Egypt ‘will not allow’ any party to control Nile water flows

Egypt “will not accept or allow” any party to control the flow of Nile water to downstream countries, an Egyptian source said Sunday, responding to recent remarks by Ethiopia’s water and energy minister about building additional dams on the river.

Three injured as Moscow comes under massive drone attack

Three people were injured in a drone attack near the Moscow Automobile Ring Road (MKAD), according to Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.

Iran estimates environmental damage from Hormuz oil spill at trillions of dollars

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said oil pollution might have caused trillions of dollars of damage to the region’s marine ecosystem.

Russia Requests Clarification From US, Turkiye Over Plans to Supply Weapons to Ukraine

The Russian Foreign Ministry has requested clarification from the United States and Turkiye over information released by the US Congress regarding plans to supply weapons to Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.

'Hormuz cannot be seized by a tweet, an aircraft carrier, an order, or an election speech', Iran says

Rebuffing US President Donald Trump’s claim that he would declare the Strait of Hormuz US territory, a senior Iranian diplomat said Friday: “The Strait of Hormuz cannot be seized by a tweet, an aircraft carrier, an order, or an election speech.”

US lawmakers press Hegseth for answers on USS Abraham Lincoln situation

California lawmakers led by Representative Mike Levin demand answers from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao about the situation on board the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been on deployment for nine months.

Iran: No ship can transit Hormuz without authorization

The spokesperson for the IRGC’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarter totally denied US claims regarding the normal navigation of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, declaring:

US intelligence sceptical that Iran threatened to assassinate Trump

The Washington Post reports, citing US officials, that US intelligence officials expressed scepticism about an alleged Iranian assassination threat against Trump that was relayed by Israel and prompted a secret manoeuvre to fly him out of Turkiye in an alternate military aircraft.