Former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg recalls a tense meeting with Russia’s Sergey Lavrov, who mocked him saying:

“Why am I even sitting here? … You have no opinions of your own, Stoltenberg. You say only what your bosses permit you to say.”

Former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg recalls his panic during 2018 NATO Summit crisis:

“This might be the meeting at which NATO is ruined… and it’s happening on my watch.”

Trump warned allies: “Pay more now, or I’ll leave— you need NATO more than I do.”

Stoltenberg said if Trump had walked out, “NATO would have ceased to exist.”

Sudan Doctors Network:

Rapid Support Forces (RSF) kidnap six medical personnel in El Fasher, demand ransom for their release.

Trump and the Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi walk around in a room.

Ivory Coast: President Alassane Ouattara was re-elected as head of state with 89.77% in a disputed election marked by low turnout and opposition exclusion.

Ten people are on trial in Paris accused of "cyberbullying" French First Lady Brigitte Macron by spreading false claims about her gender and sexuality.

Hungary aims to form a new anti-Ukraine alliance in the EU with Czechia and Slovakia, according to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s political director.

The bloc — similar to the old Visegrad Group but without Poland — would coordinate stances ahead of EU summits and could obstruct further EU aid to Ukraine

Source: POLITICO

Trump in Japan:

I’ve just approved the first batch of missiles… They’re the best in the world…

It’s the first batch of missiles to be delivered to the Japanese forces for Japan’s F-35s… they’re coming this week, ahead of schedule.