Headlines- According to US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the US military can maintain its blockade on Iran "indefinitely" by rotating its aircraft carriers.
- Iran's military rejects US claims that vessels are passing through the Strait of Hormuz, saying that no ship is permitted to do so.
- A siege by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank village of Qusra was condemned as a "horrific act of terror" by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Thursday.
- A small group of Israeli settlers have been surrounding three homes in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra for several days, Israel has dispatched soldiers to try to protect these homes.
- On Thursday, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts board decided to add President Donald Trump's name on the building's facade.
- Due to a shortage of cooling water from the Danube River, Romania has made the unusual decision to shut down its only nuclear power power plant.
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