Indian PM Modi:

Deeply appreciate and fully reciprocate President Trump's sentiments and positive assessment of our ties.

Iranian TV aired an interview with IRGC missile crews describing how, during Israeli airstrikes in June, a neighboring launcher was hit while they prepared to fire their Khaybar Shekan missile.

Despite burning debris flying overhead, they “followed orders and launched at Israel” as planned.

Somalia: ISIS-Somalia claimed clashes over the past two days killed 22 Puntland soldiers and wounded 30.

Pentagon Shifts Focus Away From China to Homeland Security

A leaked draft of the new U.S. National Defense Strategy shows the Pentagon is pivoting from deterring China to prioritizing homeland and Western Hemisphere security.

It reverses Trump’s 2018 strategy that put China at the top of U.S. defense concerns.

Source: Politico

German Bavarian PM Markus Söder suggested sending back Ukrainian male refugees to defend Ukraine instead of deploying German troops:

NATO presence in Ukraine would signal its path to alliance membership, something Russia will never accept.

The Bundeswehr isn’t ready for such missions anyway.

Taxes Collected from the German People Flow to Israel: German Government Signs €1 Billion Arms Deal with Genocide-Perpetrating Israel

Despite international calls to halt Israel's military invasion in Gaza, labeled as genocide by human rights groups and the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the German government is proceeding with a €930 million deal to purchase three Heron TP drones from Israel.

This agreement, financed by German taxpayers, will see €1 billion donated to Israel for use against Palestinians with Heron drones, which no longer have technological superiority.

Venezuelan F-16s again flew dangerously close to the USS Jason Dunham in international waters within two days, which U.S. officials called “highly provocative” and a “game of chicken.”

The U.S. Navy destroyer did not engage, but the jets were within weapons range.

Trump warned Venezuelan jets could be “in trouble” if they threaten U.S. ships again.

Source: CBS

Weird: U.S. immigration authorities raided Hyundai–LG’s EV battery plant construction site in Georgia, arresting 475 workers, including 300+ South Koreans, for visa violations.

ICE, HSI, FBI, DEA, and state agencies stormed the site, calling it one of the largest immigration raids in 22 years since the agency’s founding after 9/11.

Many detained workers had business or travel visas but were accused of violating visa terms while working on the plant .

The South Korean government expressed serious concern, summoning U.S. diplomats and demanding the protection of citizens’ rights.

President Lee instructed officials to respond urgently, while the Foreign Ministry warned against undue harm to Korean companies investing in the U.S.

Sudan: Army announced it halted RSF advances on El Fasher’s southern axis.

Heavy clashes are ongoing in the area.

Somalia: NISA, with international partners, killed 12 Al-Shabaab members including senior leaders and wounded 13 in Galgaduud.

They also struck a training site hosting 400 militants.

Source: SONNA

Venezuelan President Maduro:

It wasn’t true that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and what they’re saying about Venezuela isn’t true either.

Türkiye is set to play an active role in strengthening education in Syria.

The first step in the curriculum overhaul will be to remove anti-Türkiye content left over from the Assad era.

Source: Hürriyet

Chinese Type-100 tanks & support vehicles now have smart helmets for all crew.

“Like fighter pilots, all combat data appears inside the helmet.

Spot enemy first, fire first, hit first. A true force multiplier in modern warfare.”

Pakistan Air Vice Marshal Shehryar Khan to India:

Next time the score won’t be 6-0.

With God’s help, it will be 60-0.

Serbian President Vučić blasts EU after Novi Sad protests:

I ask this gang, this scum that came from the European Union, these Greens…

Go and destroy your own countries. Don’t destroy Serbia.

You scum… and you’re not even scum, you’re worse than that.

Retired Israeli Colonel Dr. Eran Lerman on possible conflict with Türkiye:

The IDF is certainly not prepared for war with anything of the magnitude of the Turkish military, the second largest in NATO… hopefully, we should never come to that point.

Their drones, the Bayraktars, are among the best.

Sudan: Warplanes struck RSF positions in Bara, Kazgil and Umm Samima, North Kordofan.