Poland invokes NATO Article 4 after drone incursions into its airspace, triggering emergency consultations. Gulf states and the U.S. condemn an Israeli strike in Doha that targeted a Hamas meeting and killed six, escalating regional tensions. Researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov is freed in Iraq after 903 days, as Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani courts the U.S. and NATO. And France appoints a new prime minister; the move likely signals continuity with President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist agenda

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