Kosovo–Gaza Security Deal: Kosovo officially signed up to the US-led “Board of Peace” and the International Stabilisation Force for Gaza, with claims of early soldier deployment and roles in logistics, civil affairs, and clearing unexploded ordnance—while pro-Palestine protests continue at home. 3D Printing Industry Push: Impossible Objects raised $40M to scale composite-based additive manufacturing, aiming to move 3D printing from prototyping to industrial mass production. Transboundary Water Politics: A new analysis argues Western Balkan rivers are becoming security assets as drought and demand rise, urging a EU-backed Balkan Water Pact to prevent unilateral dam and diversion plans from sparking “water nationalism.” Space Science for Future Missions: A University of Hawai‘i-led study models how lunar soil mixing preserves a long record of supernova history, helping future missions read deeper cores more accurately. Kosovo Education Abroad: RIT is steering students toward its Dubai and Croatia campuses (including Kosovo links) as US visa rules tighten, using a “Global Pathway” to keep STEM and engineering pipelines moving.