— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy: 'Putin must respect us, and treat Ukraine as an equal'

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— 🇱🇾 NEW: Since about an hour ago, clashes have been reported in Tripoli, Libya, between armed factions

Abdul Ghani Al-Kikli, a leader of the state-recognized and funded 'Stability Support Apparatus' (SSA) militia, has reportedly been killed in the fighting.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇾🇪 NEW: An American MQ-9 'Reaper' drone has been shot down over Saadah governorate, Yemen

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2025 can't be real man

— 🇺🇸/🇾🇪 Confirmation – another Houthi MQ-9 kill officially added to the list

The tally of downed MQ-9 'Reaper' drones in Yemen now stands at 23 since October 7th 2023, and 27 in total.

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— 🇺🇸/🇾🇪 NEW: The wreckage is now being inspected, there's still a small possibility it's something other than an MQ-9

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— 🇺🇸/🇾🇪 NEW: The New York Times has released a detailed report on why Trump prematurely ended the bombing campaign on Yemen

The article states the following:

– After 30 days of strikes, Trump wanted a status report on Yemen. The status report concluded that the U.S. had failed to achieve air superiority, that drones were being shot down at an unprecedented rate, and that the U.S. had spent over a Billion dollars in the first month alone.

– Omani officials told Steve Witkoff that the U.S. would be offered a way out of the campaign, but only if Trump agreed to direct talks with Yemen that did not include Israel, to which the President agreed.

– Saudi Arabia provided the U.S. with a list of 12 Houthi officials to assassinate, in order to 'cripple' the Yemeni movement. None were killed.

– Several F-16 and F-35 jets were almost shot down by Houthi air defenses, marking a significant threat to American lives and elevating worries about a possible future confrontation with Iran.

– The U.S. used many advanced precision ammunitions, including bunker busters, but it had very little effect on Houthi infrastructure.

– U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth tried to convince Saudi Arabia and the UAE to sponsor a renewed ground offensive in Yemen, but they declined.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Earlier today, Iranian drones carried out reconnaissance flights in the Persian Gulf, monitoring U.S. military movements

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— 🇺🇸/🇸🇦 NEW: President Donald Trump has arrived in Saudi Arabia.

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⚡️🇮🇷🇷🇺The second phase of integrating Iran’s Interbank Information Transfer Network (Shetab) with Russia’s Mir system was unveiled in the presence of senior officials from both countries. This is an important development for providing tourism and small business between Iran and Russia.

Currently, NFC payments are available in the Iranian payment network, including small purchases without entering a PIN code. This functionality has also been implemented for payments through the Mir Pay app as part of the integration between the Shetab and Mir networks. Russian tourists and businesspeople can make purchases at certain retail outlets using smartphones running the Android operating system. Holders of Russian cards will be able to conduct small transactions via Mir Pay on Shaparak terminals without entering a PIN, while larger transactions will require PIN entry.
Iran's main tourist centers, popular among Russians, were the first to be equipped with this technology.

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— ❗️🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, 'There will be no scenario in which we stop the war,' adding that even if Hamas releases additional Israeli prisoners, IDF operations in Gaza will continue.

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Russian forces have completed the capture of Bahatyr and have advanced along this entire section of front.

14.8 sq km

Russia is advancing at a very fast pace the past few days.

— ❗️🇮🇷/🇷🇺/🇺🇦 EXCLUSIVE: For the first time, visual footage has emerged showing Iranians fighting alongside the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine

The footage, which first emerged on a small Iranian outlet called 'Ansar News', shows go-pro footage of an Iranian man, speaking Russian in a bad Persian accent, fighting in Ukraine. The Russians seem to have a difficult time communicating with him.

At 50 seconds into the video, the man starts speaking Persian, complaining that his foot is injured and he cannot enter the battlefield without medical attention.

It is unclear whether the Iranian man is simply a volunteer, an actual Iranian soldier, or whether he is a naturalized Russian citizen called into service.

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— 🇺🇸/🇸🇦 BREAKING: Saudi Arabia and the United States have signed a historic $142 Billion dollar arms deal, the largest in history

Saudi Crown Prince Bin Salman also pledged that Saudi Arabia would invest a staggering $600 Billion USD into the U.S. economy.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇸🇦/🇸🇾/🇮🇱 BREAKING: Trump will meet with Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa in Riyadh tomorrow – Axios

According to informed sources, the two will discuss U.S. investments in Syria and possible relief in exchange for ties with Israel.

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇾🇪 BREAKING: Yemeni ballistic missile towards Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv

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