INTERESTING: An Iranian state TV pundit close to security circles claims China secretly provided Iran satellite imagery used to target US forces — including a strike that killed three American soldiers — but recently cut it off after the cooperation was exposed.

He said Beijing told Tehran "do not come to us until you resolve your problem with the United States."

China denies providing military satellite support to Iran.

Angelina Jolie shared Google Earth before-and-after images of Gaza on Instagram, showing entire neighborhoods reduced to bare ground.

She cited UN data that 82% of Gaza's structures have been damaged, with two-thirds destroyed, and that 94% of the population needs shelter.

She didn't name Israel.

Somalia's President tells Al Jazeera his country will "never accept the presence of Israel in Somalia under any circumstances," saying that Israel plans a naval base in Somaliland's Berbera port near the Bab al-Mandeb strait.

He called Israel a "destabilising force" and linked its moves to a "Greater Israel" project.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud:

Relations between Somalia and Ethiopia are now in a good place. As for tomorrow, that is another matter.

Yes, Ethiopia is a landlocked country and wants access to the sea for economic purposes. We have not said no to that.

We have no objection to Ethiopia reaching the sea through Somalia, through one, two or three Somali ports that it can use for imports, exports and all its commercial needs.

We can reach an economic agreement on fees, tariffs and similar matters. We can discuss them and agree on them.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud:

The problem in Yemen is, in fact, the Houthis. They are the ones acting aggressively, they are the ones operating outside international law and the international framework, and they are the ones destabilizing the region.

A U.S. Marine was arrested in Okinawa on suspicion of murdering and robbing a 39-year-old Japanese woman whose body was found in a hotel in Naha.

Japanese media identified the suspect as 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called the killing an “extremely brutal and heinous incident” and said Japan lodged a strong protest with the U.S.

Kremlin Spokesman Peskov:

Russia will fight for every last piece of Donetsk.

Even one hundredth of a percent.

This is the Russian Federation. There is nothing to discuss.

Israel's Gadi Eisenkot:

When I was chief of staff, together with the head of Mossad, we prepared an excellent plan in Lebanon.

We wanted to kill thousands of Hezbollah operatives with an ingenious idea that Mossad came up with, and we developed it together.

It was much more than the pagers — it included their walkie-talkies and a very broad plan.

Honeytrap in India: An Indian Navy sailor was arrested at a training base in Coimbatore on suspicion of leaking classified Eastern Naval Command data to a Pakistani intelligence operative.

Investigators say a woman contacted him on social media months earlier, built an online relationship, and extracted information on fleet movements and strategic naval assets at Visakhapatnam.

It's the second alleged Pakistani honeytrap case involving an Indian sailor this year.

Source: Times of India

Israel's Gadi Eisenkot:

Three years have passed and Hamas is still standing with 30,000.

I promise you that a government headed by me will either destroy or dismantle Hamas — and it will not take very long.

Netanyahu’s words are just words.

Israel's Gadi Eisenkot:

A complete withdrawal from the entire Gaza Strip will take years — and only on condition that all of our requirements are fulfilled.

Israel's Gadi Eisenkot:

Anyone who wants a binational state, to take over the entire West Bank and annex 2-point-something million Palestinians to us — that is a very bad idea.

Israel's Gadi Eisenkot on Iran:

The Iranians are much stronger than we imagine. Anyone who thought that air power could bring about regime change there was wrong.

Israel's Gadi Eisenkot on Iran:

Ali Khamenei was not merely a political leader — he was the supreme commander. It was very justified.

If Hitler had been killed, humanity would have been spared a great deal of suffering.

Therefore, eliminating and decapitating a leadership — including civilian leaders who are supreme commanders — is a legitimate and correct move.

Russia's Medvedev on Iran:

Relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation are at an unprecedentedly high level.

The cornerstone of our cooperation was the strategic partnership treaty signed in 2025. It laid the foundations for cooperation for the coming decades.

This is the first time in the centuries-long history of relations between Russia and Iran.

Russia's Medvedev:

We do not seek to pressure anyone. We do not think about entering into conflict with anyone.

We are perfectly satisfied with good relations with our neighbors, including Iran.

We are not trying to dominate. We are equal partners with our friends and our neighbors.

Russia's Medvedev:

How can a state that is now turning 250 years old lecture Iran, whose history stretches back 4,000 years? It looks unserious.

Russia's Medvedev:

We do not threaten anyone — either in Europe or in the West. We have no special interests there other than normal relations with European states, as the Russian leadership has repeatedly said.

We need nothing from them except full, normal dialogue and peaceful cooperation. If they want that, we will engage in it.

If they regard us as a threat, well, for God’s sake. This only proves that the "Russian threat" has been put forward as a pretext to manipulate public opinion, win votes in parliament, win elections and squeeze money into their military budgets. God will judge them.

Russia's Medvedev:

My colleagues and I tried to build full, normal relations with European countries, and during that period we had active economic ties.

But they destroyed everything. They are to blame. They imposed sanctions. They abandoned cooperation. Let them reap the fruits of that.

Now they have expensive gas and gasoline. They lack a whole range of essential products. They have high inflation, and they essentially created these problems for themselves. Well, let them enjoy it.

Russia's Medvedev on Armenia:

Our relations with Armenia are being put to the test.

The worst thing that could happen to Armenia is its transformation into a new Ukraine.