President says US Southern Command carried out a 'swift and lethal kinetic strike' against Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, known as Niño Guerrero; Trump says operation was coordinated with Venezuela and vows to pursue 'murderers and drug lords' anywhere

US forces intercepted multiple Iranian one-way attack drones that were heading toward the Strait of Hormuz and posed a threat to commercial traffic

Despite reports of a near US-Iran agreement, fighting continues: sirens sounded in northern Israel as drones were intercepted, and the US said it downed Iranian drones in the Strait of Hormuz; Tehran keeps up attacks amid conflicting deal terms

Record oil revenues, a $20B foreign investment deal, a warlord's son skimming $3B dollars off the state, and Western energy companies looking the other way; The boom making everyone celebrate is the boom making Libya impossible to fix 

Some 150 Israelis and Palestinians from 80 organizations were invited to the second civil conference in Paris; EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced 20 million euros for peace efforts, while France said it would not give up on a two-state future