India-Pakistan Tensions Flare with Missile Strikes; Gaza Casualty Figures Disputed; US Naval Losses Mount as Red Sea Conflicts Intensify

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Pakistan reports missile strikes from India, who claims they targeted terrorist camps, while simultaneously conducting nationwide war preparation drills. In the Middle East, controversy surrounds Hamas' reported Gaza war casualty figures as a new study challenges their accuracy. European politics heat up with Germany's Friedrich Merz warning the US against political interference. Meanwhile, strategic maritime dynamics shift as analysts examine China's growing influence in the Red Sea region, the US Navy loses a second jet from the USS Truman carrier, and Oman steps into a mediator role in ceasefire talks between American forces and Yemen's Houthi rebels.

Top Stories

• Pakistan 'attacked with missiles' - as India says it targeted terrorist camps (news.sky.com)

• India holds nationwide drills to prepare for war with Pakistan (www.thetimes.com)

• Hamas fatality figures for Gaza war are 'clear disinformation,' according to new study (www.timesofisrael.com)

• Friedrich Merz warns the US to ‘stay out’ of Germany’s politics (www.theguardian.com)

• How China turned the Red Sea into a strategic trap for the US (www.atlanticcouncil.org)

• Second US Navy jet is lost at sea from Truman aircraft carrier (www.cnn.com)

• Oman says it mediated ceasefire between US, Yemen's Houthis (www.reuters.com)

United States

• Senate confirms Bisignano to lead Social Security Administration as agency faces DOGE overhaul (apnews.com)

• Nationwide "No Kings" protest planned for parade on Trump's birthday (www.newsweek.com)

• Transgender military ban takes effect after Supreme Court sides with Trump in shocking reversal (www.irishstar.com)

• U.S. to Downgrade Palestinian Affairs Office in Jerusalem, Officials Say (www.nytimes.com)

• As U.S. Turns Its Back on Free Trade, Other Countries Double Down (www.wsj.com)

• Second US Navy jet is lost at sea from Truman aircraft carrier (www.cnn.com)

Africa

• U.S. may soon deport migrants to Libya on military flight, sources say (reuters.com)

• New post for Togo president could see him rule for life (www.bbc.com)

• Trump to end backing for African Development Bank fund (www.semafor.com)

• Sudan war: Drones hit Port Sudan causing power blackout as RSF target key city (www.bbc.com)

• Ugandan opposition member held by president's son shows signs of torture (reuters.com)

Middle East

• Trump says U.S. will stop bombing Houthis after group "capitulated" (www.cbsnews.com)

• Israel says it has ‘fully’ disabled Yemen’s main airport in escalating strikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels (www.cnn.com)

• Druze near Damascus resist demand to turn in arms as tensions boil (www.reuters.com)

• Syria’s new government appoints US-sanctioned warlord to lead key army division (www.al-monitor.com)

• Macron to meet Syrian president on Wednesday, expected to discuss security (reuters.com)

Indo-Pacific

• Operation Sindoor: India strikes nine locations in Pakistan (www.thetimes.com)

• Pakistan Vows to Retaliate After Wave of Indian Missiles Hits Country (www.theguardian.com)

• Singapore Ruling Party Wines Election in Landslide (www.theguardian.com)

• Trump officials Bessent and Greer to meet with Chinese counterparts on trade, economic issues (www.cnbc.com)

• China slams CIA recruitment ads as 'naked political provocation' (hongkongfp.com)

• As AI disrupts China jobs, could a dedicated insurance fund protect workers? (www.scmp.com)

Europe

• Ukraine targets Moscow with drones as Putin prepares anniversary parade (reuters.com)

• Merz appointed German chancellor hours after unprecedented parliamentary defeat (cnn.com)

• German far-right MEP stripped of immunity over Russian bribe charge (www.euronews.com)

• Why Is Estonia’s Border With Russia So Quiet? (www.wsj.com)

• Cardinals wrap up pre-conclave meetings still uncertain about who should follow Pope Francis (apnews.com)

• Poland says Russia is trying to interfere in presidential election (reuters.com)

Latin America

• El Salvador president orders arrest of of bus company heads for defying free transport order (apnews.com)

• Mexican cartel leader Ovidio Guzman set to reach plea deal on US drug charges (reuters.com)

• U.S. Forces Are Taking Down Tents In Guantanamo As Trump's Plan To Hold Thousands Of Migrants Fades (latintimes.com)

• Venezuela opposition members who lived in embassy now in US, Rubio says (reuters.com)

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