Israeli Rabbi Kook continues to intensify his prayers for hostages in Gaza.

US Treasury Secretary Bessent:

Putin, since the meeting in Anchorage, since the phone call, when the European leaders and Zelensky were at the White House the following Monday, has done the opposite of what he indicated he wanted to do; in fact, he has, in a despicable manner, increased the bombing campaign.

So I think with Trump, all options are on the table, and I think we'll be examining those very closely this week.

US Treasury Secretary Bessent to Fox News:

I think at the end of the day, India is the most populous democracy in the world. Their values are much closer to ours and to China's than to Russia's.

BREAKING: US offers $15 million reward for info leading to arrest of Venezuela’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López.

Bahrain: Protesters clash with security forces over Israeli ambassador appointment in Manama.

Trump:

Israel was the strongest lobby I've ever seen. They had total control over Congress, and now they don't, you know, I'm a little surprised to see that.

Source: Daily Caller

Trump to the Daily Caller:

Israel may be winning the war, but they’re not winning the world of public relations, you know, and it is hurting them.

Trump to the Daily Caller on criticising Israel:

There was a time where you couldn’t speak bad, if you wanted to be a politician, you couldn’t speak badly. But today, you have, you know, AOC plus three, and you have all these lunatics, and they’ve really, they’ve changed it.

Russia is studying the investments needed to produce its Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jets in India.

India needs at least 2–3 squadrons of 5th-gen jets.

The Su-57 competes with the U.S. F-35 for this role.

Source: ANI

Peter Thiel, billionaire co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, is giving a private four-part lecture series on the Antichrist at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.

Thiel links biblical prophecy to modern fears — climate change, AI, nukes — warning they could justify a “non-democratic one-world state,” which he frames as the Antichrist’s rise through fear.

China’s Navy is expanding at record speed, outproducing every other country’s shipyards.

It now fields 234 warships compared to the US Navy’s 219, thanks to massive investment and shipbuilding capacity “200 times that of the US.”

Beijing is pouring billions into bases like Yulin, building new piers for nuclear-armed subs and testing drones and hypersonic weapons.

While the US still leads in tonnage and carriers, the gap is narrowing fast.

Source: BBC

Burkina Faso passes law criminalizing homosexuality.

Kim Jong Un inspected North Korea’s new integrated missile production line.

He praised the shift to automated, assembly-line production, which he said sharply boosts missile output and ensures higher quality.

BIG: Israeli defense chiefs told Netanyahu that Gaza City's takeover won’t defeat Hamas and urged a limited hostage deal instead.

They warned an invasion could drag on for a year, cost many lives, and worsen Israel’s global standing.

Some Likud ministers even likened Gaza to becoming “Israel’s Vietnam.”

Source: Haaretz

BREAKING: Belgium will recognise Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly this month and impose 12 sanctions on Israel, including banning settlement products and restricting procurement with Israeli firms.

Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said recognition depends on all hostages being freed and Hamas no longer governing Palestine.

Trump will make an announcement at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday. It will be his first public speech in a week.

Syria exported 600,000 barrels of crude oil from Tartus, its first official shipment in 14 years.

Source: Reuters

According to South Korean intelligence, around 2,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Somalia: Puntland forces release drone footage of operation eliminating ISIS militants hiding in caves of Baallade Valley, Calmiskaad mountains.