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Australia and Japan have signed their largest-ever defense agreement, worth A$10bn (US$6.5 bn), for the production of 11 Mogami-class frigates for the Royal Australian Navy, Al Jazeera reported.

Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said the stealth warships will significantly boost naval capability, offering longer range and quadrupling missile capacity. Three frigates will be built in Japan by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, with eight to follow in Australia.

Marles called it a “very significant moment” in Australia-Japan ties. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said the deal is a “major step” in Japan’s defense cooperation, marking its biggest arms export since lifting its military export ban in 2014, according to Al Jazeera.

US Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered prosecutors to open legal proceedings into allegations of a so-called Russiagate conspiracy that Donald Trump has long claimed was concocted by political foes to smear him, BBC reported.

Bondi has ordered a federal prosecutor to seek a potential indictment, according to the BBC's US partner CBS News.

It is unclear, however, what the possible charges might be and who could be charged.

Last month, US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused former President Barack Obama and his national security team of a "years-long coup" against Trump as she released a declassified report that Democrats branded false, according to BBC.

Israeli attacks on Gaza killed at least 74 Palestinians on Monday, including 36 seeking humanitarian aid, according to Al Jazeera.

Only 86 aid trucks are entering Gaza daily—just 14 percent of the 600 needed—worsening the crisis, Gaza’s media office said.

Hamas official Osama Hamdan accused Israel of “engineered starvation” and urged global action.

The war has killed over 60,900 in Gaza and wounded 150,000, Al Jazeera reported.

Russia has accused the United States of pursuing a “neocolonial” strategy through politically motivated tariffs, following President Donald Trump’s plan to raise duties on countries like India and Russia over oil trade, Firstpost reported.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Washington is using economic pressure to maintain global dominance and punish nations that follow independent policies. She warned such actions threaten global trade and national sovereignty.

Russia pledged to strengthen ties with BRICS and Global South partners to resist Western sanctions and promote a fairer, multipolar world order, according to Firstpost.