The European Union on Thursday paid out the first three billion euros from a mammoth new loan to Ukraine, the bloc’s chief Ursula von der Leyen said.
Marco Rubio assured the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states on Thursday that any potential agreement between Washington and Tehran would not undermine Gulf security or the interests of US allies in the region. He emphasized that the Trump administration is open to peace, but not “at any price.”
President Emmanuel Macron will host Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday in the French seaside resort of Antibes in a bid to smooth often testy ties.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Thursday warned against any crossings of the Strait of Hormuz without authorization, saying vessels not complying “will be dealt with.”
US President Donald Trump said his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be “very happy” when asked Wednesday about giving Turkey access to F-35 fighter jets.
Tehran accused NATO on Thursday of “complicity” in the US-Israeli war against Iran, while US President Donald Trump criticized NATO allies for not supporting the war.
This week the United States acknowledged it used Elon Musk’s AI, Grok, inside a military targeting system that helped U.S. forces deploy more than 2,000 munitions against targets in Iran. A commercial AI model is now embedded in the machinery that helps commanders decide where bombs fall.
Germany on Wednesday pulled the plug on its largest naval order in decades after the anti-submarine warship project suffered delays, a setback for the country’s ambitions to overhaul its military.
US President Donald Trump emphasized that Iran has informed the United States that “there are no tolls, no insurance costs, and no other charges of any kind” that Tehran is demanding or receiving from ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
Nuclear weapons are the “only” bulwark preventing the world from slipping into a global war, the Kremlin said Wednesday amid fears of a fresh multi-country arms race.
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