Marco Rubio:

50-something countries around the world do not recognize Nicolás Maduro as the rightful president. He's not the president of Venezuela. That's a title he's given himself.

Marco Rubio:

No one in the world has done more to try to end the Ukraine-Russia war than Trump has.

Australia and Papua New Guinea will integrate their defense forces under a new security pact to be signed.

The pact is aimed at countering China’s growing security influence in the Pacific.

Papua New Guinea, with nearly 12 million people, is the South Pacific’s most populous nation after Australia (27 million).

Source: AP

Ghana: Government announced 14 people deported from the U.S. were sent on to Nigeria and Gambia.

Ex-IDF Chief Herzi Halevi confirms 200,000+ Palestinians killed or injured in Gaza since Oct 2023.

He said Israel “took the gloves off” from day one and that legal advisers never restricted military decisions.

80% of casualties were civilians.

Source: The Guardian

Israeli soldiers dump piles of psychiatric meds on the table during a parliamentary session on rising army suicides.

Marco Rubio said the US and Qatar are close to finalizing an "enhanced defense cooperation agreement."

Polish airspace breached – NATO responds.

Poland scrambles F-16s, downs drones, approves NATO forces.

UK, France, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Italy, Czech Republic all deploy jets, Patriots, AWACS, and units under Operation Eastern Sentry.

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, long a staunch defender of Israel, shifted his tone as his struggling NYC mayoral campaign nears its end:

“It should end today. Return the hostages, end the violence. Today. I think it should have been over months ago. It is horrific.”

“I never stood with Bibi.”

Source: NYT

Burkina Faso: New footage from the military base in Gomboro that JNIM claims to have captured.

British people are ready for Trump's upcoming visit to the UK.

WATCH: A Russian attack drone hits the building of the National Pharmaceutical University in Kharkiv in broad daylight.

BREAKING: Spain's public broadcaster RTVE says the country will boycott Eurovision if Israel takes part.

Turkish President Erdogan:

Netanyahu is ideologically cut from the same cloth as Hitler.

Just as Hitler couldn’t see the defeat that awaited him, Netanyahu will meet the same ultimate fate.

Turkish President Erdogan:

I believe that the recognition of Palestine as a state by Western countries will put even more pressure on Israel.

Turkish President Erdogan:

It is vital for Islamic countries to develop mechanisms for security, cooperation, intelligence sharing, and crisis management among themselves.

Belarusian President Lukashenko:

Belarus has no relation to the drones that fly into Poland or Lithuania.

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Doha, Qatar:

It is a rarity in history for the negotiator to be killed… unprecedented for the mediator to be targeted.

When a nation unites, its strength grows. When divided, it becomes weak.

The poet says:

When you combine a sharp mind, a resolute will, and a dignified pride, injustice will stay away from you.

Nigeria: Bandits abducted over 40 worshippers during morning prayers in Gidan, Zamfara.