Kremlin:

Putin’s promised “stunning response” wasn’t about Tomahawk deliveries specifically, it referred to any attempts to strike deep inside Russia.

Sudan: Media reports say FM Mohieddin Salem arrived in Washington with the intelligence chief and senior military officials for a series of talks.

U.S. envoys are flooding Israel to keep Netanyahu from breaking the Gaza ceasefire, with Trump boasting he “stopped” the war and warning against annexation.

Critics say Israel now acts as a U.S. client state, while Netanyahu denies losing independence.

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The South Sudanese army announced that integration would begin immediately after more than 2,000 opposition soldiers switched sides.

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Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev is set to meet Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff in Miami this weekend.

Source: Axios

The US carried out a new strike against a suspected drug trafficking boat.

White House said next month’s inflation data likely won’t be released due to the government shutdown, as funding issues prevent data collection.

Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul abruptly canceled his first official trip to China, citing scheduling issues after Beijing confirmed only one meeting with his counterpart Wang Yi.

Japan’s new prime minister vowed to quicken the country’s rearmament.

She tied the shift to rising pressure from China, North Korea, and Russia.

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Why Trump-Putin Meeting In Budapest Was Canceled?

The shift followed pressure from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a longtime Russia hawk who called Putin a “gangster.”

Rubio canceled talks with Lavrov after concluding Moscow was “slow-walking cease-fire talks.”

White House aide Anna Kelly insisted Trump “always leads on foreign policy,” but officials said Rubio’s tougher stance drove the change.

Source: Bloomberg

Spain’s top criminal court opened an investigation into Spanish steelmaker Sidenor executives for allegedly exporting 1,200 tons of steel to Israel’s IMI Systems in violation of Madrid’s arms-trade embargo.

Prosecutors say the steel was knowingly sent for weapons production despite Spain’s ban, potentially amounting to smuggling and complicity in war crimes.

NATO's Rutte:

Thousands of Russians are dying for Putin’s deluded aggression.

Putin is running out of money, troops, and ideas.

President Trump said it very well. They should stop where they are now.

Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen:

Putin’s strategy has been to wait for us to stop helping Ukraine, at some point he expected us to give up.

This will never happen.

Zelensky:

We’re not trying to find how to stop Putin and finish this war without United States.

Putin wants to divide us. To make us weaker.

BREAKING: U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth orders deployment of Gerald Ford aircraft carrier strike group to SOUTHCOM area.

Starmer:

This is not just about Ukraine’s freedom and sovereignty.

It’s a fight for Ukraine, for Europe, and for the United Kingdom.

We are working with Ukraine not only for Ukraine, but for the benefit of all the rest of us.

Trump Jr.-backed drone firm Unusual Machines won its biggest Pentagon contract yet to supply 3,500 U.S.-compliant drone parts to the Army, with 20,000 more expected in 2026.

Trump Jr., an investor and advisor since Nov 2024, holds ~$4 million in stock.

Israeli TV:

Somalia: Clashes erupted in Baalade between ISIS and Puntland forces after coalition strikes.

One soldier was reported killed.