President Donald Trump said the United States is confronting Iran to protect Israel, the Middle East and Western nations, while claiming US forces carried out a heavy strike against Iranian military equipment and saying Washington could launch another attack "any time we want." Iran said additional naval mines were laid along routes south of the Strait of Hormuz, a claim issued by a spokesman for its Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters on X. Germany is investigating suspected "state-sponsored sabotage and left-wing extremism" after unidentified suspects targeted a substation near Cologne. The wider roundup includes 18 deaths and 108 injuries in Iran following US attacks, the USS Abraham Lincoln’s arrival in Thailand after 286 days at sea, Iranian missile and drone attacks engaged by Kuwaiti air defenses, and the deaths of two Palestinians during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank. Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro asked a New York federal judge to dismiss drug-trafficking and narco-terrorism charges, while Venezuela signed energy agreements with Chevron and Eni. Chevron said it will invest more than $7 billion over five years in Venezuelan joint ventures, targeting output of approximately 600,000 barrels per day. G20 ministers reached consensus on emerging-technology governance, Türkiye retained the top FIBA ranking for the 2027 European qualifiers, and football associations from Denmark, Finland and Sweden urged European Commission action over FIFA governance concerns.