Our prudence must not be mistaken for weakness. After all, you know this better than anyone, living every day so close to a country with which geography itself has willed us to coexist.

We threaten no one, but neither do we accept threats or instructions from anyone. We are ready to defend our national integrity and our sovereign rights.

Dialogue, however, I will say it again, is a choice of self-confidence and faith in international law.

We are establishing a special settlement and residence incentive of €5,000 per year, per household.

This amount is tax-free and cannot be seized, while it increases for each minor child.

There is only one condition: completion of at least one full year of residence in Kastellorizo.

The message sent by Kastellorizo has its own special significance, because its territory is also European territory.

It therefore constitutes an emblematic place from which to express our intention for a future of peace, with the doors closed to all revisionist aspirations, but with the road open to mutual respect and international legality.

Our President is planning a visit to Syria in the near future.

He has wanted this visit for a very long time.

We are trying to arrange the necessary conditions.

After the recent events in the Strait of Hormuz, we believe that Syria will play a vital role in this regard.

There is a Syria that connects to the Gulf through Jordan and Saudi Arabia, to Iraq and the East, and to Europe through Türkiye.

We want this connection to be built not only on the map but also practically through railways, highways, and pipelines.

We wish to bring these projects to life.

The basis for reaching a permanent solution with Israel in the south is also clear.

A security arrangement based on the 1974 Disengagement of Forces Agreement provides the only realistic framework in this regard.

We expect a more decisive and results-oriented stance from the international community on this issue.

British police were informed about the investigation but were apparently not told in advance about the diplomat’s removal.

The U.S. embassy said the diplomat had been reassigned to the United States as part of an ongoing investigation and that it was cooperating with British authorities.

The pipeline, shut after drone attacks, normally carries about 4 million barrels a day to the Red Sea, allowing Saudi Arabia to bypass disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.

Stocks at the Yanbu export hub may last only five to seven days. One source said repairs could take five to six weeks, while another said the pipeline could resume partial operations sooner.

Source: Reuters

Israel has two policies in the region.

The first is to occupy Palestinian territories, exclude Palestinians, and prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.

The second is to prevent Arab Muslim countries, especially its first-degree neighbor Syria, as well as Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt, from ever becoming strong, economically prosperous, stable, and developed.

This is Israel’s policy, because it sees the development and prosperity of these countries as a threat to itself.

Israel is in such a conditioned state that we also saw this in the Gaza genocide.

It cannot even imagine another policy other than bloodshed.

An entire region is approached through the language of threat and hostility.

As long as everyone in the region stays within their own borders, does not covet anyone else’s land, and does not work to destabilize others, there is enough economic prosperity, happiness, and peace for everyone.

That is what we need to pursue.

At a private fundraiser, Obama told House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries to develop a clear AI policy framework if Democrats retake the House, and said 2028 presidential candidates should make AI a central part of their agendas.

Obama said AI could bring major benefits in medicine and clean energy, but warned about safety risks, harm to children and widespread job displacement.

He described himself as neither an AI “accelerationist” nor a “doomer.”

Source: NYT

Zelensky has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia.

He is causing a shortage of diesel.

This isn’t done by the Middle East. This is done by what’s happening between Russia and Ukraine.

It just seems to me that you have Northern Ireland and you have Ireland. It would seem to me that one of the naturals of all time is: put them together.

That’s only my opinion, and by the way, many people agree.

China has been, I think, very fair with us over the last number of years that I’ve been there.

We have a great relationship.