Overview
- President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Florida to discuss the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire framework and regional files including Iran and Hezbollah.
- U.S. officials are pushing to detail a transitional Palestinian technocratic administration and deploy an internationally mandated stabilization force, while Israel resists further pullback absent Hamas disarmament.
- Analysts describe a strained yet mutually dependent Trump–Netanyahu dynamic with possible trade‑offs across Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and Syria, and highlight Israeli concerns over Hezbollah rearmament and Iranian missile activity.
- At Dubai’s Global Sports Summit, FIFA and the Dubai Sports Council signed a partnership to create the annual ‘Dubai – FIFA Global Award,’ slated to launch in 2026, as the UAE leverages sports diplomacy.
- The UAE Foreign Ministry rejected claims of militarized involvement in Yemen and clarified a Mukalla port shipment as non‑lethal for Emirati forces, while Egypt sought an African Union session over Israel’s recognition of ‘Somaliland.’