IDF announces the killing of a soldier in Lebanon: Sgt. Nehoray Leizer, 19.

Russia's Medvedev:

Pashinyan is actively steering Armenia down the path of “Bandera-style Ukraine.”

Pashinyan has put Armenia’s relations with Russia, the CSTO, and the EAEU under direct threat, and his actions will have consequences.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf was re-elected as Iran’s parliament speaker for the 7th straight year.

China’s Foreign Ministry:

There is but one China in the world.

Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory.

We urge the German side to uphold the one-China principle, stop sending wrong signals to Taiwan independence separatist forces.

Iran's Foreign Ministry:

The fact that we have reached a conclusion on a large portion of the topics under discussion is correct.

However, to say that this means the signing of an agreement is imminent. No one can make such a claim.

Policymaking and decision-making in the United States are suffering from a kind of institutionalized vacillation.

The repeated changes in positions — within a matter of hours you are faced with different, often contradictory and conflicting viewpoints.

This disrupts the process of any negotiation.

WATCH: Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Harvard Professor Stephen Walt clashed directly on the Iran war debate.

Walt argued the US started the war by attacking Iran first and listed historical grievances including the 1953 CIA coup and US support for Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war.

Pompeo rejected the claim that the US started the war.

On October 7, Mearsheimer said there is "no evidence in the public record" that Iran knew about the Hamas attack in advance.

Walt also said he would not call Iran a monster, comparing it to other countries including the US that "do many bad things."

Realist scholars John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt defeated former officials Mike Pompeo and Victoria Nuland by audience vote, 56% to 44%.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis:

We see shortages in specific sectors and branches of our economy — shortages that are difficult to cover with domestic labor alone.

It is quite likely that, in certain sectors, through targeted and organized migration policies, we will need — and be able — to bring workers from abroad.

If we choose, for example, to bring agricultural workers from Egypt or construction workers from India, we will do so through organized bilateral agreements.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis:

Fearfully, there is no country in Europe that has truly addressed the demographic problem at its root.

You see countries with very developed welfare states — the Scandinavian countries — and they face similar issues.

Hungary spent enormous amounts of money on demographic policy, also for political reasons, and it largely failed.

There was essentially a small increase in births for one year, and then births returned to a downward trend.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis:

The brain drain has been reversed — the numbers show it.

Major companies are now actively searching for strong CVs abroad because Greeks now want to return to their homeland.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry:

The Zionist entity are doing their best to undermine the agreement and we do expect to see some actions by Israel to torpedo the entire negotiation process. Nothing is ruled out.

Those voices are meant to keep the US rolling in a vicious circle of endless wars and they will continue to do so.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry:

Ceasefire means a ceasefire on all fronts.

Lebanon is part and parcel of all the negotiations and agreements.

Türkiye, as a neighboring country, have contributed very valuable efforts and we extend all thanks and appreciation to them, to our brothers in Türkiye.

Chinese-made CH-4 Rainbow combat drone appeared in Armenian military parade rehearsals in Yerevan on May 25, ahead of the May 28 First Republic Day parade.

The sighting confirms earlier unconfirmed reports of CH-4s at Gyumri airbase and marks the system's first public display in Armenia.

Armenia has made no official announcement about the acquisition.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

For every Hezbollah explosive drone, 10 buildings in Beirut should fall.

Israeli Chief of Staff requested a security meeting to discuss attacking buildings in Beirut in response to Hezbollah drones.

Chief of Staff said Israel does not have full independence of action in Lebanon due to American restrictions.

Source: Israeli Broadcasting Authority

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir:

Drones must not be tolerated.

Netanyahu must slam his hand on Trump's table and tell him we are going back to war.

Trump:

I laugh at all of the Dumocrats, RINOS, and Fools who know nothing about the potential deal I am making with Iran.

The deal with Iran will either be a great and meaningful one, or there will be no deal.

It will be the exact opposite of the JCPOA disaster negotiated by the failed Obama Administration, which was a direct and open path to a Nuclear Weapon for Iran.

No, I don't do deals like that!

Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin:

The internet could be issued in portions for good behavior. One needs to learn how to use the internet.

You have to grow up to it, you have to earn it.

By gradually transitioning into the virtual world, we are losing ourselves.

Before-and-after images of the Al‑Shabura neighbourhood in central Rafah, Gaza show the area has been completely destroyed by Israel.

Pope Leo XIV issued a historic apology for the Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery, acknowledging that past popes authorized the enslavement of non-Christians and failed to condemn the slave trade for centuries.

Source: AP