Zimbabwe Suspends Export Shipments of Strategic Minerals

Zimbabwe announced an immediate suspension of exports of all raw minerals and lithium concentrates, including shipments in transit. The government cited national interest and concerns over malpractices, a move that may reshape lithium supply chains & local beneficiation plans.

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India’s Modi in Israel:

In the field of defence, we have had decades-old reliable cooperation.

Together we will move forward in the direction of Joint Development, Joint Production and Transfer of Technology.

Along with this, we will also increase cooperation in fields like Civil Nuclear Energy and Space.

NATO's Rutte on Hungary:

Hungary has been a valued NATO ally for more than 25 years now and makes really important contributions to our shared security.

NATO's Rutte on air defense:

We need to ramp up by 400% — five times what we have currently — in terms of air defense.

That will of course take some time, but we will get there.

NATO's Rutte:

The United States very much feels, understands, and realizes that for the defense of the United States, it is crucial to have a safe and secure Europe, a safe and secure Arctic, and a safe and secure Atlantic.

NATO's Rutte:

I would really encourage Europeans to stop worrying about the United States and do as much as they can in implementing the commitments we made.

That makes us strong, and it anchors the United States even more into NATO.

NEW: A Russian drone approached the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle while it was docked in Malmö.

The drone reportedly took off from a nearby Russian vessel and flew toward the carrier during its visit to Sweden for a strategic exercise.

Swedish Armed Forces detected the drone and used electronic countermeasures to jam it.

The drone then disappeared. It is unclear whether it returned to the Russian ship or crashed into the sea.

Source: SVT

Armenian PM Pashinyan and Polish PM Tusk have an intimate time together.

CPJ Report Says IDF Killed More Journalists Than Any Other Military

Committee to Protect Journalists said 129 journalists were killed worldwide in 2025, a record high, with 86 deaths attributed to Israeli attacks on Palestinians, hailing IDF responsible for killing more journalists than any other military since CPJ began documentation in 1992.

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After the Supreme Court struck down his tariffs, Trump’s administration is looking for ways to keep billions in collected tariff revenue instead of quickly refunding it.

Officials are considering legal maneuvers to reclassify the tariffs, delay repayments, or discourage companies from seeking full refunds.

Businesses have begun suing, and lower courts will now decide how the refunds proceed — likely setting up a long legal fight.

Source: POLITICO

The Pentagon has sent Anthropic a “best and final offer” to secure full lawful access to its AI model, Claude, for military use before a Friday deadline set by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

If Anthropic refuses, it could lose its $200 million defense contract, be labeled a supply chain risk, and potentially face action under the Defense Production Act.

Source: CBS News

Israel carried out new airstrikes in Lebanon against Hezbollah targets.

NEW: The U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain has been reduced to “mission-critical” staffing — fewer than 100 personnel — amid potential strikes on Iran.

Source: Fox News

Boris Johnson on Ukraine:

The greatest mistake we could all make now is simply to blame Washington for everything that’s going wrong in the Western response.

I’m not going to hide it from you — I don’t like, I’m nauseated by the moral equivalence that is drawn by the current representatives of the White House between Ukraine and Russia. It’s ridiculous.

To say that Ukraine was somehow responsible for starting this war is absolutely odious.

But the first piece of advice I’d give to everybody is: try, if you possibly can, to contain your Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Boris Johnson:

There’s a great deal of sort of “euro freakoutery” and “headless chickenism” about Trump, and I can understand that.

All I would say is: just remember what Putin wants. What Putin wants is the impression of a divided West — he wants a divided West.

And the more we seem to accept the idea that America is no longer committed to European security, or that America is no longer committed to the protection and support of Ukraine, the better for Putin and the worse for Ukraine.

Don’t fall for it.

Boris Johnson:

The United States supplies 70% of NATO’s budget, 95% of NATO’s heavy lift capacity.

And depending on whether you believe that the French force de frappe actually works or not, the United States of America supplies 100% of Europe’s nuclear deterrent.

There’s Britain, yeah, but as you know, we are technologically dependent upon the United States.

Boris Johnson:

Don’t fall for the idea that Europe can just do it on its own.

Boris Johnson:

About 12% of European oil and gas comes from Russia.

A billion dollars a month worth of European money going straight to Putin. How can that possibly be right?

Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski:

I suspect Trump thought that if there were no further supplemental package, Ukraine would find itself in difficulty much faster, and the war might therefore be brought to an end because Ukraine would be forced into concessions.

I think they will eventually find that, with European support, Ukraine is not falling, and that the war cannot be ended without Ukrainian agreement and without European agreement as well, because, to use a Trumpian term, US cards are not as strong as they were.