing it as critical for counterterrorism, monitoring China, and resource access. Talks reportedly began in March, but it’s unclear if the Taliban is engaging - CNN @Mavgeopolitics

❗️Nepal Foreign Ministry issued a statement on stating the details regarding the call between Nepal's Interim PM Sushila Karki and PM Modi. @Mavgeopolitics

❗️Trump believes that the Chinese authorities are ready to finally approve the terms of the deal for the sale of TikTok to American companies. He stated this in an interview with Fox News. @Mavgeopolitics

❗️Albania’s virtual AI minister “Diella” gave her first speech in parliament, saying she was “hurt” by opposition claims that she is unconstitutional. She argued that machines don’t threaten the constitution, but inhumane decisions by people do, and stressed she is there to assist, not replace humans. Opposition lawmakers angrily tried to block her address. @Mavgeopolitics

❗️Trump refused to approve over $400 million in military aid to Taiwan this summer, aiming to leverage a trade deal and potential summit with China’s Xi Jinping - Washington Post. @Mavgeopolitics

❗️Saudi Arabia and Pakistan formalize a mutual defense pact. The pact specifies that any attack on either country will be viewed as an attack on both. @Mavgeopolitics

❗️Saudi Arabia and Pakistan formalize a mutual defense pact. The pact specifies that any attack on either country will be viewed as an attack on both. @Mavgeopolitics

❗️Lionel Messi has sent a signed Argentina 2022 World Cup jersey to PM Modi for his 75th birthday @Mavgeopolitics

❗️For the first time anywhere in the world Nepal elects it's interim Prime Minister via Discord vote. Discord voting😭 @Mavgeopolitics

❗️🇨🇳🇮🇳 China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi to visit India on Monday, August 18. @Mavgeopolitics

❗️ President Trump arrives in the Air Force one. @Mavgeopolitics

❗️President Putin's plane has just landed in Anchorage, Alaska. @Mavgeopolitics