🇮🇳🇺🇸| 'Finalizing agreements, you will hear from the President & his trade team very soon on India ', says White House spox on India, US trade deal

Adds, 'India remains a very strategic ally in the Asia Pacific & the President has a very good relationship with PM Modi..'

🇨🇵| France's Macron calls tariffs imposed by powerful countries a form of 'blackmail'

▪️French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that tariffs levied by powerful countries were often a form of "blackmail" rather than instruments to rebalance trade.

🇬🇧🇵🇱| BBC News accuses Telegram channels of fermenting right-wing, anti-Ukrainian attitudes in Poland.

🇺🇸🇮🇱| The US Govt. has approved a $510 million arms sale to Israel, which includes 3,845 JDAM kits for 'BLU-109' bunker buster bombs and 3,280 JDAM kits for 'MK-82' bombs.

🇰🇿| Kazakhstan bans face coverings in public places

▪️Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a law on Monday prohibiting individuals from wearing clothing in public places that covers their faces, joining a trend in several Central Asian countries to restrict forms of Islamic dress.

🇺🇸🇮🇱| President Trump: 'Israel is the greatest nation, possibly, of all time, with notable exception of maybe the United States, depending on how you look at it'

🇪🇺| NATO tests unmanned boats with sea-launchable copters

▪️As part of the Task Force X test mission, NATO is trialing unmanned surface vessels (USVs) equipped with rotorcraft that can be dropped into the sea and then take off directly from the water. This novel system expands maritime drone versatility, enabling covert launch, distributed ISR, and potential strike roles from naval platforms without exposing manned assets.

🇮🇷| Iranian MP slams Russia over undelivered S-400s and Su-35 jets

▪️Senior Iranian lawmaker Ali Motahari has criticized Moscow for refusing to sell the S-400 air defense system to Iran, despite previously delivering it to Turkey and Saudi Arabia. He also pointed out that Iran’s longstanding order of two dozen Su-35 fighter jets—originally prepared for Egypt—has yet to be fulfilled, with the aircraft instead being temporarily redirected to Algeria as part of a Russian goodwill gesture while Algiers awaits its Su-57s

🇨🇳| Leaked photos reveal China’s massive new “Bohai Sea Monster” ekranoplan

▪️Leaked images have surfaced of China’s new 4-engine ekranoplan, nicknamed the “Bohai Sea Monster” in reference to the Cold War-era Soviet Caspian Sea Monster. Unlike its Soviet predecessors, this bold Chinese design may be intended for high-speed troop transport across the Taiwan Strait, reportedly capable of speeds up to 300 knots. Analysts suggest it could carry hundreds of troops for rapid amphibious landings, resupply, or reinforcement missions. This marks the most ambitious ekranoplan project seen globally in decades.