BREAKING: Germany has urged its citizens to leave Iran and avoid travel there, warning of possible retaliation over its role in triggering UN sanctions on Tehran’s nuclear program.

Source: Reuters

Somalia: PM Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met Djibouti’s FM Abdiqadir Hussein Omar in Mogadishu, his first official visit.

Both sides pledged to deepen ties and strengthen security cooperation against Al-Shabaab and ISIS-linked groups.

BREAKING: The Israeli army declares that Gaza City is now a “dangerous combat zone.”

Thailand's Constitutional Court has dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office for an ethics violation.

Iran has executed at least 841 people so far this year, UN says.

The Indian rupee hit a record low of 87.97/$ after the US doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50%.

Trump signed an executive order making classical architecture the default style for new federal buildings, explicitly discouraging brutalist and modernist designs.

Israel is bombing eastern Gaza City.

Libya: GNU PM Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh is reportedly deploying forces in Tripoli to challenge RADA, which controls Mitiga airport and other key sites.

Russian Foreign Ministry:

Security guarantees for Kyiv should not be a condition for negotiations, but a result.

IDF:

We have begun preliminary operations and the initial stages of the attack on Gaza City.

Kremlin:

Putin does not rule out the possibility of a meeting with Zelensky. But it cannot yet be said that work at the expert level is in full swing.

Nigel Farage:

I am the antidote to the far right.

NEW: India and Japan will facilitate human resources exchange of 500,000 people in next 5 years.

BREAKING: Trump has canceled former Vice President Kamala Harris’ Secret Service protection, effective September 1, 2025.

Zelensky:

Ukraine wants security guarantees from allies to be ratified by the respective parliaments.

NEW: Türkiye says it has completely cut trade with Israel. Turkish ships are banned from Israeli ports, and Israeli planes are denied access to Turkish airspace.

Zelensky:

Ukraine wants Trump to join discussions on security guarantees with allies.