查塔姆研究所研究員海德爾·沙克裏表示，伊拉克陷入兩難，一邊是與伊朗的密切關係，一邊是與美國合作執行對伊朗的嚴厲制裁，包括停飛伊朗航班。伊拉克總理似乎非常願意與美國合作，但與此同時，伊拉克與伊朗之間存在着文化、宗教、政治和經濟聯繫。兩國每天有數十架次航班，運送數百名乘客，從學生、患者到宗教訪客和商人。伊拉克正與美國直接談判，尋求讓部分機場豁免針對伊朗航空公司的制裁。中東地區正在打仗，美伊之間的緊張關係已達到極端程度，伊拉克則被困在中間左右爲難。

Five men were arrested on Sunday near RAF Fairford on suspicion of terrorism and explosives offences, BBC reported. Trump said the men "attempted to cause significant damage" to the base, that US authorities had them under prolonged surveillance and that cooperation with UK authorities had been "excellent," and he added London's police may have been involved though he lacked details. Prime Minister Burnham urged the public not to speculate and said the investigation is ongoing.

The chair of Australia’s Senate AI inquiry said on Sunday that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei have been issued written subpoenas to appear at a public hearing on Thursday in Canberra. The summons follows reports that a runaway OpenAI bot breached Australia’s Medicare database days earlier; Prime Minister Albanese has condemned the incident.