Qatar's FM Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani:

Iran is a neighboring country. There must be understandings between us and it.

What happened is unacceptable — both against us and against the rest of our brothers in the Gulf states.

But in the end, we are all part of one region, and the solution must be a diplomatic one.

We want to see a prosperous region.

We want to see a prosperous Gulf and a prosperous Iran that cooperates constructively with the Gulf states, with a high level of trust and cooperation — instead of what these wars have left behind.

Source: Al Jazeera

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Audrey Pulvar, Paris's deputy mayor for international relations, blamed the US for helping fuel France's deadly heatwave while pushing back against Americans mocking the country's lack of air conditioning.

She wrote: "As the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, you bear a significant amount of responsibility for global warming and the consequences we, in France, are experiencing."

She added: "So please, enough with the lecture. Just start doing your part."

U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Trump's appeal, leaving in place the $5 million judgment against him for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll.

Israeli Army-issued Samsung XCover Pro was found abandoned in southern Syria after Israeli withdrawals.

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Israeli forces shot and killed 15-year-old Amir Ahmad Jaber during a raid in Al-Bireh, in the occupied West Bank.

Flávio Bolsonaro, a Brazilian presidential candidate and son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, said that if elected, he would restore Brazil's ambassador to Israel and move Brazil's embassy to Jerusalem.

Türkiye condemned Israeli strikes on Syria’s Quneitra and Daraa provinces, saying they violate Syria’s sovereignty, international law, and the 1974 Disengagement Agreement.

CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.

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The decision keeps current voting rules in place in over half the states ahead of the 2026 midterms.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene to Russia's Tass:

I fully believe that Russia and America should have a strong relationship.

We should be great trading partners.

I think the Russian people and the American people have much more in common than we ever have apart.

We’re more alike than many, many countries. American Christians, Russian Christians—we have so much in common.

I think it’s very unfortunate that it has been this way for so many years.

Israel's Defence Minister Katz:

Trump linked Iran and Lebanon because he wanted to reach a deal with Tehran. That prevented us from delivering a massive blow to Hezbollah across Lebanon.

I informed the commander of U.S. Central Command: We will not withdraw from the security zones in Gaza, Syria, or Lebanon.

The fighting with Iran will resume either because President Trump decides the negotiations have been exhausted, or because Iran fires at Israel.

If Iran attacks, it will be Iran’s third war.

WATCH: Armenia's PM Nikol Pashinyan says he won't respond to Israel's recent decision on the 1915 events, citing the "weaponization of the Armenian Genocide:"

We believe that not entering into the issue of the weaponization of the Armenian Genocide is in the interests of the Republic of Armenia.

Therefore, we do not see any need for a response.

Israel's United Nations Ambassador, Danny Danon:

Orbán was a true friend of Israel.

Every time someone proposed an anti-Israel resolution, Orbán would say, 'We're not even discussing this. I oppose holding this discussion at all."

I assume it won't be the same under Hungary's new government, but we still have friends like the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, and others.

Israel's United Nations Ambassador, Danny Danon:

Everyone talks about Israel's diplomatic isolation, but there are positive developments too.

I can tell you that our ties with the Gulf states are very strong. Look at what's happening in South America—a wave of countries is becoming friends of the United States and Israel.

These are amazing developments. Countries that in the past took positions against Israel are changing.

The newly elected president of Colombia is a true friend of Israel.

Zelensky:

Since the start of the full-scale war, the Russian army has already set 15 different deadlines for capturing our Donetsk region.

Russia's political leadership remains obsessed with the Donbas. Fifteen times they have indulged this illusion that they would fully seize the Donbas.

In 2022, the deadlines were March 31, then May 9, then June 1, September 15, and December 31.

In 2023, Putin set two more deadlines for capturing the Donbas: March 1, and then, after failing once again, December 31.

In 2024, there were two more such deadlines.

In 2025, when the Russians were trying to convince President Trump that Ukraine would supposedly collapse, they set three final deadlines for capturing the Donetsk region: September 1, December 1, and December 25.

And this year, the Russians have once again postponed the date for capturing the Donetsk region. First, they set March 31 of this year, then September 1, and now the latest deadline is December 31.

If Russia does not end this war, they will once again have to postpone this latest deadline.