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🇺🇸- Special Envoy for Peace Jared Kushner is expected to meet with Hamas representatives in Cairo, alongside Egyptian, Qatari, and Turkish mediators. ➡️ Hamas says it is prepared to hand over its weapons to a Palestinian technocratic body. ➡️ However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the proposed sequencing, insisting on full Hamas disarmament before any Israeli withdrawal. ➡️ The disagreement over the order of disarmament and Israeli withdrawal remains a major obstacle in the negotiations.

🇻🇪🇮🇱 Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Félix Plasencia issued a communique, announcing the resumption of bilateral relations with Israel. The current cooperation between Caracas and Tel Aviv began again from the emergency and recovery efforts following the earthquake. Both countries are also attempting to establish a coordination mechanism for the provision of consular services.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — BREAKING: Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to jump overboard as its crew faces mounting mental health pressures during the extended deployment supporting operations against Iran, The Guardian reports. The carrier’s roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines are in their ninth month at sea and have spent a record 250 consecutive days without making land. Families have raised concerns about severe burnout, deteriorating living conditions, and inadequate support aboard the ship. Reports describe moldy showers, broken toilets and laundry facilities, shortages of hot water and basic hygiene products, and limited food.

Breaking 🚨 UKMTO has confirmed that the Indian-flagged commercial vessel MSV Faize Noore Oliya came under attack from an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) roughly 9 nautical miles southwest of Al Mukha, Yemen.

🇸🇦🇦🇪🇺🇸🇵🇸 - Both the UAE and Saudi Arabia have welcomed the announcement of "disarmament" in Gaza, commending the "Excellency" of US President Donald J. Trump.

🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 – According to Politico, the United States and Britain are working to organize a conference in London to determine the roles of various countries in demining operations and protecting ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Kenya shuts down Britain’s army playground The British army has been forced to cancel a planned September training exercise in Kenya after the Kenyan government refused to ratify a defense agreement that failed to settle disputes over criminal jurisdiction and funding, The Guardian reported. Kenyan lawmakers drew a hard line, demanding stronger powers to prosecute British soldiers for offences committed on Kenyan soil, including jurisdiction over serious crimes and better protection for local communities. The dispute follows years of pressure over Britain’s neo-colonial military presence in Kenya, including a parliamentary inquiry that alleged human rights violations, environmental destruction, and sexual abuse by British soldiers. The most high-profile case remains the death of Agnes Wanjiru. A British soldier has been charged with murder, with an extradition hearing expected in November. He denies the charge.

Mediators are working hard to broker a fresh ceasefire, but President Donald J. Trump is seriously considering a return to full-scale war. The strategy centers on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and sending a strong message to the Iranian Islamic regime. Report

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷-Map of the US strikes on Iran tonight, 7/22/2026 🇺🇸⚡️Confirmed US impacts: Tabriz, Urmia, Baneh, Abhar, Bandar-e-Mahshahr, Behbahan, Bushehr, Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, Sirik, Parchin, Pardis, Konarak, and Chabahar. 🇺🇸⁉️Unconfirmed US Impacts: Zanjan, Kermanshah, Kangavar, Omidiyeh, Fasa, Nahavand, Hamedan, Kerman, and Sahanak in the northeasternmost part of Tehran.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Some channels report that at least 40 Russian ballistic missiles targeted Kyiv, marking the largest ballistic missile attack on the Ukrainian capital since the start of the war.

🇵🇰🇸🇦🇹🇷 Sunni NATO? Pakistan and Saudi Arabia eye military alliance with Turkey 📌 Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan's armed forces chief, held closed-door meetings in Ankara this week with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Defense Minister Yaşar Güler, and senior commanders. Although the contents of the conversation have remained private, Munir's unannounced visit comes amid a broader Pakistani and Saudi push to strengthen military cooperation with Turkey. 🌏 Trilateral Pact: Back in September 2025, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a mutual defense pact that covers intelligence sharing, joint exercises and technology transfer. Both Islamabad and Riyadah have signaled that they want to bring Turkey onto the alliance as well. Earlier this year, Pakistani Defense Production Minister Raza Hayat Hiraj confirmed that the three countries had prepared a draft joint defense agreement. "The draft is in our hands, in Saudi hands, in Turkish hands," he said. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan later acknowledged discussions but said no deal has been signed yet. 🌏 KAAN Stealth Fighter at the Core: Turkey's domestically built jet is the anchor of the emerging alliance. Turkish Aerospace Industries CEO Mehmet Demiroğlu said a Saudi deal for 20 aircraft could be finalized this year. Riyadh wants local assembly; Ankara demands orders of at least 50 to 60 units, with reports citing up to 100. Meanwhile, Pakistan, which contributed 200 engineers to KAAN in 2023, is now negotiating technology transfer and a local production line. 🌏 Bigger Picture: The emerging pact combines complementary strengths: Saudi Arabia's financial resources, Pakistan's nuclear deterrence, and Turkey's advanced defense industry. Moreover, the US-Iran war has created a demand for alternative to the American-led security regional order. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are hoping that with Turkey's help, they can establish a new power center stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean.

US-Iran Tensions Escalate: CENTCOM to Reimpose Naval Blockade According to The New York Times, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) is preparing to reimpose a naval blockade in the region later today. CENTCOM spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins stated that the U.S. military is finalizing the operational details and coordination for the blockade. American warships are expected to begin enforcing it later today.

🇧🇬Bulgaria Wants MiG‑29 Parts Before Gerans Finish Them Off While the MiG‑29 drama plays out between Warsaw and Kyiv, Bulgaria is trying to get something tangible out of the situation: spare parts before Gerans and metal fatigue finish off the remaining fleets. Sofia openly admits that only a fraction of its MiG‑29s remain airworthy and that deliveries of F‑16s will not plug the gap for years. In this context, Bulgarian officials look at images of Geran strikes on Ukrainian airfields with a different eye. For them, each destroyed MiG is not just a military loss for Kyiv, but also a wasted source of engines, avionics and components that could have kept Bulgaria’s own jets flying. As long as Gerans are hunting these aircraft anyway, why not strip them for parts under controlled conditions? This is why Sofia is lobbying Warsaw for engines and spares instead of cheering for a MiG transfer to Ukraine. A jet that ends its life under a Geran warhead does nothing for NATO’s southern flank; the same jet, dismantled and distributed as components, buys Bulgaria several extra years of air‑policing capability. The irony is sharp. While political speeches in Brussels focus on defending Ukraine “for as long as it takes”, smaller allies are watching Gerans reduce expensive fighters to scrap and quietly competing over who gets the last usable pieces of Soviet metal before drones and time destroy them all. 🎙Subscribe @TheIslanderNews Donate - Support Our Work

#BREAKING ⚡️🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 - The United States Treasury Department has revoked the authorizing of Iranian oil exports, following the 3 different attacks on Oil Tankers reported by the UKMTO in the last 48 hours. ​Global oil prices surged immediately following the announcement.

🇪🇬🤝🇷🇺- In other news, Egypt has unveiled reports for the first time regarding S-300VM shipments to the Port of Alexandria dating back to 2018. Multiple S-300VM (Antey-2500) systems were delivered to the Egyptian Armed Forces. The S-300VM is a highly advanced, long-range mobile air defense system designed to intercept high-speed aircraft, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles at ranges of up to 200 kilometers.

⚡️🇶🇦🇮🇷🇺🇸 - The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Qatar for talks with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Jassim II and other Mediators, to discuss several issues regarding Iran, including denuclearization. Iranian officials will not be involved.

IDF : The IDF eliminated a Hamas terrorist who infiltrated Israel during the October 7, 2023 massacre.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that its naval and aerospace forces conducted a joint missile and drone operation between 2:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. on Sunday. The operation targeted eight key United States military facilities, identified by the IRGC as including Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait and the headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. The IRGC stated that these strikes were executed in response to recent United States attacks on five Iranian coastal positions. Furthermore, the organization warned that vessels violating the Islamabad memorandum would face escalated measures and accused Washington of violating the ceasefire agreement.

🇮🇳“Atmanirbhar Bharat in Defence” — moving from importing weapons to designing and manufacturing advanced defence technology inside India.