President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine’s SBU Alpha unit struck an FSB headquarters in occupied Kherson oblast, killing and wounding about 100 Russian troops and destroying a Pantsir-S1 system.
Clashes involving forces aligned with former regional leader Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen and government-linked troops were reported outside Baidoa, with casualty figures remaining unconfirmed.
Iranian naval commanders said 26 vessels, including oil tankers and container ships, crossed the Strait of Hormuz over the previous day, while South Korea said one of its tankers made a safe passage through the waterway.
Iran said it had received a new U.S. proposal while Pakistan sent Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi back to Tehran in an effort to keep ceasefire diplomacy alive.
An air raid alert sent to phones in Vilnius briefly cleared streets, shut transport and sent residents underground after the army detected a drone signal near Belarus.
The Global Sumud Flotilla said its final vessels were stopped north of Port Said, while a parallel land convoy reported being blocked by Libyan forces on its way toward Gaza.
Tehran says its latest peace offer goes beyond a ceasefire, tying any deal to regional de-escalation, US troop withdrawals and reparations for war damage.
The Jerusalem Post says an early U.S.-Israeli idea after the killing of Ali Khamenei was to reinstall Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader, though the plan ultimately failed.
Tehran’s foreign ministry said the nuclear talks with Washington are still moving through Pakistani mediation, with both sides having exchanged proposals and views.
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned Cuba’s main intelligence agency and top leaders as tensions rise, while Havana warns of severe consequences in the event of an American attack.
President Donald Trump said he halted a planned U.S. military strike on Iran after calls from Gulf leaders and amid what he described as serious negotiations, but he offered few details about the target or timing.
A report in the packet says Washington has set out five conditions for a deal with Tehran, including limiting Iran to a single operational nuclear facility.
US Africa Command said it carried out additional air strikes with Nigeria against Islamic State fighters in the northeast, days after the two countries announced the killing of a senior ISIL figure.
Lebanese officials said strikes hit towns in the south and an apartment near Baalbek, killing seven people and wounding more than a dozen despite the ceasefire.
A senior Iranian lawmaker said a planned mechanism would charge fees for vessels entering the strait and favor commercial ships and parties cooperating with Iran.