Reza Pahlavi:

Unlike the weak and hollow regime, which constantly stages propaganda shows, we have no need for false propaganda.

Reza Pahlavi:

The magnificent Toronto demonstration, amid the storm and bitter cold of Canada, was one of the enduring scenes in Iran’s history.

NEW: The head of Poland's diplomatic security office fell from a third-floor window of the consular building next to the Polish embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia, several days ago and is in critical condition.

He was officially on private leave but reportedly handled a diplomatic pouch he wasn't authorized to process.

Circumstances remain officially unexplained.

Source: rtvslo

Japan's air force chief flew an Indian-made Tejas fighter during Exercise Veer Guardian-2026, the first time Japanese fighters have operated from Indian soil.

IAF chief Singh led the formation in a solo Tejas.

Trump on Iran:

I am in a “deciding mode,” and very big things are going to be happening in the not-so-distant future.

The choices are: wiping Iran out, letting them rot economically, or making a deal.

They better behave!

Source: Fox News

NEW: Trump says he would “probably be” open to meeting with Iranian President Pezeshkian at the UNGA.

Pezeshkian will be in New York next week.

Source: Fox News

Trump described this weekend as “no different from any other weekend” despite the recent alerts.

Source: Fox News

Correction to the earlier Pelican report.

RBC-Ukraine sources say the Pelican used in the Moscow attack is actually a fixed-wing drone, not the FP-7 ballistic missile as many outlets assumed.

Zelensky listed Pelican among weapons used but didn't specify the type.

Other details about the drone remain classified.

Trump on Yemen:

The U.S. is in constant communication with the Houthis, and they’ve agreed not to fight the U.S.

Source: Fox News

Trump on Iran:

Some of the Iranian officials are hiding like rats.

Trump on Iran:

My question is, if and when do I blow the entire nation up? They better behave!

Trump's search for a new name for AI continues, with two finalists remaining.

Luxembourg deployed additional drone-detection assets, including support from foreign partners, after Luxembourg Airport briefly suspended operations on Friday following sightings of “unidentified and unauthorized drones.”

Source: Reuters

📸 Treasury Secretary Bessent meets with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng ahead of the Trump-Xi summit.

Russia fought five wars to control the Bosphorus, the only exit from the Black Sea to the world.

They never got it.

In Berlin’s state election for the House of Representatives, Die Linke is on course to finish first with 24.5%, ahead of the CDU on 20%, according to an ARD exit poll.

Die Linke’s lead candidate is lawyer Elif Eralp, who has focused heavily on housing and rent controls during the campaign.

Berlin has been governed by a CDU-SPD coalition since 2023, but the result could end the CDU’s control of the mayor’s office.

The AfD won the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election with 37%, narrowly ahead of the SPD on 35.5%, according to an ARD exit poll.

However, incumbent state premier Manuela Schwesig’s SPD is expected to have enough support to build a coalition and keep the AfD out of government. Schwesig was the SPD’s lead candidate in the election.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU collapsed to just 5.5% — its worst result in any German regional or national election since World War II.

Germany's Chancellor Merz:

We cannot talk up the result in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; it is a disaster.

The CDU has fought, but it is at the end been crushed by the polarization between the SPD and the AfD.

Germany's Chancellor Merz:

We are experiencing a state that has become too complicated. Our economy is right in the middle of a deep upheaval.

And the tone in interacting with each other, in our society, has become harsher and less reconcilable.

Finally, trust in the institutions of our country is sinking and is being actively undermined by radical parties left and right.

In Germany and across Europe, we must fundamentally rethink freedom, everyday security, peace, and our own strengths and weaknesses.

We must do so in the face of very concrete threats.

BIG: Seven Ethiopian armed groups — including former enemies TPLF, Amhara Fano, and OLA — formally announced an alliance to overthrow PM Abiy Ahmed and form a transitional government.

The coalition, called "Ethiopian Peoples' Forces Coalition for Survival," spans six regions (Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, Ogaden, Afar, Benishangul-Gumuz).

Notably, Amhara Fano fought alongside federal forces against the TPLF just four years ago during the Tigray war.

The TPLF called the alliance "irreversible" with a signed document.

New satellite imagery shows China built mock targets of US F-35s, F-16s, Patriot air defenses, and Japan's E-767 AWACS aircraft at a freshly paved desert range near Lop Nur.

The E-767 is notable.

Only Japan operates it (four planes total), making this an explicit Taiwan/Japan-scenario rehearsal target.

China has been building increasingly sophisticated US/Japanese military mockups in Xinjiang deserts since 2021 for live-fire practice and missile calibration.

But the addition of Patriot battery mockups and Japanese-specific assets shows expanding target sets.

Source: Brady Africk