Turkish President Erdogan:

The Greek Cypriot side doesn’t want to share either political power or economic prosperity with the Turks on the island.

Turkish President Erdogan:

The reason the Cyprus issue has remained unresolved to this day is the Greek Cypriot side’s refusal to accept the sovereign equality of the Turkish Cypriots.

Turkish President Erdogan:

We believe that the most realistic solution to the Cyprus issue is for two states to coexist on the island.

TRNC President Tufan Erhurman:

The Turkish Cypriot people are one of the two equal founding partners of Cyprus, and this status is not open to discussion or negotiation.

As such, the Turkish Cypriot people hold sovereign rights over the entire island.

Netanyahu:

Our military aid is like a fraction — a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction — of what the US spent in Afghanistan or spent in, you know, in the Middle East.

It's tiny.

Netanyahu:

Israel is the one American ally in the world that says we don't need boots on the ground.

We don't need American servicemen fighting, you know, on the ground for Israel or around Israel.

We're fine. We fight our own battles.

Netanyahu: I am reading a book called The Jews vs. Rome.

Q: What made you pick it up?

Netanyahu: Well, we lost that one, I think we have to win the next one.

NEW: A Russian Su-27 jet has reportedly crashed near Petrozavodsk.

CORRECTION: A Su-30SM fighter jet crashed.

The pilots were unable to eject.

German Chancellor Merz:

In a call today, I asked the Ukrainian President to ensure that young Ukrainian men do not return to Germany in growing numbers, but serve in their own country where they are needed.

Syrian Interior Ministry has announced that the security forces have opened their ranks to women.

During an early morning walk, Senator Fetterman sustained a fall near his home in Braddock.

He was transported to a hospital in Pittsburgh.

He is doing well and receiving routine observation at the hospital.

NEW: Top U.S. military leaders briefed Trump on new possible operations in Venezuela, including land strikes, though no decisions have been made.

Source: CBS News

Marco Rubio:

The Department of State is designating four Antifa groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.

NEW: Trump told Saudi Crown Prince MBS he expects Riyadh to move toward normalizing relations with Israel now that the Gaza war is ending.

Washington says it has met key Saudi demands — including a U.S. security pledge and language in Trump’s Gaza plan suggesting a path toward Palestinian statehood.

But Riyadh still wants stronger, more concrete commitments on Palestinian statehood before agreeing to normalization.

Source: Axios

Following the crash of the Turkish Armed Forces’ C-130 cargo aircraft, the official account of the Hellenic Air Force shared a post featuring C-130 aircraft:

“Photos of the day!”

A Turkish AT802 firefighting plane crashed near Senj, Croatia during a maintenance flight, the pilot lost his life.

Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, says Israel opposes selling F-35s to Türkiye.

He notes Türkiye’s importance as a key NATO partner but argues that current tensions and Erdogan’s sharper rhetoric make such a transfer “not constructive at this moment.”

Source: The Jerusalem Post

New DNA analysis from material stained with Hitler’s blood suggests he likely had Kallmann Syndrome, a genetic condition that disrupts puberty and can cause undescended testicles and a micropenis.

The study also refutes claims that Hitler had Jewish ancestry.

The post was taken down after efforts by the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

Sudan: El-Bera bin Malik Brigade said 123 RSF militia vehicles were destroyed and over 43 of their mercenaries killed in the border triangle.