Financial Times, citing people familiar with the matter, reports DP World is planning a new port and container terminal on the UAE’s east coast to reduce reliance on flagship Jebel Ali and to provide a route that avoids the Strait of Hormuz. The Dubai-headquartered operator is in talks to develop a new multipurpose port on Fujairah’s coast and to add a container terminal at the existing local port. Over the past two decades DP World has built a large global ports and logistics footprint, but Jeb

Italy's defense minister said Europe should build a broader continental security framework that includes partners such as Turkey, the UK, Ukraine, Norway, Switzerland, Moldova and the Western Balkans, arguing defense matters "should not be confined within EU borders".

Military and diplomatic analyst Alexandru Hudistianu said the U.S.-Iran contest over the Strait of Hormuz is not new but carries a serious escalation risk. He argued February U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran gave Tehran favorable conditions to try to assert control of the Strait as a coercive tool, with Tehran claiming near-absolute authority over the waterway. The U.S. Navy has been escorting multiple vessels via the southern Oman route and has launched broad strikes on Iranian coastal areas in response to attacks on commercial ships. Hudistianu warned the current pattern is unlikely to hold and estimated the two-to-three months since a de facto ceasefire in April may be one of the highest-risk periods, saying continued hardline brinkmanship could tip the confrontation into a more active conflict phase.