NEW: Pentagon funded an eight-figure undercover purchase of a pulsed radio-wave device now tested for links to Havana Syndrome.

Device fits in a backpack and has Russian components.

Officials fear the device’s capabilities may have spread.

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German Foreign Minister Wadephul on Iran:

This regime has obviously lost all legitimacy and no longer has the support of the Iranian people.

We will apply all measures available to us, including sanctions, against this regime.

German Foreign Minister Wadephul on possible U.S. invasion of Greenland:

I have no indication whatsoever that this is being seriously considered.

Hegseth on Yemen's Houthis:

They cried, ‘Uncle!’ and said, ‘We’re not going to shoot at your ships anymore.’

These airframes and others helped bomb the Houthis for 50 days.

American ships now sail freely. Peace through strength.

Hegseth:

We brought the indicted nominal leader of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, from the most fortified house… without them knowing we were there until three minutes before.

No other military on planet Earth could pull that off.

Elon Musk:

We want to make Star Trek real.

We want to make Starfleet Academy real so that it’s not always science fiction.

Big spaceships with people going to other planets… and ultimately beyond our star system.

Hegseth:

We are done running a peacetime science fair while our potential adversaries are running a wartime arms race.

Hegseth:

Gone are the days of equitable AI and social justice infusions.

We will not employ AI models that won’t allow you to fight wars.

Department of War AI will not be woke.

It will work for us.

Uganda’s Longest Serving Leader Seeks New Term

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Germany's Merz:

I believe Iran’s leadership is in its “final days and weeks.”

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NEW: Iranians could make international mobile calls Tuesday for the first time since a nationwide communications blackout.

Internet and SMS remain largely cut, with access limited to state-approved sites.

Source: AP

G7 countries and their allies met in Washington to discuss ways to reduce dependence on China for rare earth elements, focusing on alternative supply routes and coordinated policy tools.

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Somalia Cancels UAE Deals Over Alleged Breach of Sovereignty

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Germany's Merz on Iran:

If a regime can only hold on to power by force, then it is effectively at its end.

I assume that we are now seeing the very last days and weeks of this regime here.

It has no legitimacy through elections by the population anyway. The population is now rising up against this regime.

I hope that there is a way to end this conflict peacefully. The Mullah regime must realize this now as well.

And we are in close contact with the Americans.

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NEW: Syrian Army Operations Command issued a warning, declaring a closed military zone after SDF/YPG mobilization.

The area (Maskanah and Deir Hafer) is accused of being a launch point for Iranian suicide drones that struck Aleppo.

Civilians are urged to stay away from SDF positions.

Armed groups are told to withdraw east of the Euphrates.

The army says it will act to prevent further attacks from the area.

South Korea has completed all planned development flight tests of its indigenous KF-21 Boramae fighter jet.

~1,600 accident-free flights over 42 months.

Supersonic flight, AESA radar, weapons firing confirmed.

120 aircraft planned by early 2030s.

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Sudan's Government Reclaims Capital City Khartoum, Driving Out the RSF

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BIG: A Reuters report quotes an unnamed Iranian official saying around 2,000 people were killed in nationwide protests.

The official blamed the deaths on “terrorists”.

NEW: Charalambos Charalambous, chief of staff to Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides, resigned after a leaked video scandal.

The video shows discussions on illegal campaign financing, influence peddling, and helping sanctioned Russians.

Armed robbers disguised as Israel Defense Forces soldiers carried out a gold/jewelry robbery near Hebron.

The suspects threatened victims with weapons and stole valuables worth tens of thousands of shekels.

The IDF quickly said “these are not IDF soldiers” and launched a manhunt.

Israeli media say they were Israeli Arabs, some Bedouin, using military disguises for criminal purposes.

Israeli Merkava tanks fired three shells near a Spanish patrol serving with UNIFIL in southern Lebanon.

Shells landed ~150–380 meters from the peacekeepers; no injuries, but the patrol was forced to withdraw and reported laser tracking.