Germany now produces more ammunition than the U.S.

Rheinmetall boosted artillery output from 70K → 1.1M rounds/year.

Production more than quadrupled.

A new survey finds many Americans feel stressed by political news—especially Democrats—but still can’t look away.

About 6 in 10 adults say they try to avoid news about Trump, yet most continue consuming it anyway.

Source: AP

An Iranian security source warned that Tehran may take “unprecedented military action” if the United States continues detaining vessels linked to Iran.

Source: Press TV

Germany's Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil slams Trump:

Trump’s irresponsible Iran war… has cut our growth in half.

This is not our war—but we feel its impact massively.

People feel it at the gas pump… companies face high energy prices.

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias:

We will safeguard the Aegean—much better than we did up to today—but we’re going to do it in a much more sophisticated way.

We’re going to do it with missiles. We’re going to do it with unmanned vessels. We are going to do it also with smaller vessels on the surface, and we’re going to do it with unmanned vessels under the surface.

UAE is reviewing its role in global organisations after quitting OPEC, but says there are no plans for further exits.

Officials stress this is a broader strategic reassessment—not a withdrawal wave—amid tensions with Saudi Arabia and post-Iran war shifts.

Source: Reuters

Belgium's Defence Minister Theo Francken:

NATO sometimes can be a paper tiger.

It’s not just bureaucrats, that’s not true.

We were the ultimate free riders. It was a disgrace.

Belgium's Defence Minister Theo Francken:

You cannot neglect your armed forces for 30 years, and fix it in 30 months.

It takes time.

Belgium's Defence Minister Theo Francken:

Defense is sexy in Belgium.

Netanyahu may travel to the U.S. next week, his lawyer says.

After Khamenei’s death, Iran moved to a collective wartime leadership centered on the IRGC and Supreme National Security Council.

Mojtaba Khamenei is nominally supreme leader but largely symbolic, endorsing decisions rather than making them, while hardline military figures now drive policy on war, security, and foreign affairs.

Source: Reuters

The first Trump-class battleship is expected to cost over $17 billion, with three ships totaling more than $43 billion, according to early estimates.

Source: Axios

Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on EU:

There is no political will in the EU to accept Türkiye as a member, even if conditions are met.

Sarkoyz killed this in 2007.

Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on EU:

With individual European countries, our relations are very good.

But with the EU as a whole, it’s different.

Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on EU:

There is incredible cooperation potential, we just need to act.

Trump and oil companies discussed steps to continue Iran blockade for months if needed.

Source: Reuters

German AfD Leader Alice Weidel:

The Americans don’t see anyone at the EU level they can seriously negotiate with.

EU officials are perceived as weak and not truly representative of the individual nations.

Pete Hegseth:

We are rebuilding a military that the American people can be proud of.

A post by pro-Israel social media commentator Eyal Yakoby claimed a 12-year-old Lebanese girl exposed a Hezbollah weapons cache in her school and asked Israel to strike it.

What actually happened?

The girl is 13, and she sent a private Instagram message to Israeli spokesperson Avichay Adraee.

The message, written with emojis, was a prank, reportedly to skip school or avoid exams.

The school called it a “bad joke” and launched an investigation; the incident caused real panic locally.

A Community Note on X corrected Yakoby’s post, linking to multiple reports confirming the story was false.

Pete Hegseth on Iran:

The biggest challenge, the biggest adversary we face at this point are the reckless, feckless, and defeatist words of Congressional Democrats and some Republicans.

Two months in—I remind you, two months into a conflict. Lest I remind you, my generation understands how long we were in Iraq, how long we were in Afghanistan, how long we were in Vietnam.

Two months into an existential fight for the safety of the American people: Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb. We are proud of this undertaking.

WATCH: One Russian Mi-28 and one Mi-17 helicopter were destroyed in Russia’s Voronezh region, about 150 km from the front line, by Ukrainian drones.