China
- France recalled its ambassadors from the US and Australia over the countries nuclear submarine agreement. [Link]
- The US says that at the coming meeting of ‘Quad’ leaders, India, Australia, Japan, and the US will agree to develop semiconductor supply chains. [Link]
Afghanistan
- ISIS-K claims to have killed 35 Taliban members in a bombing. [Link]
Middle East
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the US will push more Arab nations to normalize relations with Israel. The US started the process under Trump getting four countries to sign on the Abraham Accords. [Link]
- Israel captured the last two Palestinian prisoners who escaped from their prison in a tunnel weeks ago. [Link]
- The US sanctioned Chinese and Hong Kong entities in an effort to further isolate Iran. [Link]
- Iran offers to sell fuel directly to Lebanon. [Link]
- The EU is threatening to sanction Lebanon. [Link]
- ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack on a Syrian power station that caused outages in Damascus. [Link]
