EU's Kaja Kallas:

Following the U.S. decision to ease sanctions on Russian oil, Europe will maintain sanctions and continue to move away from Russian fossil fuels.

A drone hit Baghdad’s Al-Rashid Hotel, hitting an upper floor and causing an explosion and fire.

The hotel hosts the EU delegation and several European diplomatic offices.

EU's Kaja Kallas on Iran:

The same drones that are hitting Kyiv are hitting the states of the Gulf.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran:

There is actually no common position even in U.S. politics or within U.S. society.

This is a unilateral war that has been started by two nations, by two governments, without consulting or coordinating with their allies.

German Chancellor Merz watches an AI deepfake of himself dancing, calling it “deceptively real”.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:

Israelis are victims of terrorism.

But they are not taking the correct response to fight against terrorism.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:

Israel today is more isolated internationally than before the war.

And why is that? Because Netanyahu took a very wrong decision when it comes to respond to this Hamas terrorist attack, which by the way we of course condemned since day one.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on NATO defense spending:

There is a lot of arbitrariness when it comes to this 5% of GDP.

One year it could be 5%, another year 2%, another year 7%.

The real question is what capabilities NATO allies actually need.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:

Real allies are like real friends. They tell each other the truth no matter what.

And when it comes to our relationship with the United States, the whole European Union wants to keep that transatlantic bond.

But if you go into the details, what you see is that we have an open trade war which was opened unilaterally by the U.S. administration.

There is also a question mark when it comes to the respect of our territorial integrity — that means Greenland.

EU's Kaja Kallas on Iran:

This is not Europe’s war, but Europe’s interests are directly at stake.

Professor John Mearsheimer:

The historical record makes it unequivocally clear that regime change is almost impossible to do, absent a miracle, and I don’t believe in miracles.

If you want regime change, you have to put boots on the ground.

That’s what we did in Iraq; we had to invade the country to remove the regime.

If you want regime change in Iran, you would have to invade Iran. But that’s not going to happen. The country is far too big, the population is too large, and we’ve been down this road before, it doesn’t work very well.

Even Donald Trump is smart enough to understand that sending an army into Iran would be a prescription for disaster.

A Lebanese man lost four daughters, his mother, father, brother, and nephew in Israeli airstrikes.

Funeral ceremony held for the sailors of the IRIS Dena, the Iranian warship sunk by a US Navy submarine in the Indian Ocean.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

When the U.S. Secretary of War declares “no quarter”, he doesn't project strength. He conveys moral bankruptcy and ignorance about law of armed conflict.

We advise him to review the Hague Convention and Rome Statute of the ICC, unless he aspires to join Netanyahu as war criminal.

Trump on Somalia:

Somalia is a third-world—maybe even a fourth-world—nation.

Trump on Ilhan Omar:

Ilhan Omar married her brother supposedly… that means she is here illegally and she is a Congresswoman.

I hope you are going to be looking at that or somebody is.

She is one of the ringleaders. She is bad news.

📸 The burial site prepared for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

JD Vance on Iran:

What Trump has said consistently going back to 2015, and what I agree with, is that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon.

I think all of us, whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, should pray for success and pray for the safety of our troops.

Trump:

I don’t want wars. I want wars less than almost anybody.

Trump on Iran:

If you believe that Iran should have a nuclear weapon, then something is wrong with you, because they would use it.

The only question is whether they would use it within an hour of getting it or within a day. They would blow up the entire Middle East, not just Israel.

Trump on the B-2 bomber:

It looks small, but in person it’s very big. It’s the only plane capable of carrying a 200,000-pound bomb.

I don’t know how they do it because it’s very sleek and beautiful, but it carries a lot of weapons.