🇮🇷⚡️ — A new surface-to-air missile launch took place in Qeshm Island, Iran 11 minutes ago.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance has been heavily involved in indirect negotiations with Iran over the past two weeks, two sources familiar with the matter tell Axios.

The push began two weeks ago when Vance sent a letter to Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezaei proposing direct negotiations. Vance has also been speaking almost daily to mediators involved in Iranian-American peace talks including Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani and Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Asim Munir.

Vance and Qatari/Pakistani mediators have been discussing the possibility of a working-level technical meeting between Iran and the United States soon, though one hasn't been scheduled yet. U.S. officials and regional sources tell Axios that President Trump seems to be willing to let diplomatic efforts occur for now.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇾🇪⚡️ — U.S. Embassy Manama just renewed this security alert warning of a possible escalation in the KSA-Ansarallah war and that Iran and Iranian-aligned groups may target U.S. interests.

High chance security alerts are renewed throughout West Asia. Will update when all alerts seem to be reissued.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸 — Islamic Republic of Iran Army announces the interception of a U.S. Air Force MQ-9A Reaper UCAV above Qeshm Island, Iran minutes ago.

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇾🇪⚡️ — Security alerts were reissued for every country listed on this map minutes ago. There were no changes in text.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — A U.S. official to WSJ acknowledged "small-scale strikes" against Iran's Qeshm Island earlier tonight.

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — President Trump acknowledged "minor strikes" against Iranian air defenses in Qeshm Island:

Q: "There are reports of strikes near Iran today, in Qeshm Island, did the U.S. do those?"

President Trump: "I don't wanna talk about it. We do minor strikes. They built a little bit of an anti-aircraft device, and we knocked it out in about 15 minutes. Maybe 5."

🇸🇦🇾🇪⚡️ — Saudi-led Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen announces intercepting an Ansarallah-launched cruise missile above Riyadh Province, central KSA.

🇵🇾⚡️ — Paraguay's President Santiago Peña was impeached and placed under house arrest after the collapse of Ueno Bank and over half of Paraguayans subsequently losing access to their savings and pensions. Peña has had business ties with this bank, and was impeached over allegedly participating in covering up the bank's poor state and misapproprating funds.

🇮🇷⚡️ — Explosions in the Strait of Hormuz. IRGC Navy attack.

🇨🇳🇹🇼🇺🇸⚡️ — Sources familiar with the matter tell Financial Times that American intelligence believes Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang got into a romantic relationship with PRC Ministry of State Security spy Alice Huang, also an executive at Megaspeed, allegedly responsible for smuggling Nvidia chips into the People's Republic of China in violation of U.S. export control laws.

🇺🇸🇸🇬⚡️ — Earlier today, U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt arrived at Changi Naval Base, southeastern Singapore for a port visit. It is expected to stay in Singapore for a few days before transiting to the CENTCOM area-of-responsibility.