The UAE has secretly resumed limited crude exports through the Strait of Hormuz, using tankers with tracking systems switched off to avoid Iranian attacks.

ADNOC shipped at least 6 million barrels in April aboard four tankers carrying Upper Zakum and Das crude. Cargoes were transferred offshore, stored in Oman, or sent to South Korea and Malaysia.

Source: Reuters

The warning followed reports of officials allegedly using insider knowledge for financial gain, including a case involving classified information and bets on political events in Venezuela.

Source: WSJ

The draft avoids key U.S. demands on Iran’s nuclear program, missiles, and regional proxies.

Iranian officials remain skeptical, calling the proposal more “an American wish list than a reality.”

Source: Reuters

Israelis are operating on a very cynical policy that won't last very long.
 
Both Greece & Cyprus have historically strong public support for Palestinians.
 
That support hasn't disappeared, just taken a back seat at the governmental level.
 
The broader European & global public opinion is firmly anti-Israel right now.
 
This is not due to antisemitism, but due to the visible consequences of Israeli policies in Gaza, the West Bank & the region.

A leaked CIA assessment says Iran still has much of its missile and drone arsenal intact and has restored many underground facilities.

The report contrasts with Trump’s claims that Iran’s military and economy are near collapse. Officials say Tehran is adapting by storing oil offshore, reducing production to protect infrastructure, and potentially using land routes to bypass the blockade.

Source: WaPo

Europe is reassessing its security architecture - one that doesn't depend on the US, which has proven to be an unreliable long-term partner.
 
In that context, the push is toward integrating Türkiye further into European security - not excluding or confronting it.
 
Zelensky articulated this clearly - arguing that integrating Ukraine, Norway & Türkiye would give Europe control of the seas around it and a far more secure architecture. He stressed Türkiye in this regard.

Unlike the more dangerous Andes strain linked to the recent MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak, the Israeli patient was infected with a European strain, which is mainly spread from rodents to humans rather than between people.

The patient is stable and under medical observation.

Source: JPost

The fact that Pakistan and China, in their own words, have a relationship that is deeper than the seas and higher than the mountains, and the fact that 80% of Pakistan’s military equipment is of Chinese origin, is a given.

Whether we are fighting against three adversaries on the same border — be it Türkiye, China, or Pakistan — look, you play against the team that turns up on the park.

So that’s not something that should worry us so much. It’s not something that is in our control.

The plant, fully funded by ARCA via its Estonian subsidiary, will produce 155mm artillery shells, 60/81/120mm mortar rounds, and 122mm rockets primarily for European and NATO export, with production starting in 2028 and creating up to 1,000 jobs.

Estonia's Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur called the signing "historical."

Over 10 Japanese firms (including Terra Drone) and 20–30 Turkish companies joined a first-of-its-kind matchmaking session focused on UAVs and advanced tech.

The deal pairs Japan's high-tech expertise with Türkiye's drone-manufacturing scale.

Source: Nikkei

Islamophobia & resistance to Türkiye's EU membership remain real obstacles - but even so, the drive is toward deeper security cooperation with Türkiye, not isolation.
 
Israel's effort to frame Türkiye as an enemy is a fool's errand. Global public opinion has shifted.
 
Israel faces a paradox - the Trump administration is arguably the most pro-Israel in living memory, but this may be the peak.
 
Support among Democrat voters is at a historic low & trending further down. A similar erosion is visible among Republican voters though for a different reason.
 
Israeli strategists should be rethinking their trajectory. So far, there is no evidence they are.