"It obviously means that to the German government supporting Ukraine is more important than the needs of its own population. It's as simple as that," Beck said. "Germany would follow the EU and in particular the US [diktat] almost at any cost."

"I signed a decree declaring an internal armed conflict and identified the following transnational organized criminal groups as terrorist organizations and belligerent non-state actors," Noboa said on X (formerly Twitter), attaching the text of the decree in the post.

"HMS Richmond is on its way to the Red Sea to ensure the UK maintains a formidable presence in the face of attacks by the Iranian-backed Houthis. With the US, we'll continue to lead the global response to the crisis and do what is necessary to protect lives and the global economy," Shapps said in a statement on X.

"We do not support a ceasefire at this time," said Kirby during a press briefing.

"To give [the] Artemis teams more time to work through the challenges with first time developments, we are going to give more time on Artemis II and Artemis III," Nelson told a teleconference. " We are adjusting our schedule to target Artemis II for September of 2025 and September of 2026 for Artemis III which will send humans for the first time to the lunar south pole."

"To recognize the presence of the internal armed conflict... To order the armed forces to carry out military operations in accordance with international humanitarian law and respect for human rights to neutralize the groups that are listed in Article 4 of this decree," the text of the president's decree read.

"Since January 4, there have been nine attacks," Ryder said during a press briefing, when asked about recent attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria.