U.S.-Iran talks in Oman have ended for today.

Another round of talks will take place in the coming days.

Source: Axios

About 1,500 Turkish troops are heading to Kiel, Germany for NATO’s Steadfast Dart 2026, making it Germany’s largest fleet visit of the year.

The Turkish contingent is centered on the new flagship Anadolu, a 27,000-ton amphibious assault ship carrying nearly 1,000 soldiers.

Source: Kieler Nachrichten

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused Greece of abandoning decades of cooperation with Russia, sending weapons to Ukraine, and ignoring the safety of ethnic Greeks living in Russia and occupied regions:

Greece has interrupted its cooperation with Russia, which had been built over many decades.

An entire spectrum of Russian–Greek cooperation… was dismantled.

All this even though a numerous Greek diaspora has been living there for centuries. Athens did not think of them.

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi:

The talks with the United States were limited strictly to the nuclear file.

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Oman’s Foreign Minister, Badr Albusaidi:

Very serious talks mediating between Iran and the US in Muscat today.

It was useful to clarify both Iranian and American thinking and identify areas for possible progress.

We aim to reconvene in due course, with the results to be considered carefully in Tehran and Washington.

A senior Greece Air Force colonel was arrested for allegedly spying for China, leaking highly classified NATO-related information—one of Greece’s most serious military security breaches in years.

He allegedly leaked data on NATO operations, communications systems, radar, frequencies, and new defense technologies.

He reportedly used a special electronic device supplied by Chinese intelligence to photograph documents and transmit them securely.

The case was triggered by a tip from a Western allied intelligence service and led to his arrest inside his military unit before more data could be sent.

🇸🇦🇹🇷 Saudi flag spotted on the tail of an up-to-date scale model of Turkish KAAN fighter jet at #WDS2026 in Saudi Arabia.

Türkiye Seals $350m Arms Deal With Egypt for TOLGA Close-In Air Defence System

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Iran refused U.S. calls to stop or offshore uranium enrichment during indirect talks in Oman, though both sides agreed to keep negotiating to avoid escalation.

The discussions, mediated by Oman, showed little movement on core disagreements.

Source: WSJ

Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz:

I have left X. That network is a place of hate.

We are not vassals of Elon Musk or Trump.

Germany's Merz:

We are always prepared to talk to Russia.

But we will not open parallel negotiation channels.

The key to ending this war lies in Moscow.

Germany’s Merz:

I do not want to conduct talks that lead to results like the bombing of a children’s hospital in Kyiv.

Astrophysicist David Kipping says science has crossed a real threshold.

In a private gathering at the Institute for Advanced Study, leading physicists warned that AI now handles as much as “90%” of their work and could soon uncover truths humans can’t fully grasp.

According to Kipping, emergency conversations are already underway among the world’s top scientists.

BIG: The United States says China has secretly conducted at least one yield-producing nuclear weapons test in recent years, despite Beijing’s declared moratorium.

Speaking in Geneva, a senior U.S. arms control official alleged that China used techniques to conceal underground explosions, including a test in June 2020.

China last acknowledged a nuclear test in 1996 and denies the new accusations, calling them false and blaming the U.S. for escalating the arms race.

Neither country has ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, though both claim to follow testing moratoriums.

Source: TWZ

Trump deleted the video from his Truth Social account hours after posting it, following bipartisan backlash.

The White House later said a staffer posted it in error, reversing earlier claims that criticism was “fake outrage.”

A man the U.S. considers a key participant in the 2012 Benghazi attack has been arrested, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced.

Zubayr al-Bakoush was taken into custody overseas and brought to the U.S., where he faces charges including murder, terrorism, and arson.

Prosecutors say he was among a group that stormed the U.S. mission in Benghazi, set buildings on fire, conducted surveillance, and attempted to break into vehicles used by U.S. personnel.

Six people, including a five-year-old child, were lightly injured on Friday afternoon after a grenade was thrown into a beauty salon in central Grenoble, France.