Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told members of the U.N. Security Council during a briefing earlier regarding Operation Sindoor, that India will respond to any retaliation by Pakistan.

Technicians from Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security told the delegation led by David Gamble, acting head of the U.S. Department of State’s sanctions coordination office, that the PCC and CV cannot be classified as terrorist organizations under Brazilian law, but rather as criminal organizations. The technical explanation is that the activities of these factions do not involve hate crimes or religious motives, but are instead aimed at profit through arms and drug trafficking.

Drone strike on a car in Sidon

Indian officials who spoke earlier to Reuters have confirmed that three fighter jets operated by the Indian Air Force crashed this morning in Jammu and Kashmir, refusing to elaborate on the reason for the crashes or if they were shot down by Pakistan.

Residents of Akalia Kalan, a village in India’s Punjab state, report that an unidentified aircraft crashed into a nearby field around 2:00 a.m. this morning, resulting in the death of a farm laborer and injuries to several others. The Indian Air Force has secured the crash site, though the type of aircraft remains unconfirmed. Locals speculate it may have been an IAF Rafale or Mirage 2000.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are set to travel to Switzerland later this week for high-level trade negotiations with a Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier He Lifeng. These will be the first talks between the two nations since President Trump imposed a sweeping 145% tariff on nearly all Chinese imports, prompting Beijing to retaliate with tariffs of up to 125%.

Heavy explosions heard within the town of Poonch on the Indian side of disputed Kashmir, as a result of artillery fire originating from Pakistan.

According to the Associated Press, President Trump plans to announce during his upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia that the U.S. will officially adopt the term “Arabian Gulf” or “Gulf of Arabia” instead of “Persian Gulf.” This marks a significant shift from the historically Iranian/Persian designation toward the terminology favored by the Arab Gulf states.

🚨Srinagar International Airport, which serves the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, has been shut down to civilian air traffic. Things are escalating quickly.

Trump on Iran: “This is really crunch time. I would tell you for Iran and, for their country, this is a very important time for Iran. This is the most important time in the history of Iran for Iran, and I hope they do what's right. I'd love to see a peace deal, a strong peace, so they cannot have a nuclear weapon. But I would say that this is the single most important period in the history of Iran, which is a long history, and we want it to be a great country. Let it be a tremendously successful rich country. They have everything you need. The people are incredible. They have vast amounts of oil and assets. We want it to be a successful country. We don't wanna do anything that's gonna get in the way of that, but they can't have a nuclear weapon. And if they choose to go a different route, it's gonna be a very sad thing. And and it's something we don't wanna have to do, but we have no choice. They're not gonna have a nuclear weapon. They're not gonna have a nuclear weapon.”