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🇺🇦 #Ukraine - 🇷🇺 #Russia: Ukrainian drones struck a railway station in occupied Alchevsk, Luhansk region, overnight. The attack reportedly targeted a logistics hub used to support the Russian military. (📹 via @wartranslated & @NOELREPORTS)

🇮🇷 #Iran - 🇧🇭 #Bahrain / 🇰🇼 #Kuwait / 🇺🇸 #US: Iranian media has shared satellite imagery, as well as 3D reconstructions, of US bases hit in Bahrain and Kuwait during the latest Iranian missile and drone attacks. 1. The first three satellite images show a destroyed US early-warning radar system (radome) in Bahrain, as well as damage to jet fuel tanks located at Sheikh Isa Air Base. 2. Another satellite image reportedly shows a second early-warning radar system destroyed in Kuwait at Ali Al Salem Air Base. So far, the official position of Bahrain’s Ministry of Defence is that the incoming missiles were successfully intercepted and destroyed.

🇵🇭 #Philippines - 🇺🇸 #US: Protests erupted in Manila on Philippines' Independence Day (yesterday) as demonstrators marched toward the US Embassy, demanding the removal of US troops and opposing the expansion of foreign military bases in the country. Clashes broke out after riot police attempted to block protesters from reaching the embassy, with demonstrators attempting to breach several police barricades. (via @contra_press)

🇺🇸 #US - 🇻🇪 #Venezuela: The US has carried out an airstrike in Venezuela, killing Tren de Aragua leader Héctor "Niño" Guerrero, according to President Donald Trump. Footage of the strike was later published by the White House on X and by Trump on Truth Social.

🇱🇧 #Lebanon - 🇮🇱 #Israel: Hezbollah carried out rocket attacks against IDF positions in Al Batada, Rashaf and Beaufort Castle using Iranian- and Chinese-made rockets. (via @war_noir)

🇮🇩 #Indonesia: Hundreds of university students rallied in Jakarta today to protest government spending priorities and a recent increase in gasoline prices under President Prabowo Subianto. The demonstration, titled “Heading to Bankrupt Indonesia” by organisers, saw marchers heading toward the Bundaran HI landmark in central Jakarta. Police and military personnel blocked parts of the crowd from reaching the protest site, with reports of barricades being set up in the Dukuh Atas area. Footage shows protesters attempting to break through security barriers as demonstrations continue to concentrate around Dukuh Atas. (via Reuters & 📹 via @neVerAl0nely___)

🇺🇦 #Ukraine - 🇷🇺 #Russia: The house of former Donetsk People’s Republic State Security Minister Andrey Pinchuk in Novaya Moscow was targeted in a bomb attack. Russian Telegram channels report that a man delivered a package to his front porch containing an explosive device. Initial reports suggest he was unharmed. Pinchuk was a central figure in establishing Russian control over Crimea and Donbas.

🇬🇧 #UK: UK Defence Secretary John Healey and Armed Forces Minister Al Carns have both resigned after a dispute with Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government over military spending and the upcoming Defence Investment Plan. In his resignation letter, Healey accused Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves of putting the country's security at risk, stating that the proposed plan "falls well short of what is required" and that the Treasury had been unwilling to commit the resources needed to defend the country amid growing threats. At the same time, Carns argued that the UK was preparing to fight "the last war rather than the next one" and that the reforms and funding he had pushed for were not going to materialise. (via The Guardian & BBC)

🇨🇦 #Canada - 🇺🇸 #US: A Toronto police officer was shot and killed during a raid linked to the investigation into the March shooting outside the US Consulate in Toronto. The officer was fatally wounded during an exchange of gunfire while police executed a search warrant at a residential building early Thursday morning. Authorities say a suspect connected to the consulate shooting remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous. (via BBC & Radio Canada)

🇵🇰 #Pakistan: A Pakistani Army drone dropped an explosive device on an explosives-laden three-wheeled vehicle that was reportedly en route to carry out a suicide attack in Azam Warsak. The strike triggered a large explosion, which can be seen in the footage. (📹 ThePakistanNews on TG)

🇱🇻 #Latvia - 🇺🇦 #Ukraine: Footage has been released from the drone incursion incident over Latvia on June 8th, showing the drone through the targeting pod of a French Dassault Rafale fighter jet involved in the interception. The drone was later identified as a Ukrainian-made "Maya" decoy UAV, which was shot down after entering Latvian airspace, reportedly due to Russian electronic warfare. (via @Archer83Able)

🇳🇬 #Nigeria: ISIS militants posing next to a captured Vickers MBT Mk. 3 main battle tank following a recent raid on a Nigerian Army barracks in the village of Gajiganna, Borno State. (via @war_noir)

🇲🇿 #Mozambique: IS-Mozambique (ISIS in Mozambique) has released footage showing its militants patrolling along the Indian Ocean coast while reportedly clashing with Mozambican forces in Cabo Delgado Province. (📷 via @BrantPhilip on X)

🇵🇰 #Pakistan: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have attacked a Frontier Corps (FC) camp in Peshawar. The video was released as part of the 8th phase of what the group calls “Operation Khyber”, with the attack reportedly carried out in response to the killing of one of its commanders. (📹 via @warnews_ak on TG)

🇺🇸 #US - 🇮🇳 #India / 🇮🇷 #Iran: Three Indian sailors were killed yesterday after the US military struck the Palau-flagged tanker MT Settebello in the Gulf of Oman. CENTCOM claimed the vessel was transporting Iranian oil and said a US aircraft targeted its engine room with "precision munitions" after the crew failed to comply with instructions from American forces. Indian representatives stated that the ship had no connection to Iran or Iranian oil. Twenty-one of the 24 Indian crew members were rescued by the Omani Navy. The MT Settebello is the third vessel carrying Indian crew to be struck by US forces in the Gulf this week. (via Reuters & BBC)

🇬🇧 #UK: The house of a Muslim family was targeted in an arson attack on Eastgrove Avenue in Bolton earlier this morning. The property belongs to a local imam who lives there with his wife and children. CCTV footage captured a man dressed in black smashing a window before throwing a lit object inside and pouring a flammable substance all over the property. The family was inside at the time of the attack but managed to escape without injuries. (via The Bolton News)

🇸🇾 #Syria: Alleged “Arab tribal fighters” have stormed the Ashma Kurdish village in the Kobani region earlier today, attacking local villagers. Any resistance from villagers was met with arrests by the Syrian army, which reportedly intervened in support of the Arab tribes. Meanwhile, Kurdish HAT forces are currently patrolling the village in an attempt to push them out. (via @KurdishFrontNews)

🇧🇭 #Bahrain - 🇮🇷 #Iran: Bahrain's Ministry of Interior has stated that an 11-year-old girl was injured following the fall of shrapnel from intercepted Iranian drones during last night's attacks. Authorities also reported damage to several homes in Hamad City and Manama, as well as multiple vehicles being set on fire. (via moi_bahrain)

🇮🇷 #Iran - 🇺🇸 #US: Iran has launched missile strikes against multiple US military facilities in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain, including Muwaffaq Al Salti Air Base, Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Ali Al Salem Air Base, Naval Support Activity Bahrain and Sheikh Isa Air Base. The attacks come as Iran and the US exchange strikes across the Middle East for a second consecutive day following the reported downing of a US AH-64 Apache attack helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz. Footage from Jordan reportedly shows US Patriot air defence systems intercepting Iranian missiles near Muwaffaq Al Salti Air Base.