Ted Cruz on Lindsey Graham:

Lindsey was a full-on interventionist. He would joke he’s never seen a country he didn’t want to invade.

And look, I think Lindsey — I disagreed strongly with him. But so did the president.

Although they were dear friends, they disagreed strongly.

Ted Cruz on Iran:

Is Trump going to put hundreds of thousands of boots on the ground and try to turn Iran into Switzerland? No.

That’s not the job of the military. It is the job of the military to stop lunatics from murdering us.

A U.S.-contracted vessel was hit near the Strait of Hormuz during an Iranian attack involving four drones and at least one missile, Fox News reported, citing two sources.

The strike caused minor injuries, including smoke inhalation.

Some U.S. personnel were aboard.

Türkiye's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin visited Kabul and Kandahar, meeting Taliban leaders including Deputy PM Mullah Baradar, Defense Minister Mullah Yaqub, and Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani.

Discussions covered deepening Türkiye-Afghanistan security and intelligence cooperation, the US/Israel-Iran war, counterterrorism, human trafficking, and drug trade.

Around 70% of hospital electricity generators in the Gaza Strip have stopped working due to shortages of fuel, oil, and spare parts, the Health Ministry said.

Kosovo: Thousands took to the streets in Pristina after The Hague convicted four former KLA leaders of war crimes — Thaçi and Krasniqi got 25 years each, Veseli 18, Selimi 13 — for the murder of 96 people, torture of 303, and detention of 385+ during the 1998-99 Kosovo war.

Protesters marched to the EULEX (EU mission) building, throwing stones, bottles, paving slabs and fireworks, kicking doors and fencing, and trying to storm the compound.

Kosovo police clashed with the crowd but prevented entry.

Similar clashes broke out with Dutch police outside the court in The Hague.

Kosovo PM Kurti called the verdict an "unacceptable injustice."

All four defendants deny the charges and are seen as liberation heroes.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright:

Look, Trump is simply not going to allow Iran to get nuclear weapons.

Not only would that destabilize the region, but it would forever drive up energy prices.

You commented on how low gasoline prices were at the end of last summer. That’s what Trump energy policies do.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright:

In the conflict, yes, this has taken some energy resources out of the marketplace.

It is causing a short-term sacrifice for Americans right now.

But this is to end Iran’s ability to forever drive up energy prices.

Netanyahu:

We are facing a global attack on the State of Israel and on the Israel Defense Forces.

In this attack, they portray the State of Israel and Israel’s soldiers not only as perpetrators of war crimes — which is the greatest absurdity imaginable to say about the most moral army in the world — they also portray the State of Israel as persecuting minorities.

The State of Israel is like an island of progress, an island of tolerance, an island of security.

I say this regarding all communities.

Netanyahu:

The State of Israel is the only place where the Christian community is flourishing and growing — the only place in the Middle East.

Everywhere else, they are persecuted, they emigrate, or they are slaughtered.

Only here do they find their place, their home.

Netanyahu:

We are not only protecting Christians. Christians are defending us!

Q: Would you be brave enough to put a timeline on when energy prices come down?

Chris Wright: I certainly can't predict Iranian behavior.

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Poland’s Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak‑Kamysz singled out Türkiye as the model to follow on defence industry:

Türkiye's SSB cannot be compared to any other institution in the world, because it is a comprehensive institution.

They not only produce and buy for their own needs, but they also export and promote that export. This is a model that we want to implement in Poland as well.

Türkiye has made a gigantic leap over the last twenty years. It used to produce twenty percent of the equipment for its own needs, buying eighty percent abroad.

Today, it’s the exact opposite.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright:

18 million barrels of oil and oil products went through the Strait of Hormuz yesterday.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright:

Thank God we have President Trump with some common sense on energy.

Putin:

Victory is forged by our heroes on the battlefield. It is brought closer by everyone who honestly works for the homeland and understands their responsibility for its future.

And participation in the upcoming voting is also a responsibility and a contribution to strengthening the country.

Your choice and will will once again show that behind us and our fighters stand millions of people, that we are a united people, united by common values, historical memory, and love for the homeland.

No one will succeed in splitting and intimidating us, or in undermining our statehood and socio-political system.