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• World at Large: U.S., Iran hold separate mediator talks as Mideast oil exports hit war-time high
  Saudi Oil Exports Resume via Repaired East-West Pipeline After Drone Attacks
  
• Security Blocs & Alliances: Top NATO commander urges states to condemn Russian acts of sabotage
  Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) concludes it essential NATO develops drone interceptor squadron
  
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: President Trumps apointed FBI co-deputy director Andrew Bailey, overseeing election investigations, resigns after one year
  President Trump Announces India's Essar Group plans to invest $18 billion in the United States, including a $15 billion steel plant in Iowa
  
• Russia: Russian Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Science Academy, Causing Fire in City Center
  Ukrainian army’s losses in DPR exceed 100,000 over four months per Zelensky's ex-spokeswoman
  President Zelensky: Russia preparing 10,000 more North Korean troops
• United Kingdom: Men suspected of plotting UK terror attack released on bail
  Iran Denies Link to Terrorism Arrests Near UK’s RAF Fairford
  
• Germany: Kremlin Seizes Russian Subsidiary of German Retailer Metro
  
  
• Japan: Tokyo rail firms report online security breaches
  Military airstrikes kill 33 in Myanmar in ongoing civil war
  Japan to partially lift sanctions on Syria
• Canada: US Hits Canada With Ban on Some Dairy and Liquor Products
  Trump’s import bans on Canadian liquor, whey, motorcycles take effect
  
• Australia: Australia raises interest rates to 15-year high
  
  
• South and Central America: Argentina threatens legal action against UK over Falkland Islands oil exploration
  Colombia issues lengthy sentences against ELN rebel leaders for recruiting children
  Colombia Extradites Alleged Drug Lord ‘The Spider’ To California
• Saudi Arabia Iran’s New Espionage Law: Death for Social Media Posts and Other 'Crimes'
  32 Former Iranian Officials Demand Immediate Withdrawal From Nuclear Treaty
  
• Israel: Iran court upholds 74-lash sentence for singer Parastoo for hijabless performance
  
  

• White House:
  Contradicting President Trump, Pope Leo says AI safety concerns not 'fake news'
  President Trump Rejects Notion of US Integration With China on AI
  White House Release: Mined, Melted, and Poured in America: President Trump Reverses Years of Anti-Mining Policy
• State Department:
  Denmark, at UN, says Greenland pact benefits all parties involved
  
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Lightning Surge 5, 25ID's campaign to modernize C2, culminates with Exercise Nakoa Fleek training event
  
  
• Justice (DOJ):
  Hack at F.B.I Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees
  Iranian National Sentenced To 18 Months For Smuggling US Technology To Iran Via China
  
• DHS:
  US Cattle Processing Plunges 16% In One Week As Immigration Crackdown Guts Kansas Workforce
  Cattle groups, dependant on migrant labor, call out ICE operations for workforce disruptions
  
• Supreme Court:
  DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow policy ending medical treatments for transgender inmates | Just The News
  
  

• Anthropic’s potential $2 trillion IPO comes with fine print
  AMD makes a big bet on the next era of AI with World Labs acquisition
  Iranian Currency Hits New Lows Despite Central Bank Intervention

• Study reported in Lancet suggests 1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections
  NASA to purchase two additional flights on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, finance crewed vehicle and find a replacement for Atlas V rocket
  

• Ukraine reports 57% Interception Rate for Jet Drones
  Dutch police arrest security professional in ShinyHunters investigation
  OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concerns

• Pope Leo wraps up France trip by urging Europe to blunt 'desire for domination' driving today's wars
  
  

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