Israeli Minister Smotrich:

Water, electricity, and food must be cut off from Gaza.

Those who don’t die by bullets will die of hunger or surrender.

Poland plans to spend $54.75B on defense in 2026, equal to 4.8–5% of GDP, making it NATO’s top spender by GDP share.

This is one-quarter of Poland’s state budget, nearly double pre-2022 levels.

Ukraine’s military intelligence hit Russian S-400 air defence system's 91N6E radar in occupied Crimea.

The 91N6E radar is the main surveillance radar of the S-400 air defense system.

It can detect targets up to 600 km, track 300 targets at once.

Japan’s Defense Ministry is seeking a record $60B budget for FY2025, prioritizing drones and long-range missiles to counter China and North Korea.

JD Vance on Gavin Newsom:

He's trying to be a fake copy of Trump and it just doesn't work. You can't mimic the king.

India plans to boost Russian oil imports in September by 10–20% despite new US tariffs aimed at curbing the trade.

Source: Reuters

Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan:

We hope that Greek politics will one day reach the level of maturity that Türkiye has achieved. My advice to them is to stop engaging in hostility against Türkiye.

BREAKING: Germany has urged its citizens to leave Iran and avoid travel there, warning of possible retaliation over its role in triggering UN sanctions on Tehran’s nuclear program.

Source: Reuters

Somalia: PM Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met Djibouti’s FM Abdiqadir Hussein Omar in Mogadishu, his first official visit.

Both sides pledged to deepen ties and strengthen security cooperation against Al-Shabaab and ISIS-linked groups.

BREAKING: The Israeli army declares that Gaza City is now a “dangerous combat zone.”

Thailand's Constitutional Court has dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office for an ethics violation.

Iran has executed at least 841 people so far this year, UN says.

The Indian rupee hit a record low of 87.97/$ after the US doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50%.

Trump signed an executive order making classical architecture the default style for new federal buildings, explicitly discouraging brutalist and modernist designs.

Israel is bombing eastern Gaza City.

Libya: GNU PM Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh is reportedly deploying forces in Tripoli to challenge RADA, which controls Mitiga airport and other key sites.

Russian Foreign Ministry:

Security guarantees for Kyiv should not be a condition for negotiations, but a result.

IDF:

We have begun preliminary operations and the initial stages of the attack on Gaza City.

Kremlin:

Putin does not rule out the possibility of a meeting with Zelensky. But it cannot yet be said that work at the expert level is in full swing.

Nigel Farage:

I am the antidote to the far right.

NEW: India and Japan will facilitate human resources exchange of 500,000 people in next 5 years.