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.

NEW: A senior Pentagon official says the U.S. has spent about $25 billion on the war with Iran so far.

Rep. Smith: A year ago, you said that Ukraine had no cards to play. Clearly, that was wrong. What did you miss?

Hegseth: We didn’t miss. Joe Biden, with no accountability, gave hundreds of billions of dollars of our weapons to Ukraine.

Iran’s Ghalibaf:

The enemy has now entered a new phase and aims to activate maritime blockade, media warfare, economic pressure, and internal division to weaken or even collapse the country from within.

Pete Hegseth on Iran:

Calling this war a quagmire is a disgrace; we are only two months in.

Pete Hegseth on Iran:

Iran has been at war with us for 47 years. Do you want to talk about a forever war?

Moulton: Do you think we are winning the Iran war?

Hegseth: Absolutely.

Moulton: Do you call Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz winning?

Hegseth: The blockade we hold...

Moulton: So they blockaded us and we blockaded their blockade?

Pete Hegseth:

We are ensuring that Iran is not buying Chinese missiles.