📹 Footage shows attempt to shoot down drone in Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah

Circulating video on Kurdish media appears to show an attempt to shoot down a drone that targeted a United Nations building in Sulaymaniyah, northern Iraq.

The clip shows armed men firing at the drone shortly before it crashes, according to the reports.

The incident follows earlier reports of multiple drone strikes in the city, including near Sulaymaniyah International Airport, a hotel and a UN facility.

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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 ‘At some point, maybe we will’ — Trump on ground invasion of Iran

US President Donald Trump did not rule out the possibility of sending US ground troops into Iran, saying it could happen “for a very good reason.”

Asked about the prospect of deploying troops, Trump said it was “something we could do later."

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📹 Israeli drone strike on the Ramada Hotel leaves 3 dead, 6 injured — reports

At least 3 people were killed and 6 others were injured after a drone strike hit the Ramada Hotel in Beirut’s Raouché area, Lebanese media reported.

The incident follows earlier reports that an Israeli drone targeted a room inside the hotel.

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🚨 Loud explosion heard near US Embassy in Oslo — reports

A loud explosion was heard near the US Embassy in Oslo, Reuters reported, citing Norwegian police.

No injuries were reported, the agency said.

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🇺🇸Pete Hegseth hints the US may soon shift focus to countries in “its own hemisphere,” saying Washington has spent too long looking at distant borders instead of its own.

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🚨🇰🇼 Kuwait air defenses intercept missiles and drones — army

Kuwait’s air defense systems are intercepting hostile missile and drone attacks, the Kuwaiti Army said.

The General Staff added that any explosions heard are the result of air defense systems intercepting incoming threats.

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🚨 Ukrainian drone hits residential building in Russia's Zaporozhye region — governor

A Ukrainian drone struck an apartment building in the city of Vasilievka in the Zaporozhye region, leaving at least 10 people injured, regional governor Yevgeny Balitsky said.

Balitsky added that there are fatalities, though the details are still being clarified.

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🗣 US bases in Middle East fail to secure nations & become safety risk - expert

💬 "If we look at American bases in the Middle East, we will see that they are constantly facing various kinds of attacks and do not protect the countries on whose territory they are located that effectively... For a long time, the Gulf countries had unwavering trust in the American security umbrella, but during the 12-day war, we all saw how untrustworthy it turned out to be," Turkish political scientist Umur Tugay Yucel tells Sputnik.

🔊 He says that the ongoing conflict shows that the Western security framework in the Gulf region fails to address contemporary defense needs; a concern now spreading to US allies in Asia as reports emerge of THAAD and Patriot systems being withdrawn from South Korea — a move that could soon affect Japan and other partners.

💬 "It is obvious that American bases bring more harm than good to the civilian population and infrastructure of the countries where they are located. They pose a serious threat to populated areas. When a base is struck, not only military installations are damaged, but also roads, railways, and vital transport channels in the vicinity. Moreover, there is an inevitable increase in civilian casualties," the expert emphasizes.

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🗣 'We want to pick a president that's not going to be leading their country into a war' — Trump on Iran

US President Donald Trump stated that he plans to decide who is going to be Iran's next president.

💬 "We don't want to come back every five years or every 10 years and do this," he said.

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