🇪🇺🇺🇸 EU Commission Deputy Chief Olof Gill hinted that Brussels would take countermeasures should Washington increase tariff rates on car imports.


📝 Kathimerini
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🇮🇱 Israeli lawmakers approved a 2026 national budget that includes about $730 million for public diplomacy, also known as “Hasbara” in an effort to rally support for Tel Aviv and spread propaganda in social media.

However, experts doubt that the rise in PR spending will do anything meaningful to reverse the country’s declining image. A recent Pew Research Centre poll showed that 60% of Americans hold nowadays negative views on Israel, compared to only 37% that still support it.


📝 Times of Israel
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🇺🇸🇩🇪 The United States is going to withdraw 5,000 soldiers from Germany over its recent stance on the war in Iran, according to a Pentagon statement.

The withdrawal is expected to be completed over the next six to 12 months. Germany is home to over 50,000 US troops, more than anywhere else in Europe.


📝 Deutsche Welle, Reuters
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🇾🇪🇸🇴‼️ Yemen’s Coast Guard announced that ⁠armed men hijacked the oil tanker M/T EUREKA off the coast of the Shabwah Governorate, taking a turn toward Somali waters.

UKMTO reported suspicious activity some hours ago.


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🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱 Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, said that Tehran has submitted a comprehensive proposal to Pakistan in order to bring about a permanent end to the war with United States and Israel, insisting that it is now up to Washington to decide whether it wants a deal or confrontation.

Gharibabadi said that Iran is fully and resolutely prepared to repel any renewed act of aggression against the country, although it also believes in interest-based diplomacy to resolve existing issues.


📝 Press TV
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🇦🇪🇮🇷 Alerts in the UAE about a potential Iranian attack.


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🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷 Israel has opened bomb shelters to the public.


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