Massive fire breaks out at Huiteng Shoes Co., Ltd. factory in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China 🇨🇳 (09.07.2026)

Multiple people are trapped as emergency rescue operations get underway.

🇰🇵⚡️ — The DPRK has decided to significantly strengthen its nuclear forces, both in quality and quantity, according to the KCNA.

🇹🇷⚡️ — Turkey has reportedly resold Russian S-400 missile systems to the UAE or Qatar, according to Hürriyet.

🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Israel has reportedly provided the United States with information alleging that Iran was planning an assassination attempt against Trump, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing sources.

This information could lead to a hardening of the U.S. position and an escalation of the conflict with Iran.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Almost 5,000 drones were destroyed by Russian air defense systems in a week, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️ — CNN: U.S. intelligence views the Israeli report regarding an alleged Trump assassination plot as part of a broader Israeli campaign to influence Trump's decisions on Iran, rather than as neutral intelligence. That is why some U.S. intelligence officials treat Israeli intelligence reports with caution and skepticism instead of accepting them at face value.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dropped sharply, with just 22 verified transits recorded Thursday, Kpler reports.

➡️ Only one vessel crossed via the Omani channel — the rest opted for Iran's designated shipping lane.

➡️ 22 transits is well down from 40–50 in recent weeks and a fraction of the 100+ daily crossings recorded before the war began.

➡️ Some vessels are disabling transponders entirely, meaning actual traffic may be higher than tracked figures show.

🇺🇸⚡️ — US average gas prices have surged 9 cents in two days, reaching $3.88 per gallon, AAA reports.

➡️ Prices rose 5 cents Thursday and a further 4 cents overnight, following a roughly 6% rise in oil prices since US-Iran hostilities resumed in the Persian Gulf.

➡️ The outsized jump reflects how gas prices behave: they rise sharply in anticipation of higher wholesale costs, but fall only gradually as station owners use lower prices to recover lost profit margins.

➡️ Gas had been slowly declining from a wartime peak of $4.56 per gallon hit in mid-May before the latest oil spike reversed that trend.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Fighting has paused temporarily between the US and Iran, but no compromise is in sight over the disputed administration of the Strait of Hormuz, CNN reports.

➡️ Iran views control of the strait as its key wartime gain and insists ships must follow its assigned route — the latest round of fighting was triggered after the US retaliated against Iran for firing on vessels that defied its directives.

➡️ The dispute centers on Point 5 of the MoU, which calls on Iran to arrange safe passage and engage Oman on future strait administration — but does not explicitly grant Iran exclusive authority over shipping there.

➡️ Both sides have been imposing their own interpretations of the clause; Crisis Group warns the ambiguity that helped end initial fighting has since become a liability.

➡️ Mediators are working to return both parties to the negotiating table; Iran has shown no sign of compromise, but hostilities appear to have paused as of today.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️ — The Trump administration has signaled it does not want Israel involved in US strikes on Iran, according to two Israeli sources cited by CNN.

➡️ One source said Netanyahu "would really want to join the US strikes," but Washington has made clear Israeli participation is unwanted at this stage.

➡️ Israeli officials broadly assess that Trump is not seeking a return to full-scale war — with the most likely escalatory step being a reinstatement of a naval blockade on Iranian ports.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Trump via Truth Social:

The Islamic Republic of Iran has asked us to continue “talks.” We have agreed to do so, but the United States has stated to them, in no uncertain terms, that the Cease Fire is OVER! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

🇷🇺⛽ — Russia's potential diesel export ban could trigger fuel shortages across multiple regions, the Financial Times reports.

➡️ A Russian ban on diesel exports risks causing fuel shortages in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.

➡️ Moscow's decision coincides with Trump's announcement ending the US-Iran ceasefire, which has further reduced Persian Gulf supply flows.

➡️ The combined effect has driven a sharp rise in wholesale diesel prices in Europe, with trading data showing prices approaching $135 per barrel.

🇮🇷⚡️ — A fire broke out at a mini-refinery in Pol-e Dokhtar, with flames intense enough to prevent crews from approaching the source, Tasnim News reports.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️ — A group of U.S. senators has announced that they have reached an agreement with the administration of President Donald Trump on a new bill imposing sanctions on Russia, which would give the head of state the authority to introduce restrictions on the purchase of Russian energy resources.

The spirit of Anchorage, no other way.

The CSFD had some 4-legged help battling a wildfire in Colorado.

"While working on the Rock Creek Fire, our firefighters got an unexpected escort from a very determined goat who led them toward the fire area and even helped with some fuel mitigation along the way.

"We’re not saying she’s ready for a badge… but we’re also not saying she isn’t."

🚨Flash Flood Emergency including Viburnum MO, Annapolis MO and Sabula MO until 10:15 AM CDT

BREAKING: The illegal alien Laotian child rapist who Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz pardoned last month has been deported from the U.S. after Secretary of State Marco Rubio stepped in to facilitate his removal. The alien raped a 10-year-old girl repeatedly, said it was normal in his culture, then blamed the girl and said she should be arrested.

He was set to be removed from the U.S. last month before Walz pardoned him, which DHS said was an effort to shield him from deportation by clearing his record of a deportable offense.

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Laotian national Tou Lue Vang was convicted of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in Minnesota. 

He was set to be deported until Gov. Walz issued him a pardon.

Then, I revoked his legal status. ICE has removed him from the U.S. and he will never endanger another American.

Secretary Marco Rubio