Marco Rubio on Iran:

No country should be helping Iran evade sanctions. No country should be out there helping them create mechanisms by which they can generate revenue that they will then use to sponsor terrorism and try to build a nuclear weapon.

And if countries decide to do that, then we're going to have to sanction them, too.

Marco Rubio on Ukraine:

The whole world is asking for more air interceptors. It's become the number one defense need on the planet, not just for Ukraine, but on the planet.

Countries in the Middle East want it. I know Iran wishes they had interceptors, which they don't.

I remind people the United States has needs, like we have our own defense needs. We have our own defense requirements.

And before we can help others, we have to make sure that our stockpiles are always sufficient.

Marco Rubio on Ukraine:

Giving Patriot licenses to Ukraine is being negotiated as we speak, but that is not an immediate solution.

Ramping up production, even if you have a license, is something that takes multiple years to build these factories. I mean, these are highly sophisticated weaponry.

So that's being negotiated now. That may come to fruition, but it really won't solve the short-term challenge that they're pointing to.

The UKMTO reported two casualties in a tanker security incident in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.

Saudi Arabia later confirmed that two Filipino sailors were killed aboard its oil tanker SIDR in the same incident.

Marco Rubio on Cuba:

Cuba is a failed state right now. And it's not because of us.

People say it's because of us. It's not.

Marco Rubio on Cuba:

Maduro was literally stealing the oil of the people of Venezuela and giving it for free to Cuba.

Cuba would take that oil and they weren’t using it to benefit the Cuban people.

They were selling the majority of that oil for cash and that cash was going into their pockets. That’s no longer happening.

NEW: A senior Israeli official says Israel’s attempt to reach a security agreement with Syria has failed, partly over disagreements about Israel withdrawing from the buffer zone.

Communication with Damascus remains open.

Source: Walla

Marco Rubio on Iran:

They keep shooting at things and they keep shooting at ships.

So we will continue to target those things that pose an imminent threat to our forces and to global shipping in the straits.

The straits will remain open and they will not be under Iranian control.

U.S. officials say Chinese state-owned shipping firm COSCO uses concealed equipment on its ships to intercept military communications and track vessels and aircraft near coastlines.

They say the intelligence helps Beijing with military reconnaissance, early warning and territorial disputes.

China rejected the allegations as “totally baseless.”

Source: Reuters

Marco Rubio on Iran:

Their economy is a disaster. It was a disaster before all of this, right?

Every penny they get, they don’t spend it on the Iranian people. They don’t spend that money on their country.

They use that money to fund Hezbollah and Hamas and terrorist organizations and militias in Iraq to threaten us and threaten the world.

If they spent a fraction, just half the money that they’re spending on these militias, or they spent it on their own people, the Iranian people would be better off.

Argentina’s President Javier Milei renewed his country’s claim to the Falkland Islands, calling them “sacred” and vowing to defend Argentina’s interests “with tooth and nail, no matter who it bothers.”

The UK responded that its sovereignty over the Falklands is “unwavering” and that the islanders’ right to remain British must be respected.

Milei is expected to make a major national announcement on the Falklands on Thursday.

NEW: Dutch central bank moved 86 tonnes of gold from North America to London, citing “crisis preparedness” amid global political instability.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Gaza:

If you look at the picture, particularly of the Hamas leaders, you don't see people who are starving.

You see people who need a good dose of Ozempic.

BIG: Germany approved €799 million in arms-export licenses to Israel in the first half of 2026, roughly four times the entire 2025 total.

Die Linke criticized the approvals as “limitless double standards.”

A Croatian court gave a 43-year-old Bosnian man a suspended 15-day prison sentence for social-media posts glorifying convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić.

The man posted photos, songs and messages thanking Mladić for “freedom” and saying “he will never be forgotten.”