Israel Strikes Zawtar al-Sharqiyah in Southern Lebanon

💥 KHIAM — Hezbollah droned IDF soldiers at ceasefire expiry. Israel just answered with jets. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Zawtar al-Sharqiyah sits in the same southern Lebanon corridor as Khiam — Israel is responding to the drone strike in kind but escalating the domain from drones to airstrikes. With the Lebanon ceasefire now expired and no renewal confirmed, this is the first Israeli air offensive in the post-ceasefire window. Hezbollah's next move sets the trajectory.

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White House: Rare Earths, Not Iran, Topped US-China Summit Agenda

⛏️ BEIJING — White House confirms rare earths, not Iran, topped the China agenda. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: If the summit's headline deliverable is mineral supply chains, Beijing extracted something concrete while offering nothing binding on Tehran. Xi trades a supply chain gesture for US acknowledgment of Chinese economic leverage — without moving

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Belarus Holds Nuclear Deployment Drills With Russian Warheads on Its Soil

☢️ MINSK — Belarus drills nuclear deployment while Europe watches the Gulf. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Belarus practicing Russian nuclear deployment isn't a drill for Kyiv — it's a signal timed for when NATO capitals are absorbed by the Iran crisis. Moscow exploits the attention gap: any European response east complicates

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China's Oil Demand Hits Three-Year Low as Inventories Surge

🛢️ BEIJING — The world's top oil buyer is absorbing less crude precisely when the Gulf needs demand most. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: China's lowest throughput since Aug 2022 means rising inventories — weakening Beijing's incentive to pressure Tehran on Hormuz. If China isn't desperate for barrels,

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Israel Claims Control of 60% of Gaza as Ground Offensive Expands

🏴 GAZA — Netanyahu claims 60% while the NSC war council meets tomorrow. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Sixty percent — publicly stated by both PM and DefMin, with Katz joking it may have risen in the last hour. Announcing maximum territorial control 24 hours before Tuesday's NSC is a message to Washington: facts

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White House: Rare Earths, Not Iran, Topped US-China Summit Agenda

Belarus Holds Nuclear Deployment Drills With Russian Warheads on Its Soil

China's Oil Demand Hits Three-Year Low as Inventories Surge

Israel Claims Control of 60% of Gaza as Ground Offensive Expands