🚨🇬🇧🇮🇷🇺🇸 The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has issued a rare advisory for the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Strait of Hormuz, warning of “increased tensions” that could spark military escalation directly affecting commercial shipping.

Mariners are urged to exercise extreme caution.

Comes amid U.S.–Iran friction and regional alerts across Bahrain and Iraq.

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🇧🇭🇰🇼 The Associated Press claims that US State Department is authorizing the departure of non-essential personnel and Family Members from Bahrain and Kuwait.

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🇷🇸🇺🇦 Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić refused to sign the final declaration of the “Ukraine–Southeast Europe” summit, which condemned what it called Russian aggression against Ukraine, according to Le Monde.

Vučić stood alone in this decision, as all other participants signed the statement.

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🇺🇸 The White House says President Trump is aware of and monitoring the withdrawal of non-essential personnel and military families from the Middle East.

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🇺🇸🇶🇦 Evacuation of non-essential personnel has reportedly begun at the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

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🇮🇶 Iraqi sources report increased military air activity in the skies above western Iraq following recent regional tensions.

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🛢📈 Brent crude prices have surged to nearly $70 amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.

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🇮🇱🇮🇷 Israeli officials said the IDF has been on extremely high alert in recent days for possible escalation with Iran. - Axios

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump said on a podcast Monday that he’s now “less confident” a deal can be reached with Iran to stop it from developing nuclear weapons.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 The Empire is definitely cooking up something.

There are also reports of a large number of Israeli jets flying around in Syrian airspace.

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🇺🇸 Pretty sure if you throw random words from Trump’s latest post — like ‘glory’, ‘courage’, ‘inch’, and ‘America’ — into Google, you’ll land on a website that definitely isn’t safe for work.

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🇮🇱 Yedioth Ahronoth reports that leaders of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party are now considering instructing their Knesset members to vote against dissolving the Knesset—a sudden reversal just hours before the scheduled vote.

While this move is officially tied to ongoing negotiations over military conscription exemptions, it comes as regional tensions escalate sharply, with growing signs that Israel is preparing for a potential military strike on Iran.

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🇺🇸 "You'll have to see, thank you." - Trump, when asked why U.S. military families are being evacuated from the Middle East.

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