🇺🇸🇨🇴🇦🇫🇲🇲🇻🇪🇧🇴⚡️The United States has announced the addition of Colombia, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Venezuela, and Bolivia to its list of countries failing to meet their obligations in the fight against drugs.

This marks the first time in nearly 30 years that Colombia returns to the list, after overcoming the cartel wars of the 1980s and 1990s.

🇺🇸🇶🇦🇮🇱⚡️Trump at night: Israel will not strike Qatar again.

🇦🇺🪖🤝🪖🇵🇬AFP: Australia and Papua New Guinea will sign a defense alliance tomorrow, committing to mutual military support in the event that either country is attacked.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will sign the agreement in Port Moresby alongside PNG Prime Minister James Marape.

🇺🇸🇶🇦🇮🇱⚡️One week after the Israeli Defense Forces’ strike in Qatar, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, before departing Ben Gurion Airport for Doha, that the United States and Qatar are close to finalizing an enhanced defense cooperation agreement.

🇷🇺🇮🇶⚡️Sergey Shoigu, Putin’s national security adviser, arrived in Baghdad this morning and is expected to meet with Iraq’s political and military leadership.

🇺🇸🇶🇦🇮🇱⚡️U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned before his flight to Qatar: “The window of opportunity for a ceasefire agreement is closing — perhaps only days remain.”

🇺🇸🤝🇧🇾⚡️Footage of American military personnel visiting the “West-2025” exercises has been released by the Belarusian Ministry of Defense.

The ministry stated that U.S. Army officers, along with representatives from 23 countries including Hungary and Turkey, attended Monday’s maneuvers at a training ground near Borisov.

Reuters notes that the presence of American officers is another sign of warming relations between Washington and Minsk.

🇮🇱🇺🇸⚡️Israel informed the U.S. about the strike on Qatar earlier than the White House has acknowledged, Axios reports.

According to the agency, Prime Minister Netanyahu called Trump at 8:00 a.m. Washington time, while the explosions in Doha occurred at 8:51 a.m.

Israel agreed not to publicly contradict U.S. statements in order to “preserve relations.”

A senior Israeli official told Axios that the U.S. was notified “well in advance” at the political level. “If Trump wanted to stop it, he could have. In practice, he did not.”

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🇺🇦–🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️“I am ready to meet with Trump and Putin without any conditions — but not in Moscow,” Zelensky said.

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🇪🇺❌🇷🇺⚡️The European Union has indefinitely postponed the 19th package of sanctions against Russia, Politico reports.

🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️Zelensky expressed disappointment with the West’s position and criticized Donald Trump for “helping Putin escape isolation,” Sky News reports.

The Ukrainian president demanded that Trump take a clear stance on sanctions against Russia and provide security guarantees for Kyiv.

🇦🇿💵💵⚡️The Azerbaijani government’s draft budget for 2026 allocates 8.815 billion manats (approximately USD 5.12 billion at the current exchange rate) for defense and national security.

–This represents a 3% increase in Azerbaijan’s defense and national security spending compared to 2025.

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🆕🇮🇱❌🇵🇸🇵🇸Israeli sources told CNN that a new phase of the ground operation has begun in Gaza City.

🇺🇸🇺🇦 ⚡️U.S. Secretary of State says President Trump may meet with Zelensky next week to discuss peace efforts.

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🇺🇸🇺🇸❌🗞⚡️Trump announces he will file a $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times for defamation and libel.

🇵🇱❗️A drone was shot down over government buildings in Poland — Polish Prime Minister Tusk

According to him, two Belarusian citizens have also been detained. He does not specify how they are connected to this.