Globe at a glance: From escalating global oil crisis to Democrats' autopsy report

Global oil crisis: Oil markets will enter the "red zone" by July and August as stocks slump before the summer travel season amid a shortage of fresh oil exports from West Asia, the executive director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, warned on Thursday. Birol noted that the most important solution to the Iran war energy shock is the full and unconditional opening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Flotilla Saga: Israel on Thursday announced that it is deporting all the foreign activists it seized from a Gaza-bound flotilla, after a global outcry over their treatment in custody. More than 430 activists from around the world were placed in detention in Israel after they were intercepted at sea on Monday.

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American troops in Poland: US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that the United States will be sending an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, citing his relationship with the conservative nationalist president, Karol Nawrocki, as the reason behind his decision to send additional troops.

Democrats' autopsy report: The Democratic Party has belatedly published a postmortem on its disastrous 2024 election defeat, after an initial decision to withhold the document triggered an angry backlash. The report, however, fails to mention Gaza or US President Joe Biden's age.

Epstein Fiasco: One of Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime assistants has fiercely denied she was an accomplice of the convicted sex offender, claiming in a congressional interview she was “sexually and psychologically abused” by the late British financier.

Rubio prepares for New Delhi: Ahead of his first visit to New Delhi amid the ongoing crisis in West Asia, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington wants to sell India "as much energy as they'll buy" as uncertainty grows over disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. "We want to sell them as much energy as they'll buy. And obviously, you've seen, I think we're at historic levels of US production, and US export," Rubio told reporters in Miami before departing for Sweden.

Meta settles crucial lawsuit: Meta agreed to settle a major lawsuit on Thursday with a school district in Kentucky over claims that its social networks are designed to be addictive, leading to harm in children. The settlement came just three weeks before the case was supposed to go on trial in federal court in California.

The big number: An armed group killed at least 19 people in a restive northern region of Honduras, prosecutors said on Thursday. The killings took place the previous night in the Bajo Aguan region, where rival gangs have fought over control of palm plantations and drug trafficking routes.

Quote of the day: "No. We will get it. We don't need it. We don't want it. We'll probably destroy it after we get it — but we're not going to let them have it."

- US President Donald Trump on whether the US can keep Iran's highly enriched uranium.

Today in history: On this date in 1990, the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) officially merged after years of separation, forming a unified state.