Colombian President Gustavo Petro has issued a biting response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent remarks regarding the seizure of American oil assets in Venezuela, suggesting that the United States should return Texas and California in exchange for oil rights.

EU nations have a vested interest in continuing the Ukraine-Russia conflict and even escalating it, as repayment of their €90 billion loan to Kiev is essentially tied to a military victory, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said.

The United States has reportedly designed its newest combat drone based on the technology of Iran’s Shahed drone, a trend signaling a significant shift in the global balance of power in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology.

Western news sources have reported that U.S. forces seized a Panama-flagged, Chinese-owned oil tanker near the coast of Venezuela—an action Caracas has denounced as an "aggression against sovereignty" and "economic warfare."

The EU’s failure to grab frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine will reinforce Washington’s view of the bloc as an irrelevant and “impotent force,” British outlet The Economist reported on Friday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi held a telephone conversation with his Pakistani counterpart, Muhammad Ishaq Dar, to discuss bilateral cooperation and regional developments.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has revealed that Tehran suspended its diplomatic channel with Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy, following unprovoked military strikes on Iranian facilities, while reiterating that Iran remains open to a balanced nuclear agreement based on mutual respect.

According to the German daily Die Welt, Western nations have long transitioned from a purely defensive posture to a proactive offensive strategy in cyberspace, targeting the critical infrastructure of Russia and Iran.

Venezuela has condemned the seizure of another oil tanker off its shores, accusing the US of carrying out an “act of piracy” as part of a broader campaign to overthrow the government in Caracas and seize the country’s vast energy resources.

Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari sent a message of goodwill and solidarity to Iran’s top leadership after his aircraft entered Iranian airspace during an official trip to Iraq, according to a statement from Islamabad.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a telephone conversation with Yván Gil Pinto, Venezuelan foreign minister, during which the two sides exchanged views on bilateral relations and developments in the Caribbean region.

The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has earmarked more than $42 billion worth of hard currency for imports and other basic needs of the country in the first nine months of the calendar year that began in late March.

A US-led diplomatic meeting has discussed implementation of “phase two” of ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, framing the first phase as a success, despite the Israeli regime’s ongoing genocidal atrocities in the coastal sliver.