Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Iran-US talks:

I am confident that the Americans and the Iranians are sincere. They want a ceasefire and they want to see the opening of the Strait of Hormuz.

But I am not sure about the intentions of Israel.

They don't have any intention of seeing stability in the region.

Marco Rubio:

Iran would be like North Korea, but worse, if they got nuclear weapons.

They would destroy the State of Israel, and you wouldn't be able to do anything about it because they have a nuclear weapon.

Hungary's PM Péter Magyar on EU:

We will not be sticks in the wheels. We know we are members of a club.

We know we will not agree on everything — but we will not veto just to veto.

Vetoing is a sovereign right — but it is only worth using when it is truly about a national interest and all negotiating methods have been exhausted.

I believe in negotiation. I worked nine years in Brussels as a diplomat and never once had to veto.

Hungary's PM Péter Magyar on Ukraine:

I can repeat here in Berlin: I am ready to meet President Zelensky early next week. If we truly succeed in agreeing on these fundamental human rights...

Using your mother tongue in a kindergarten, a school, in administration — that is not an extra thing. That is a basic human right.

A country that wants to begin EU accession negotiations must respect these rights.

I am very optimistic we can resolve this dispute that has dragged on for more than 10 years.

Hungary's PM Péter Magyar:

Hungary will not send soldiers or weapons to Ukraine.

Not under the new Hungarian government either.

Germany's Chancellor Merz:

Hezbollah must immediately stop attacking people in Israel and must lay down its weapons.

German government also urgently calls on Israel to respect the ceasefire agreed in April and to protect the civilian population in southern Lebanon.

This is necessary right now to enable a breakthrough in the negotiations between President Trump and the Iranian leadership.

Marco Rubio:

Israel has no territorial claims in Lebanon.

Marco Rubio:

I'm not aware of any program to arm civilians in Iran to overthrow their government.

I mean, there may be other countries doing it, or other groups doing it, but certainly not the U.S. government.

Marco Rubio:

Hezbollah is not just an enemy of Israel and an enemy of America; Hezbollah is an enemy of Lebanon and of the Lebanese people.

María Corina Machado says she will return to Venezuela "very soon."

Israel's UN Envoy Danny Danon on Hezbollah's drones:

These drones weigh less than 2 kg. You can get them online. Very easy. They can guide it through a window into a vehicle.

It flies low. It is very difficult to detect. And by the time you hear it above your head, it's too late.

We will not wait for these drones to detonate. We will not wait for more funerals.

Our best minds are already working on the technologies and tactics needed to defeat it. And we will find a solution.

I asked my colleague from France — if France were under attack from Spain, would it hesitate to take action?

Would you wait until the drones were buzzing over Paris?

Or would you do what every responsible government does and eliminate the threat?

World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald Lauder:

Since October 7, all Jewish organizations in the United States together have spent upwards of $600 million fighting this avalanche of antisemitism.

Has it helped? Has all this money stopped — or even slowed down — the hatred against us?

The answer is no.

World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald Lauder:

Antisemites already have access to all the facts. And they're not interested in the facts or truth.

It’s always the Jews.

You are wasting your breath to reason with them. You cannot educate an antisemite.

Trump:

Fake News Reports that the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the U.S.A., stopped speaking a few days ago are false and erroneous.

The conversations between us have been going on continuously, including four days ago, three days ago, two days ago, one day ago, and today.

Where they lead, one never knows, but as I told Iran, 'It's time, one way or another, for you to make a Deal.

You've been doing this for 47 years, and it cannot be allowed to go on any longer!

World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald Lauder:

Kissinger told Merkel that unchecked immigration will destroy Germany and then all of Europe. Chancellor Merkel did not listen.

I had a meeting with Helmut Kohl and he told me the future of Germany depends on the Turks and holding back the Turks.

I told this to Chancellor Merkel — and again she didn't listen. And we see the results today.

World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald Lauder on Europe:

If Europe continues on this path, it will be lost. And it saddens me.

I'm not afraid to tell heads of state that they're cowards. What do I lose?

They’re weak, scared.

Merz now has a 12% approval rating in Germany — it's never been lower than anyone I've ever heard — because he won't stand up.

The CIA has scaled back participation in some intelligence assessments produced by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), exposing a growing feud between the two agencies.

The dispute centers on a task force created by DNI Tulsi Gabbard in 2025. The CIA says the group bypassed intelligence-sharing and declassification protocols, while ODNI accuses the CIA of blocking access to key intelligence.

Source: Reuters

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame at inauguration of a Rwanda genocide memorial in Paris:

You acknowledged that France could have stopped the genocide, but did not.

In response, I described the words as something more valuable than an apology — namely, the truth.

NOTE: France backed Rwanda's Hutu-led government militarily and politically throughout the early 1990s, viewing the country through a Francophonie lens and suspecting the Tutsi-led RPF of Anglo-Saxon influence.

French officials received warnings of impending massacres but failed to act.

Macron acknowledged in 2021 that France "stood de facto by a genocidal regime" — stopping short of a formal apology.