Diplomacy

"We announced that if a country attacked us, we would respond to it," he said. "Now, we say if a country attacks us, we will respond to it, and we will invade. Our doctrine will no longer be only offensive and will become asymmetrical. We will attack the enemy in such a way that it will understand the intensity of our action."— Hossein Mohebi, IRGC spokesperson, about Iran's security doctrine shifting from defensive to offensive and asymmetrical

"The giant panda has been an envoy of friendship between the Chinese and Americans," Xi said Thursday. "Here, I have a piece of good news. In a few days, two pandas, Ping-Ping and Fu Shang, will come to their new home in Zoo Atlanta, and meet with the American people."— Chinese President Xi Jinping, during a White House visit

But what credibility do we have if we continue to remain inactive in the face of Gaza? Some boast of a supposed peace. But that peace has not reopened humanitarian access for a single second. Are we simply to stand by and watch this spectacle that should shame us all?

— Emmanuel Macron, in his final address to the United Nations General Assembly

Ukraine war 'neither our war nor a war of NATO'.

— Robert Fico, in a video address