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Middle East Crisis  Strait of Hormuz
Attack on ship leaving Strait of Hormuz

A ship traveling through the Strait of Hormuz was attacked overnight Tuesday, several media outlets report, citing the British Maritime Traffic Office (UKMTO).

One crew member was reportedly injured when an unknown object hit the ship. The engine room was also reportedly damaged.

“The remaining crew is being assisted by the Oman Coast Guard,” UKMTO writes on its website.

There is currently no information about who is behind the attack.

American Defense
Japan: Cooperation with the United States is “of the utmost importance”

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi is emphasizing the importance of cooperation after Donald Trump’s announcement of cuts in the United States’ joint military exercises with South Korea, the AFP news agency reports.

Koizumi believes that defense cooperation between the United States, South Korea, and Japan is “of the utmost importance for peace and stability in the region” and that the current security situation is “the most serious and complicated” since World War II.

On Monday, the United States and South Korea began the military exercise “Ulchi freedom shield,” which will last eleven days. On Sunday, Trump wrote on Truth Social that he wants to reduce the exercises with South Korea because the country has not wanted to support the United States’ war against Iran.

The political situation in Israel
Netanyahu’s new enemy sign: Iran, Hezbollah – and Mamdani

Iran’s supreme leader, the head of the terrorist group Hezbollah – and the mayor of New York. On a new billboard in central Tel Aviv, Benjamin Netanyahu’s party places Zohran Mamdani among some of Israel’s main opponents, reports The Guardian.

Netanyahu himself has shared a picture of the Likud sign on social media. But why is the mayor in this company? The answer is twofold, reports CNN.

On the one hand, Mamdani and Netanyahu have long been at odds with each other. The mayor has been a vocal critic of Israel's war in Gaza and wants Netanyahu to be tried for war crimes in The Hague.

On the other hand, the billboards mark a clear shift in Netanyahu's campaign strategy. Ahead of previous elections, he himself has posed on election posters alongside world leaders such as Donald Trump. But as his friends' popularity has declined in Israel, the focus is now on his opponents.

The AI ​​race
WSJ: AI will cost $3 trillion more

Tech companies' future spending on AI development and data centers is actually three times greater than the companies report. The nine leading tech companies have off-balance sheet commitments of about $3 trillion, according to the Wall Street Journal, which has reviewed the fine print in the companies' regulatory filings.

If companies' assumptions about AI are wrong and they do not get a return on their investments, it will mean a monstrous burden, the newspaper writes.