The Russian Ministry of Defense released video footage earlier today showing Admiral Igor Kostyukov, head of the Main Directorate of the Russian General Staff, presenting what Russia claims is data and a controller from a Ukrainian one-way drone allegedly used in an attempted attack on President Vladimir Putin’s state residence in the Novgorod Oblast. In the video, the materials are shown being handed over to U.S. Coast Guard Captain Richter Tipton, the military attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.

According to AFP, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said he is open to cooperation with the United States on drug trafficking, oil, and other issues, following weeks of heightened U.S. military pressure. Speaking on state television, Maduro said dialogue could take place “wherever they want and whenever they want,” but declined to comment on a U.S. military strike on a Venezuelan dock announced this week by President Donald Trump.

In Kuhdasht, in Iran’s Lorestan province, protesters have been seen toppling and setting fire to statues associated with the regime.

Protests underway in Isfahan City, Iran.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Zohran Mamdani would make history as New York City’s first Muslim mayor, its first immigrant mayor in more than a century, and the youngest mayor in generations, adding that he would serve as a mayor for all New Yorkers.

Nahavand in western Iran has descended into violent clashes, as security forces and pro-regime supporters confront anti-government protesters amid escalating unrest.

Tensions are rising in the city of Kavar, Iran

Kuhdasht has erupted, as large crowds flood the streets and the wave of nationwide protests across Iran continues to expand.

Iranian security forces opened fire on protesters in the central city of Lordegan, killing at least four people, according to online footage and accounts from activists. Videos circulating on social media show demonstrators carrying a victim from the street and later storming a local courthouse, as unrest intensified following the shootings.

Protests in Iran have now spread to another city, with large crowds taking to the streets in Harsin, Kermanshah. Demonstrators gathered in significant numbers, chanting in unison, signaling that momentum behind the unrest remains strong and that the determination to continue the uprising is still alive.