Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis:

When Turkey's courts ban Erdogan's frontrunning Presidential opponent, the liberal mind rebels and rejects forthwith Erdogan's argument that the law is the law.

When France's courts do the same, the liberal mind rejoices & parrots the law is the law. Mind-boggling hypocrisy!

White House:

Trump's tariffs will end unfair trade practices. Rest of the world will feel what the US public has felt.

White House:

Steps have been taken to ensure Signal chat issue does not happen again.

EU says it is ready to cooperate with new Syrian government.

Source: AFP

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen:

The court handed down a political decision.

Le Pen:

The court sought to deliberately block me from running in 2027.

Le Pen:

Ruling should scandalize anyone who believes in democracy

I am innocent.

Qatargate: Netanyahu condemns the arrest of his two advisers, calling them ‘hostages’.

Trump:

Stop shooting at U.S. ships, and we will stop shooting at you. Otherwise, we have only just begun, and the real pain is yet to come, for both the Houthis and their sponsors in Iran.

Le Pen:

This ruling does not mean I will retire from politics.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has resigned from his position in protest against Ben-Gvir's request for an additional ministerial position.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and his wife hosted the children of victims of the Assad regime in the Syrian presidential palace.

Advisor to the Iranian Leader, Ali Larijani:

Any American mistake regarding our nuclear program could force us, under pressure from the people, to manufacture a nuclear weapon.

Houthis claim to have shot down yet another American MQ-9 Reaper UAV. This would be the 16th Reaper downed by the Houthis.

Trump:

I would love to run against Barack Obama for a third term.

Danish Defence Minister Poulsen:

It's completely unrealistic to think that we could stop cooperating with the United States and buying its military equipment.

NEW: Benjamin Netanyahu has withdrawn the nomination of ex-admiral Eli Sharvit as head of the Shin Bet, just 24 hours after announcing it.

The move follows backlash from members of his religious-right coalition, who opposed Sharvit’s reported appearance at a 2023 anti-judicial overhaul protest.

Denmark's foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is set to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio this week in Brussels—the first high-level US-Denmark talk since Trump’s re-election and renewed interest in Greenland.

According to two officials familiar with the plans, the meeting is tentatively scheduled and could still be cancelled due to the strained relations between the US and Denmark.

Source: FT

President Donald Trump said he plans to reach out to North Korea “at some point” and reiterated that he has a “very good relationship” with leader Kim Jong Un.

“There is communication — I think it’s very important,” Trump told reporters, without giving a timeline. “There is a big nuclear nation, and he’s a very smart guy.”

Source: Bloomberg

China held military exercises around Taiwan involving the most naval vessels in nearly a year.

The Chinese military launched drills on Tuesday “from multiple directions,” Senior Colonel Shi Yi said in a statement released by the People’s Liberation Army, adding that army, naval, air and rocket forces were involved.

The exercises, which involved army, naval, air, and rocket forces, come after the US vowed to deter Beijing's aggression in the region.

The Defense Ministry in Taipei said it detected 19 Chinese ships.