Saudi Tankers Given Passage Through Red Sea By Houthis, Alongside Russia & China

"China and Russia aren't the only countries being given a "pass" from Yemen's Houthi rebels, but Saudi Arabia is also exporting crude oil through the Red Sea as if in perfectly normal times (well, almost).

At a moment that especially Western and any and all Israeli-linked vessels are being targeted by rocket and drone attacks out of Yemen, the head of Aramco’s refining, oil trading and marketing division Mohammed Al Qahtani has confirmed to Bloomberg, "We’re moving in the Red Sea with our oil and products cargoes." He added that the risks remain "manageable"." ZeroHedge

Houthi Rebels Fire Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile "Toward" US Arleigh-Burke Class Destroyer

"Houthi rebels fired an anti-ship ballistic missile "toward" the USS Carney, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.

Also, the president's Operation Prosperity Guardian to use America's military might in the Red Sea to shield commercial vessels from drone and missile attacks has yet to quell the violence." ZH

82 combat clashes on front lines in past day

"In the past 24 hours, 82 combat clashes were reported on the front lines in Ukraine. 

In the past day, 82 combat engagements took place. Russian invaders carried out 2 missile attacks and 19 airstrikes, as well as 68 MLRS attacks on the positions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.The following areas were hit by enemy airstrikes: Komisarove of the Kharkiv region; Serebrianka Forestry of the Luhansk region; Terny, Rozdolivka, Druzhkivka, Avdiivka, Heorhiivka, Novomykhailivka, Kostiantynivka of the Donetsk region; Stavky of the Mykolaiv region.
More than 100 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions came under enemy artillery fire.
In the Volyn and Polissia sectors, the operational situation remains without significant changes.
In the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna sectors, the enemy keeps military presence in the border area, conducting active subversive activities in order to prevent the transfer of Ukrainian troops to threatening directions and increasing the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border in the Belgorod region." Ukrin

U.N. Court Orders Israel to Write Report, Ignores Hamas Terror

"The United Nations’ top court censured Israel ordering it to deliver a report on its recent actions in self defense but neglected to directly condemn the pro-Palestinian terrorists who sparked events now embroiling the two major combatants." Breitbart

Israel Attacks Hezbollah Airstrip Believed Built By Iran To Launch Drones

"Israeli strikes have taken out an airstrip which served Hezbollah's aerial unit, described as having an Iranian built runway used to launch drones.

It's located in the Lebanon's Qalaat Jabbour mountain region, and the IDF says it was responding to a drone attack on Israel earlier Thursday. Additionally, Hezbollah has continued raining down a "large number" of missiles on Israel's Mount Meron surveillance base. Israel said the base suffered minor damage." ZH

Former Ukrainian MPs from pro-Russian party stole over 30 vessels of Ukrainian merchant fleet

"Ukraine's Security Service, in cooperation with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, has exposed a large-scale embezzlement scheme involving the state-owned Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company's property.According to the intelligence service, the culprits appropriated 32 barges of the merchant fleet of the enterprise for a total amount of more than UAH 80 million (approx. US$2.126 million)." Pravada

Fighting rages in southern Gaza after deadly attack on UN shelter

"Fierce battles are tearing through the Gaza Strip’s second-largest city, Khan Younis, where United Nations officials say tank rounds hit a UN facility sheltering displaced Palestinians killing at least nine people and wounding 75 others." France24

US Launches Airstrikes In Somalia For First Time This Year

"US

launched airstrikes in Somalia US Africa Command announced on Tuesday, marking the
first known US bombing of the country in 2024.
AFRICOM said in a press release that the strikes consisted of two separate engagements against al-Shabaab about 20 miles northeast of Kismaayo, a port city in southern Somalia. The command said the strikes were launched at the request of the US-backed Mogadishu-based government." ZH

Ukraine Indirectly Admits It Shot Down Large Russian Transport Plane, Possibly With Own POWs On Board

"The Kremlin is accusing Ukraine of shooting down the Russian Il-76 military transport plane that crashed in a border region near Ukraine. All 74 people aboard have been reported killed,

including the 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were allegedly on board being transported. The Associated Press suggests that Kiev has made an indirect admission of guilt, but there was no mention of Ukrainian POWs dying. "Hours after the crash, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made no mention of the crash in a statement," writes AP. "But it added that Ukraine targets Russian military transport planes believed to be delivering missiles, especially near the border." Ukrin

56 combat clashes on front lines in past day

"Fifty-six combat engagements were recorded on the battlefield in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, with Ukrainian forces continuing to expand a bridgehead in the Kherson sector.
In total, the enemy launched 48 missile strikes and 112 air strikes and carried out 73 attacks using multiple rocket launchers against the positions of our troops and settlements.

Unfortunately, Russian terrorist attacks led to civilian casualties, among them children. More than 200 civilian infrastructure facilities in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, Kharkiv and Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region were destroyed and damaged.

Air strikes were launched in Kozacha Lopan, Lyptsi and Hatyshche in the Kharkiv region, Makiivka, Bilohorivka and Serebrianske Forestry in the Luhansk region, Terny, Serebrianka, Siversk, Bohdanivka, Avdiivka, Novomykhailivka, Kostiantynivka and Urozhaine in the Donetsk region; Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region, Kachkarivka, Mylove and Beryslav in the Kherson region.
More than 150 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions came under artillery fire." Ukrin

Russian strike on Kyiv: damage reported in 3 districts, building and vehicles ablaze, unexploded missile in one of the apartments

"Following the morning strike by Russia on Kyiv there are reports of buildings and a

kindergarten being damaged in several areas of the city. In the Sviatoshynskyi district, vehicles are ablaze. Fire has also been reported in several apartments of a residential building in the Solomianskyi district. Emergency services are heading to the scene.Klitschko said that another apartment is on fire at a different address in the Sviatoshynskyi district. As a result of wreckage falling on the building, balconies from the ground to the fourth floor are damaged. One person was found in the apartment where the fire occurred." Pravada

Iraqi Militia Coalition Targets Israeli Port, US Troops at Syrian Gas Field

"A Shia militia-led alliance known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced that it had

attacked the port in the Israeli city of Ashdod, located on the Mediterranean coast.Israeli officials and media have not commented on the attack, which purportedly took place in the early hours. Footage allegedly shot near Ashdod has appeared on social media showing firefighters battling a large blaze with the help of an excavator, but Sputnik has not been able to independently verify the video's authenticity.

Separately the militia coalition reported targeting a US base at Conoco - Syria's largest natural gas fields, using missiles." Sputnik

Why French farmers are up in arms: fuel hikes, green regulation, EU directives

"French farmers have engaged in a standoff with the government to express anger over a lack

of respect, rising costs and suffocating EU regulation. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal seeks to calm the protesters while the National Rally hopes to take advantage of their anger, just five months before the European elections." France24

68 combat clashes in Ukraine over past day

"There were 68 combat engagements. The enemy launched a total of four missile strikes and 102 airstrikes, as well as 80 MLRS attacks at the positions of Ukrainian troops and at various settlements. Unfortunately, Russia’s terrorist attacks killed and wounded civilians. Private

residential and apartment buildings, and other civil infrastructure facilities sustained damage and destruction.Russian invaders launched another barrage of 10 Shahed-136/131 type one-way attack drones. Eight UAVs were intercepted.
Russian airstrikes hit the settlements of Hrafske, Vovchansk, Mykolaivka, Vilkhuvatka, Ivanivka, Kislivka, Tabaivka, and Pishchane of Kharkiv region; Makiivka, Serebryanske Forestry in Luhansk region; Yampolivka, Hryhorivka, Minkivka, Bohdanivka, Chasiv Yar, Kostiantynivka, Toretsk, Severne, New York, Lastochkyne, Avdiivka, Staromaiorske, Rivnopil, and Novomykhailivka of Donetsk region; Chervonyi Maiak, Zmiivka, Novoberyslav, and Vesele of Kherson region.
More than 100 settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions came under Russian artillery fire." Ukrin

Ukrainian Citizenship for Foreign Fighters, Says Zelensky

"Ukraine will change its citizenship law to allow foreign volunteer fighters to become Ukrainians, as well as “all ethnic Ukrainians” around the world to get passports, no matter how many generations different, the President has said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a raft of new laws he had submitted to the national parliament (Verkhovna Rada) on Monday in a speech marking the Ukrainian Day of National Unity, an annual celebration of the short-lived 1917-era Ukrainian People’s Republic. Among the announcements are a serious liberalization of Ukrainian citizenship law, allowing dual citizens for the first time and opening up passports to the global Ukrainian diaspora, as well as foreign military volunteers." MichaelSavage.com