🇾🇪⚡- BREAKING: Ansarullah have broken through the PLC's defenses in western Ta'izz city.

The al-Houthi forces have advanced east from the Hanjar Gate, with fighting reported in the al-Matar al-Qadim district, as well as the al-Jabali neighborhood in the south.

Violent street clashes are ongoing.

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🏳️🇵🇰⚡- Clashes between the Afghanistan's border forces and Pakistani troops along the Dand-aw-Patan District, Paktia Province, eastern Afghanistan.

🇺🇸🇵🇰🇮🇷⚡- U.S. naval assets appear to be operating in Pakistani waters as part of the enforcement of the blockade on Iranian seaports.

🇾🇪⚡- BREAKING: The elite Security Belt Forces of the former Southern Transitional Council have begun arriving in Aden from Ad Dali.

🇾🇪⚡- The Guardian, citing its sources, says the UAE has agreed to assist Saudi Arabia against the Ansarullah in Yemen.

🇫🇷⚡️- Far-left Presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon is now disavowing the riots in Paris, which, to nobody’s surprise, began looting and destroying restaurants and businesses, as seen in this video.

🇫🇷⚡️- The clothing store Make My Lemonade in Paris was surged, and presumably looted, on the Reuters live feed.

🇫🇷⚡- French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez says the government will not declare a state of emergency and that the rioters were on the periphery of the protests. He blamed the violence on the far left, saying masked groups committed violence against police, vandalized government buildings, and looted.

🇫🇷⚡️- Meanwhile, protesters in Paris have been attempting to break through a police barricade to reach the Élysée Presidential Palace.