Putin:

There have been cases when the Nobel Committee awarded the prize to people who did nothing for peace.

The prestige of the prize has largely been lost.

Putin:

We will soon announce new weapons.

Putin:

Zelensky’s threats to strike the Kremlin with Tomahawks are not only part of blackmail but also posturing.

NEW: Venezuelan President Maduro secretly offered the Trump administration sweeping access to his country’s oil and mineral wealth in a bid to ease tensions and avoid possible US military action.

Over several months, Maduro’s envoys proposed giving American companies dominant stakes in Venezuela’s oil, gas, and gold projects, reversing crude exports from China to the US, and cutting energy ties with Russia, China, and Iran.

The Trump administration ultimately rejected the offer and severed diplomatic contact last week, ending months of back-channel negotiations.

Opposition leader María Corina Machado, recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, presented US officials with a rival plan promising greater economic potential under a democratic transition.

Source: NYT

For the first time since the war in Gaza began, Türkiye will be allowed to deliver humanitarian aid directly into Gaza under the new ceasefire deal.

Nigeria: Boko Haram and ISWAP reconcile with the Bakoura Doro faction, forming a new alliance in the northeast.

Trump:

I was to meet President Xi in two weeks, at APEC, in South Korea, but now there seems to be no reason to do so.

Pete Hegseth:

I'm proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho.

Melania Trump:

My representative has been working directly with Putin's team to ensure the safe reunification of children with their families between Russia and Ukraine.

In fact, eight children have been rejoined with their families during the past 24 hours.

Trump thanks Putin after he wasn't awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Earlier today, Putin had said "the prestige of the prize has largely been lost."

Egypt's Sisi invites German Chancellor Merz to Egypt for Gaza deal signing.

Belarusian President Lukashenko:

Trump deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. It is complete stupidity.

In the past, the corresponding US president, who did nothing at all, became president and received this prize.

Trump has done a lot for peace. The Prize should have been given to him.

Denmark says it is to purchase 16 new F-35 fighter jets.

Denmark has so far received 21 of its 27 ordered F-35A jets.

NEW: Trump will host a leaders’ summit on Gaza in Egypt next week during his visit.

Leaders or ministers from major European and Arab countries are expected to attend, though Israel’s Netanyahu is not.

Source: Axios

Hidden high above Moscow, Syria’s former dictator Bashar al-Assad spends his exile in front of a screen.

Assad now lives quietly in a luxury tower in Moscow City — protected by Russia’s security services, surrounded by marble bathrooms and bodyguards, and reportedly addicted to online video games.

After his regime collapsed in December 2024, he fled to Moscow with his family. Under Vladimir Putin’s protection, he has vanished from public life.

Sources close to his former circle say he rarely leaves his apartments and spends long hours gaming online — his only escape from the isolation of exile.

Source: DIE ZEIT