New York City Comptroller Mark Levine refused to reinvest the city's $325 billion pension system in Israel Bonds, breaking a campaign promise to Jewish voters and drawing praise from the BDS movement and Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Polish officials say German police detained two Turkish citizens over a fire at a Starlink station in Masovia, an attack Warsaw calls Russian-directed hybrid warfare.
At least 72 artisanal gold miners were killed in air strikes on the disputed Sudan-Egypt border, and a Sudanese rights group is blaming Egypt's air force.
Britain's prime minister says Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit vote -- an allegation past governments declined to confirm -- as he moves toward closer ties with the European Union and warns Germany and France about Moscow's reach.
Mahmoud Abbas's Palestinian Authority has called off its Nov. 28 legislative election and pushed the vote toward 2027, citing conditions that never arrived.
Anti-Israel groups rallied in New York, California and beyond on the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack, chanting 'long live the intifada' as Mayor Zohran Mamdani turned the day into an attack on Israel.
Two commercial vessels were struck by drones inside a NATO member's Black Sea economic zone, sinking one ship and setting another ablaze as Kyiv blamed Moscow and Europe demanded answers.
Britain is warning it will expel as many as 27 Israeli diplomats if Israel shuts the UK consulate in East Jerusalem this week, a rupture that would mark the lowest point in relations since Israel's founding.
Lithuania's parliament advanced a constitutional amendment to allow nuclear weapons on its territory, prompting a Kremlin warning as President Trump weighs a permanent U.S. base in the Baltic state.
President Trump said an Iranian strike on Los Angeles or San Diego would be a small price for keeping the world safe, prompting sharp pushback from Governor Gavin Newsom and the mayors of both cities.
Sen. Chris Murphy met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to press for an end to the Iran war and a Palestinian state, a sign that Trump's pressure campaign is reshaping Middle East diplomacy.
A 15-year-old boy lost his hand after a police sting-ball grenade exploded in his grip as France's nationwide school protests turned violent, with hundreds of high schools shut and more than 5,000 arrests.
A 28-year-old lab worker at Russia's Irkutsk anti-plague institute has died of severe pneumonia, prompting hospital quarantines and putting nearly 200 people under observation as the White House tracks the case.
The State Department has taken over 1,504 surviving USAID awards carrying $51.5 billion, as a watchdog report details a fast-moving handover and officials tout a leaner, more accountable America First aid model.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged more than $1.5 billion in fresh military and energy aid during an unannounced visit to Kyiv, signaling Berlin's deepening commitment to Ukraine as Russia hammers the country's cities and power grid.
Indian police detained a second day of Gen Z-led protesters in New Delhi over a nationwide voter roll overhaul, with demonstrators demanding the country's election chief resign.
Spain's parliament rejected two emergency housing decrees Friday, handing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez a costly defeat and fueling open speculation about early elections.
France's National Rally is fighting a fresh antisemitism scandal after an investigative outlet published messages it attributes to party president Jordan Bardella, who denies writing them and has sued for defamation.
Russia launched its biggest combined strike on Ukraine's power grid in months, killing at least seven and forcing emergency blackouts in Kyiv and three other regions as freezing temperatures set in.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered Iran's U.N. delegation, led by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, to leave New York ahead of schedule after stalled talks, while Tehran insists its diplomats departed as planned.
The last U.S. troops have left Iraq, closing out the 12-year Operation Inherent Resolve mission against ISIS. President Trump is hailing the withdrawal as a victory for both countries.
A flydubai jet bound for Tel Aviv diverted to Saudi Arabia after a cockpit struggle left both pilots injured, with Israeli officials calling it a possible attempted terror attack.
The Senate voted 47-51 to reject a Democratic resolution that would have forced the State Department to report on West Bank violence and the killings of nine American citizens.
Estonia's internal security service says a mid-August fire at Milrem Robotics in Tallinn was sabotage ordered by Russian intelligence, as three suspects remain in custody and Moscow dismisses the charge.
South Korea demands a formal apology and explanation from Ukraine after President Zelenskyy publicly revealed a confidential transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers to Seoul, exposing a rift between two key U.S. allies.
Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic resigned the presidency on Sunday, ending nine years in office and setting up snap parliamentary and presidential elections amid more than a year of anti-corruption protests.
Ireland's players voted by a significant majority to face Israel in a UEFA Nations League fixture, while Prime Minister Micheal Martin rejected claims that his country's criticism of Israel has crossed into antisemitism.
Bill Gates told NBC's Meet the Press that forging a global framework for artificial intelligence could be harder than Cold War nuclear negotiations, as Washington weighs guardrails against the technology's risks.
President Trump told reporters that roughly 25,000 people died in the Russia-Ukraine war last month, calling the toll a reason to close a deal with Putin before the heavy winter arrives.
The US and China agreed to cut tariffs on $30 billion in goods after Xi Jinping's Washington state visit, creating a standing Board of Trade to keep negotiating.
President Trump has turned down Tehran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week, telling aides he will not trade American leverage for promises from a regime that has broken every deal.
Pope Leo XIV opened a three-day visit to France by warning that artificial intelligence pursued without ethics could strip humanity of its dignity, telling officials at the Elysee that modern life risks vanishing inside a 'paradise of machines.'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the 81st UN General Assembly on Thursday, pressing his case to a hall that emptied in protest as Israeli voters head toward October elections.
Trump met Xi Jinping on the Joint Base Andrews tarmac Wednesday, opening a three-day state visit built around trade, tariffs and Taiwan.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the United States has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit in Miami this December, the first leaders-level invitation to Moscow as Washington presses for an energy truce in Ukraine.
President Trump sat down with Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez at the UN General Assembly, the first face-to-face meeting since American forces captured Nicolas Maduro, with energy, mining and security topping the agenda.
France moved to clarify President Emmanuel Macron's claim that Hamas has never struck the West Bank after Jerusalem and Washington accused him of erasing years of deadly attacks from the record.
Beijing's expulsion of two top commanders tightens Xi Jinping's grip on the People's Liberation Army while raising hard questions about how ready the force is for a Taiwan contingency.
President Trump welcomed Britain's new prime minister, Andy Burnham, to the UN General Assembly with praise -- and a blunt warning that the Chagos Islands agreement is a bad bargain.
EU ambassadors rolled over sanctions on roughly 3,000 Russian individuals and entities for three years while dropping billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the blacklist, prompting an outcry from Kyiv.
In a sweeping U.N. General Assembly address, President Trump warned Tehran that the United States could annihilate Iran, predicted a deal after November's midterms, declared freedom is coming to Cuba and touted American leadership in superintelligence.
Washington and Beijing agree to open a direct channel for reporting dangerous AI incidents, a diplomatic breakthrough that lands days before President Trump welcomes Xi Jinping to the White House.
President Macron and Prime Minister Carney met Sunday on France's tiny Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon territory, pledging deeper cooperation on energy, defense and critical minerals as both leaders navigate strained relations with Washington.
The White House has drafted sanctions targeting the entire International Criminal Court and could announce them during this week's United Nations General Assembly, cutting the tribunal off from much of the global financial system.
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles from Wonsan on Sunday, testing allied defenses and putting fresh pressure on Trump's diplomacy-first approach backed by strength.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng lead talks in New York on Sunday, with tariffs, AI, rare earths and the Iran war on the agenda ahead of the September 24 Trump-Xi summit.
Israel's president granted a full pardon to the former combat medic convicted of killing a wounded Palestinian attacker in Hebron, acting on the recommendation of Defense Minister Israel Katz and reigniting a decade-old fight over soldiers, courts and accountability.
General Carsten Breuer, Germany's chief of defense, won a secret-ballot vote of NATO's chiefs of defense to lead the alliance's Military Committee amid mounting Russian pressure on the eastern flank.
The Pentagon forcefully denied a Washington Post report claiming more U.S. troops have died in the Iran war than the department has publicly disclosed, saying its casualty process puts families and operational security first.
President Trump has secured a permanent security agreement with Denmark and Greenland granting the U.S. lasting military access, basing and overflight rights and shutting China and Russia out of the Arctic island.
The Pentagon has opened a review of the U.S. military mission in Europe that could withdraw 25,000 troops or more, the deepest cut to the American presence on the continent since the Cold War.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that Washington and Warsaw have made major progress toward establishing a permanent U.S. Army base in Poland, calling it a historic step for the alliance on NATO's eastern flank.
Israel has tendered 2,167 more housing units in the E1 corridor between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim, bringing the contested West Bank project to 3,401 units with bidding set to open two days before the national election.
Saudi air defenses destroyed a Houthi drone heading for Mecca, the first such attempt in nearly a decade, sparking condemnation from Muslim nations and pushing oil above $107 a barrel.
The State Department has refused entry visas to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and his delegation for a second straight year, forcing the Palestinian leadership to address the UN General Assembly by video link.
A UN fact-finding mission says there are reasonable grounds to believe US forces struck a school and a sports facility in Iran in February, arriving while the Pentagon's elevated investigation into the Minab strike stays open and the same report documents mass atrocities by Tehran's security forces.
Rep. Gregory Meeks refuses to clear a $2.8 billion package of 2,000-pound bombs for Israel, stalling the Trump administration's latest arms transfer to its closest Middle East ally.
A Trump-brokered interim deal frees 25 detainees from Belarus, lifts U.S. sanctions on two state companies and unfreezes tens of millions in Belarusian assets, with more releases promised.
A war-damaged six-storey building in Gaza City's Tal Al Hawa district collapsed overnight, killing at least 20 people including five children and leaving dozens trapped as rescue crews worked with little more than hand tools.
Nearly 200 men who fought in Ukraine are running for Russia's State Duma this week, part of a Kremlin push that has already placed more than a thousand veterans into government posts.
The House voted 220-204 late Tuesday to direct the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran, the third such rebuke this Congress, with seven Republicans breaking ranks.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio imposed new visa restrictions Tuesday on foreign nationals in South Africa tied to uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination and the incitement of violence against minorities.
The U.S. Space Force has confirmed for the first time that it is operating weapons in Earth's orbit, drawing separate warnings from China and Russia.
Rep. Thomas Massie introduced eight articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, targeting the Iran war, the capture of Nicolas Maduro, Caribbean strikes and the Yemen campaign.
Denmark summoned Russia's ambassador after a Russian frigate fired two emergency flares at a Danish air force helicopter over the Baltic Sea, the latest in a widening run of Russian provocations against NATO allies.
President Trump publicly urged Ukraine to halt drone strikes on Russian diesel infrastructure, blaming them for a global fuel shortage as American diesel prices reach an all-time high ahead of the midterms.
An Iranian cargo vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one and wounding four, as Tehran postponed a planned briefing to regional neighbors on its contested shipping-control plan.
Lithuania briefly closed Vilnius International Airport on Sunday after radar flagged a possible drone, sending NATO jets scrambling and shelter alerts to residents before the contact was identified as a flock of birds.
The 18th BRICS Summit opened in New Delhi with Xi Jinping's first India visit in seven years, as eleven member states weighed war, sanctions and their push for a post-Western order.
Two British crypto billionaires handed Nigel Farage's Reform UK a combined £72 million in less than a day -- more than every UK political party raised last year. One of the donors was pardoned by President Donald Trump.
President Trump told reporters in Dublin that he would 'love' to see Ireland unified with Northern Ireland, calling it a 'fantastic thing' that will happen 'eventually.'
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he hopes Republicans lose both chambers of Congress in November, urging American voters to punish President Donald Trump over the escalating U.S.-Canada trade war.
The Treasury Department will designate a large bank next week, vowing to keep squeezing Tehran's finances until "everyone stops dealing with this regime."
A joint U.S.-British-Norwegian operation confronted Russian deep-sea submersibles near Svalbard this spring, exposing a covert Moscow program built to sever the undersea cables that carry the world's internet traffic and financial transactions -- without leaving a trace.
President Trump hailed a 'really big night' for Germany's AfD after the populist party's historic state election win in Saxony-Anhalt, where the CDU collapsed from 40 seats to 15.
A Haaretz investigation claims UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed personally warned Benjamin Netanyahu of a major Hamas operation days before the Oct. 7 attack -- and that Netanyahu dismissed it. His office calls the report an absolute lie.
Britain announced sanctions Tuesday on Israeli West Bank settlements, drawing furious responses from Jerusalem and a warning from the Trump administration that the move could carry serious consequences for British business.
The AfD crushed the CDU in Saxony-Anhalt with nearly 44 percent of the vote, ending 24 years of establishment control and putting a far-right-led state government within reach for the first time since World War II.
The EU announced a $232 million investment package for Greenland on Monday as European leaders scramble to counter President Trump's Arctic focus, capping a two-day charm offensive in Nuuk.
The AfD won a historic victory in Germany's Saxony-Anhalt state election, more than doubling its support and delivering a crushing rebuke to Chancellor Merz's CDU as the populist right closes in on its first state government since World War II.
The Trump administration is drafting a post-war Middle East strategy to contain Iran and expand normalization between Israel and its Arab neighbors, according to U.S. officials.
The AfD is leading polls in Saxony-Anhalt ahead of Sunday's state election and could become the first far-right party to lead a German state government since World War II.
James Fishback, the former Florida gubernatorial candidate, was escorted out of a Miami-Dade County Commission meeting after protesting the county's expanded investment in Israel-backed bonds.
U.S. forces struck IRGC targets in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, the second wave in two days, after fresh attacks on oil tankers and American personnel. Trump called the strikes "large and powerful" and warned Tehran a bigger response is "waiting in the wings."
Russia, China, India and Iran rallied in Bishkek Monday as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization opened its 26th summit, pushing a multipolar agenda against the U.S.-led order.
Israel and Greece signed the largest defense deal in their history Monday, a roughly $3.5 billion pact that gives Athens a multi-layered Israeli-built air defense network as Turkey and Iran rattle the eastern Mediterranean.
Icelandic voters rejected restarting EU accession talks, preserving national control over fisheries and sovereignty after a closely watched referendum.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's "economic D-Day" sanctions campaign is hitting Iran hard, with inflation above 80 percent and fresh worker protests breaking out across the country.
Icelanders turned out in force Saturday for a referendum on reopening European Union accession talks, with early returns showing a razor-thin lead for the Yes side and counting too close to call.
Glacier-collapse flash floods along the Nepal-China border have killed at least 676 people with nearly 3,000 missing, as rescue teams race to free workers trapped in hydropower tunnels and a new flood threat looms.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian admits U.S. sanctions are hurting the regime's economy as the war hits six months, while Treasury severs Tehran's banking lifelines one by one.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe held secret talks with Russian intelligence in Moscow this week, reportedly delivering a direct warning against any attack on NATO allies -- the first such visit by an American spymaster since 2021.
Nearly 40 million barrels of Iranian crude sit on tankers near Malaysia, beyond the U.S. blockade, testing the Trump administration's 'zero leakage' pledge to cut off Tehran's revenue.
Trump's Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov told the UN Security Council that continued Israeli strikes are jeopardizing the Gaza cease-fire and the U.S.-backed plan to disarm Hamas.
President Trump's top Gaza peace envoy warned the U.N. Security Council that Israel's continued strikes are jeopardizing the cease-fire -- while revealing Hamas has agreed to disarm for the first time.
A glacier-triggered flash flood along the Nepal-Tibet border has killed at least 98 people and left more than 400 missing, including dozens of foreign tourists.
The State Department designated an Italy-based tech collective as a global terror group, revealing its encrypted services were used by Rose City Antifa, Jane's Revenge and networks tied to Hamas and Iran's IRGC.
Five years after the Abbey Gate bombing killed 13 U.S. service members in Kabul, Rep. Matt Van Epps introduces a House resolution honoring the fallen and demanding accountability for the Biden-Harris withdrawal from Afghanistan.
A Kremlin adviser and former Russian deputy foreign minister warned that British factories building drones for Ukraine could be hit by 'unknown sources,' escalating Moscow's threats over London's missile deal with Kyiv.
President Trump has submitted the landmark US-Saudi civilian nuclear agreement to Congress, keeping Israel normalization as a condition for the 30-year energy partnership.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced trip to Moscow aboard a U.S. military transport, marking the first senior American official's visit to Russia since January's peace push and putting the Trump administration's Ukraine diplomacy directly on the Kremlin's doorstep.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced sweeping new sanctions on nearly 60 Iran-linked entities, targeting Tehran's nuclear, missile, cyber and oil smuggling networks in an 'economic D-Day' campaign.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a surprise, unannounced trip to Moscow on a U.S. Air Force C-17 for meetings with Russian officials, opening a direct intelligence channel as Ukraine peace talks stall.
The State Department is returning American diplomats to Middle East embassies evacuated during the war with Iran, the clearest sign yet that the region is stabilizing under the Trump administration.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled "Operation Economic Outcast" on Monday -- a sweeping new sanctions campaign targeting the networks that keep Iran's regime funded, with secondary sanctions threats for any country that keeps doing business with Tehran.
Iran-linked hackers knocked a British power plant offline for four days in the first successful cyberattack of its kind against UK energy infrastructure.
The United States has cancelled the Ssangyong amphibious landing drill with South Korea, citing Iran war force constraints -- the second major allied exercise scaled back this month.
Israel and Syria held high-level talks Sunday to defuse tensions after an Israeli strike on a northern Syrian air base, with the Trump administration pushing for renewed direct Jerusalem-Damascus talks.
Putin warns Ukraine "opened Pandora's box" with drone strikes on Russian refineries and warehouses, vowing retaliation against Kyiv's grain economy as deep-strike warfare escalates.
A Russian double-tap drone attack on a crowded shopping mall in Kryvyi Rih killed at least 16 people and wounded more than 130, with rescuers still searching for survivors.
Iran's president insists Tehran won the war, but the U.S. is now squeezing the regime with the toughest sanctions in history -- a pressure campaign that has oil exports near zero and the rial in freefall.
France, Germany, Britain and other European powers issued a joint condemnation of Israel's E1 settlement project Thursday, demanding the plan be scrapped and warning businesses against bidding.
Russia's overnight missile and drone barrage on Kyiv killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens, hitting 28 locations across Ukraine and putting NATO neighbors on alert.
President Trump ordered a sharp cut to joint US-South Korea war games and confirmed plans to meet Kim Jong Un this year, sending allies across the Indo-Pacific scrambling to forge more self-reliant defense arrangements.
President Trump announced the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country, vowing unprecedented economic warfare against Iran and warning any nation that aids the regime will face tremendous consequences.
The United Arab Emirates halted all trade and financial dealings with Iran after detecting two ballistic missiles fired toward its territory, severing one of Tehran's last economic lifelines.
President Trump confirmed he will meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un later this year, reviving personal diplomacy with the nuclear-armed state and opening the door to a potential summit around November's APEC gathering in China.
Interim Sen. Darline Graham said "national security is not my thing" when asked about Taiwan and the South China Sea at the only debate of South Carolina's GOP Senate runoff against Rep. Ralph Norman.
Mykhailo Fedorov, the former Ukrainian defense minister fired last month, is demanding wartime elections -- the biggest internal challenge to Zelensky's rule since Russia's 2022 invasion.
President Trump ordered a major cut to costly U.S.-South Korea war games, and Seoul responded by accelerating its push for military independence.
President Trump demanded Iran "put up the white flag of surrender" as the U.S.-Iran truce expired without renewal, and confirmed for the first time that Washington has opened a direct backchannel with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi skipped the Yasukuni Shrine on the 81st anniversary of WWII's end, sending an offering instead as cabinet members visited and China and South Korea protested.
President Trump dismissed reports of dire conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, praised the crew's record deployment, and confirmed the USS George Washington will relieve the carrier.
The U.S. naval blockade of Iran is holding and about to get tighter. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says unprecedented economic measures are coming next week as the Strait of Hormuz standoff hits a critical juncture.
The USS George Washington is heading to the Middle East to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln after a record 240-plus-day deployment supporting the war against Iran, as lawmakers press the Pentagon over shipboard conditions.
The UAE formally accused Iran of drone attacks on two ADNOC oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, calling the strikes acts of piracy as the Trump administration vows to keep energy cheap for Americans.
Russia's campaign of strikes on Black Sea grain shipping has cut Ukraine's exports by three-quarters this month and sent wheat futures climbing, raising the specter of higher food prices worldwide.
Republican senators are publicly urging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to open classified briefings to Democrats, warning the freeze-out could threaten the administration's record $1.5 trillion defense budget.
Ukraine struck Russia's Novorossiysk naval base overnight with Neptune missiles, Palianytsia jet drones and sea drones, hitting air defenses, piers and port infrastructure in what Kyiv called a unique operation.
President Trump declares the U.S. has total control of the Strait of Hormuz and says America may keep it, as the naval blockade known as the 'Wall of Steel' squeezes Iran and oil keeps flowing.
Putin threatens to seize European ships in response to European seizures and sales of Russian shadow fleet oil cargoes, warning Russia will respond in kind.
Putin warns Russia will seize European ships and cargo if the EU confiscates vessels tied to Moscow's sanctions-busting shadow fleet.
President Trump crowned the first champions in the history of the Patriot Games on Tuesday, closing out the inaugural youth sports competition in Geneva, Ohio, as fighter jets intercepted an airspace intruder near the event.
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia, killing more than 250 people, injuring thousands and leaving over 4,000 missing as rescuers struggle to reach the epicenter.
A U.S. military helicopter fired at the rudder of a Panama-flagged ship that tried to run the naval blockade of Iranian ports. The crew was safely transferred, and Washington kept the pressure on Tehran while talks continue.
Zelenskyy says Moscow used North Korean ballistic missiles in overnight strikes that killed at least nine civilians, as Russia prepares more troops and missiles for a new offensive push.
Netanyahu publicly rejects the U.S.-led 15-point Gaza peace plan in a rare break with Trump, but the White House insists the deal is still moving forward.
Austrian authorities broke up a Vienna-based sanctions-evasion ring that shipped CNC machines and metalworking tools to Russian weapons makers, including equipment used to build engines for cruise missiles and fighter jets.
Syria and Russia have reached a deal to reorganize Moscow's military presence, handing Damascus back control of the Hmeimim and Tartus bases after 18 months of talks.
Hours after right-wing populist Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as Colombia's president, Washington pledged $1 billion in security aid as the new leader declared war on drug cartels and joined Trump's Shield of the Americas partnership.
Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia signed a mutual defense pact in Mecca that commits each nation to treat an attack on one as an attack on all, with Ankara calling it technically identical to NATO's Article 5.
One year after Trump hosted Armenia and Azerbaijan at the White House, the U.S.-brokered peace deal is holding, the TRIPP trade route is taking shape, and leaders on both sides are hailing a turning point.
The U.S. pledged $1 billion in security assistance to Colombia hours after Trump-backed hardliner Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as president, vowing an all-out war on drug cartels.
Colombia's new U.S.-friendly president was sworn in Friday in Cali as the Trump administration fast-tracks a military partnership aimed at dismantling drug trafficking networks.
Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed 58 troops and wounded 11 civilians in a missile barrage on Yemen's Marib province and Saudi Arabia's Najran region, as the Saudi-led coalition vows a response and Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign a new defense pact.
Defense sources say the U.S. has nearly exhausted its long-range precision missile stocks in the Iran campaign, while the Pentagon points to record production replenishing the arsenal.
The U.S. military has used nearly 80% of its THAAD interceptors and half its Patriot missiles during the Iran conflict, with commanders warning stockpiles are dangerously low.
The Trump administration revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador to Washington on Tuesday, escalating an election-year standoff over blocked U.S. diplomats and Brazil's refusal to approve Trump's ambassador pick Danny Perez.
Iran is demanding total control of all inbound and outbound shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, rejecting partial deals as a tanker comes under attack off Oman's coast.
The U.S. Army has burned through virtually all of its ATACMS and Precision Strike Missiles in the five-month war with Iran, while the Trump administration ramps up munitions production at record levels and insists America's arsenal remains the world's strongest.
Trump says Iran asked for talks only to deny them hours later, while U.S. officials confirm no new negotiations are planned -- and Tehran faces "every last chance" before escalation.
Around 1,600 Danish recruits began an 11-month conscription term Monday as Denmark expands its military to meet Arctic and European security demands, with women serving for the first time.
President Trump called off a massive planned strike on Iran this weekend and announced new negotiations with Tehran will begin Monday afternoon, after appeals from Gulf allies and Iran itself.
Israeli strikes killed at least 19 Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday in the deadliest day in weeks, testing President Trump's newly announced Hamas disarmament plan.
Michigan confirmed cyberattacks on nine water systems, joining Minnesota where 30+ systems were hit, as the FBI investigates a possible Iranian hacker campaign against U.S. water infrastructure.
Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv early Saturday, killing at least nine and wounding more than 30, as President Zelensky warned Ukraine has no interceptors left to stop the attacks.
A homemade bomb exploded at an upscale Moscow restaurant during a private event Saturday, killing three people including the woman suspected of carrying the device and wounding at least 21 others.
The U.S. and Israel are planning strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure with operations possible as soon as this weekend, sources say, as the president weighs final approval.
Iran says it halted tankers leaving the Strait of Hormuz, pushing oil prices higher as the five-month U.S.-Iran conflict tightens its grip on global energy supplies.
President Trump announced a historic agreement for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw from Gaza, then brought his Cabinet to Camp David to map out the next phase of Middle East policy.
President Trump says he is not sure about licensing Patriot missile production to Ukraine, citing the need to protect America's most advanced air defense technology.
Hackers have hit municipal water systems in at least seven states this week, forcing some towns to run operations manually as the FBI, EPA, and CISA warn every utility to lock down exposed systems.
Ukrainian drones struck a Lukoil refinery and a Wildberries logistics hub in the Volgograd region early Friday, killing at least one person as Kyiv's air campaign against Russian energy and supply networks continues to deepen.
President Trump convened his full Cabinet at Camp David for a war council as the conflict with Iran expands, with the Strait of Hormuz under attack and the Senate backing the commander in chief.
Iran says its military struck strategic U.S. assets at Kuwait's Ahmad Al-Jaber airbase in a drone attack, retaliating for American strikes on IRGC targets as the Gulf conflict expands.
The White House is pushing to sell Turkey F-35 fighter jets and lift CAATSA sanctions, betting that President Trump's rapport with Erdogan can pull a key NATO ally out of Russia's orbit -- even as legal hurdles remain over Ankara's S-400 system.
Federal investigators believe Iranian hackers were likely behind the coordinated cyberattack that disrupted more than 30 municipal water systems in Minnesota, officials said Thursday night.
President Donald Trump announced a historic agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza, brokered by the Board of Peace with international mediators including Egypt, Qatar, and Turkiye.
Senate Republicans defeated another Democratic-led war powers resolution on Iran Thursday, keeping unified behind President Trump's strategy as the conflict enters its fifth month and questions over munitions stockpiles intensify on Capitol Hill.
A Russian Kh-101 cruise missile crashed deep inside eastern Poland early Thursday, blowing a 33-foot crater into a field near Tarnawa Kolonia as Polish F-16s scrambled to respond and NATO vowed to defend alliance territory.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville warns NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is headed for Gitmo if he keeps pushing his socialist agenda, calling the far-left Democrat a 'thug' who hates America.
Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman held urgent talks with VP Vance at the White House after the US and Saudi Arabia launched joint airstrikes on Iran-backed militia positions in Iraq, drawing a ballistic missile response from Tehran.
Iran is set to receive up to 400 Chinese shoulder-fired air-defense missile launchers within weeks in a $60-70 million deal, according to multiple sources, as Tehran scrambles to rebuild its shattered air defenses.
China is reportedly selling Iran up to 400 shoulder-fired missile launchers worth $60-70 million, directly contradicting pledges made to President Trump not to arm Tehran during its ongoing war with the United States and Israel.
CENTCOM warns Iran is using US troops' social media posts to assess strike damage and target follow-up attacks after a deadly July 17 attack on a Jordan air base.
The Senate voted 86-12 to advance the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy watching from the gallery, targeting Russian energy, banks, and the shadow fleet while giving President Trump tariff authority over buyers of Russian oil.
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu reaffirmed their ironclad commitment to preventing a nuclear Iran during a White House meeting, as Trump warned that Tehran's Pickaxe Mountain facility will be destroyed if diplomacy fails.
Iran launched multiple ballistic missiles at a U.S. military base in Jordan on Tuesday, testing President Trump's diplomatic pause as all missiles were intercepted by CENTCOM defenses.
The Senate advanced the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, a bipartisan sanctions package targeting Russian oil and gas revenue and Iranian weapons funding.
President Trump delivered an emotional eulogy for Sen. Lindsey Graham at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, as world leaders including Netanyahu and Zelenskyy joined Cabinet officials in paying tribute to the South Carolina Republican.
President Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House on Tuesday for high-stakes talks on the Iran war, nuclear threats, and expanding the Abraham Accords.
Sen. John Cornyn, the retiring Texas Republican who lost a primary to Trump-backed Ken Paxton, is making the most of his final months by using his leverage in a narrowly divided Senate to secure commitments on PEPFAR AIDS funding while allowing key Trump administration nominees to move forward.
The nation marks 73 years since the Korean Armistice Agreement as fewer than 730,000 veterans remain alive, flags fly at half-staff, and the U.S.-South Korea alliance faces new challenges from a nuclear-armed North Korea.
President Donald Trump paused plans to expand military strikes against Iran after Pentagon officials warned that air defense interceptor inventories are dangerously strained, while the U.S. naval blockade continues and Omani mediators work toward a diplomatic opening.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed he will travel to New York to address the UN, pushing back against ICC arrest warrant threats from far-left NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
President Donald Trump will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on July 28 for high-stakes talks on Patriot missile supplies, the Graham Sanctioning Russia Act, and stalled peace negotiations with Moscow as Russia intensifies ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy warns Russia has prepared missiles for a massive attack within 48 hours as ballistic missiles strike Kyiv overnight, killing at least 10.
Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched missiles and drones at Saudi Aramco oil facilities in Jizan and Yanbu on Saturday, retaliating against Saudi airstrikes as the regional conflict widens beyond the Strait of Hormuz.
The Pentagon quietly reduced the official Iran war death toll from 18 to 14, removing four fallen soldiers from its casualty list -- even as President Trump honored them at Dover Air Force Base.
President Trump ordered the military to halt Iran strikes Friday as Oman-mediated talks in Tehran made progress toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz, breaking a 13-day streak of daily U.S. attacks.
President Trump ordered a Section 301 trade investigation into the European Union after Brussels fined Google $1 billion under the Digital Markets Act, threatening substantial tariffs on EU imports.
President Trump switched to the older Air Force One after U.S. intelligence detected a credible Iranian proxy threat targeting his life during the NATO summit in Turkey.
President Trump launched a Section 301 trade investigation into the EU after Brussels hit Google with a $1 billion fine, vowing the bloc will pay a very big price for targeting American tech companies.
ICC member states voted 82-13 to dismiss chief prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual misconduct allegations, marking the first removal of a sitting prosecutor in the court's history and deepening the institution's credibility crisis.
Vice President JD Vance is facing a coordinated online assault from within the GOP as the 'Never Vance' movement targets him over his Iran peace push. Allies say the attacks are a foreign-influenced 'op' to damage his 2028 prospects.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon face Democratic demands for a full Iran casualty count as the Defense Department works through routine data reconciliation during the ongoing conflict. Hegseth personally honored four fallen heroes at Dover this week.
The House passed a non-binding resolution 214-208 demanding an end to military action in Iran, but the Senate rejected a similar measure 47-49, handing President Trump a clear victory on Capitol Hill.
President Trump tells Axios he is 'close' to launching a 'massive attack' on Iran larger than Operation Epic Fury as Houthi attacks on Saudi tankers open a new Red Sea front and oil tops $100 per barrel.
President Trump announced the US-Saudi nuclear deal requires Riyadh to recognize Israel through the Abraham Accords and bars uranium enrichment, reshaping Middle East diplomacy.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was torched by GOP lawmakers after falsely claiming the NDAA would 'merge parts of our military with the IDF.' Rep. Mike Lawler told her to 'stop stoking Jew hatred.'
President Trump issued a blunt new warning to Iran on Wednesday, declaring the U.S. will bomb and destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant for every ship attacked in the Strait of Hormuz. The threat dramatically escalates the administration's posture as CENTCOM strikes continue for an 11th straight night.
France's parliament approved a sweeping social media ban for children under 15, making France the first European Union member to impose such restrictions on youth access to platforms like Facebook, TikTok, and Snapchat.
President Trump announced a 100% tariff on imported generic drugs starting in 2028, with a two-year grace period to force pharmaceutical manufacturing back to the United States and end dependence on foreign suppliers.
The Pentagon identified Army Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad as the third U.S. soldier believed killed in the Iranian attack on a Jordanian base. President Trump will attend a dignified transfer at Dover AFB on Wednesday as the death toll reaches 18 service members.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired General Oleksandr Syrskyi as Ukraine's commander-in-chief on Tuesday after six days of mass protests, appointing reform-minded General Mykhailo Drapatyi to lead the armed forces through the ongoing war with Russia.
President Trump announced the U.S. will bomb Iran's underground Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site after Israeli intelligence revealed Tehran moved thousands of centrifuges into the deeply buried complex.
Three Saudi crude tankers reverse course in the Red Sea after Iran-backed Houthis declare a maritime blockade, threatening to cut off the kingdom's last remaining oil export route and send global energy prices soaring.
The US military launched its 10th consecutive night of strikes against Iran on Monday, hammering Iranian military targets as President Trump warned Tehran will pay 'many times over' for every American soldier killed. Iran retaliated by striking US bases in Kuwait, Jordan, and Syria as the conflict continues to escalate across the Middle East.
More than 100 House Democrats voted to cut all $3.3 billion in U.S. aid to Israel, exposing a seismic shift in the party as AIPAC retaliates and NYC's mayor threatens Netanyahu's arrest.
The Pentagon is pushing back after a New York Times investigation claimed the military withheld dozens of U.S. service member injuries from recent Iranian attacks, calling the report a smear campaign from partisan hacks.
The US military struck Iran for the ninth straight night in an escalating campaign to break Tehran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, as the Pentagon confirmed a third American service member killed and Iran retaliated against US allies across the region.
President Trump announced the Qatari-gifted Air Force One will be sent for a month-long security upgrade to be 'maxed out' after questions surfaced about the plane's defensive capabilities, as the DOJ investigates leaks about presidential security.
Marjorie Taylor Greene accused War Secretary Pete Hegseth of bloodlust Monday after he said fallen troops' sacrifice stiffens American resolve, escalating a political fight over the Iran war.
Ukraine launched over 400 drones toward Moscow in one of the largest attacks on the Russian capital since the war began, striking oil depots and logistics hubs, while Zelenskyy faces street protests in Kyiv over his defense leadership reshuffle.
Iran fired ballistic missiles at Jordan's port city of Aqaba on Sunday, forcing IDF Iron Dome interceptors to shoot down fragments threatening Eilat as the war with Iran escalates to new levels of aggression against US allies.
Iranian ballistic missiles struck a US military base in Jordan on Friday, killing two American service members and leaving one missing in action. President Trump ordered retaliatory airstrikes against Iran the same evening.
Ukrainian drones struck deep inside Russian territory overnight, hitting two massive Wildberries warehouses and an oil depot, killing at least 9 and wounding over 80 in the deadliest attack inside Russia in two years.
The U.S. and Iran traded strikes for a seventh straight night as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz nearly ground to a halt and Iranian missiles hit water infrastructure and oil facilities in Kuwait, escalating a conflict showing no signs of resolution.
CENTCOM confirmed two U.S. service members were killed and a third is missing in action following an Iranian missile strike on an American base in Jordan, the first U.S. combat deaths in the escalating conflict.
Iran's hardline factions are threatening their own leaders with violence as the US ceasefire collapses and war resumes over the Strait of Hormuz.
Ukrainian drone strikes killed seven workers at a warehouse south of Moscow and ignited an oil depot fire in the capital region, as Kyiv escalates long-range attacks deep inside Russia.
President Trump threatened to revoke the broadcast licenses of ABC and NBC after they refused to carry his primetime election integrity address, as the FCC under Brendan Carr takes serious action against media networks abusing public airwaves.
US forces struck bridges and infrastructure in southern Iran for a sixth straight night, prompting Iran to retaliate with missiles and drones against American bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Jordan as the 60-day ceasefire collapses.
Ukraine's President Zelensky fired Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, the architect of the country's drone warfare program, triggering protests in Kyiv and raising concerns about the war effort.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe revealed at a Pennsylvania defense summit that Russian recruits survive only 20 to 30 minutes on the Ukraine battlefield thanks to AI-powered Ukrainian drones, with Russia suffering 1.4 million casualties including 450,000 dead.
President Trump confirmed Iran released an American woman detained since 2024 as a 'gesture of goodwill' while US forces expanded strikes to the Tehran area and disabled an oil tanker breaching the naval blockade.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio convened more than 65 countries at the State Department for a landmark summit targeting left-wing political terrorism, announcing new designations and signaling a major shift in global counterterrorism strategy.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio convened 65+ nations at the State Department for an emergency ministerial on far-left political terrorism, declaring the threat can no longer be denied and announcing expanded global counterterrorism cooperation.
President Trump reimposed a naval blockade on Iran and ordered precision strikes on military targets as the IRGC retaliated against US allies in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan.
Ukraine's drone forces struck 116 Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov over nine days, forcing Moscow to shut down both chokepoints to the waterway and creating a Strait of Hormuz-style crisis that is choking Russian grain exports.
Iran's IRGC threatens to halt all Middle East energy exports after the US reimposes a naval blockade on Iranian ports, escalating the confrontation and threatening global energy markets.
Senate Democrats blocked a procedural vote on the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act in protest of President Trump's Iran operations, holding troop funding hostage in an unprecedented political standoff.
The New York Times reveals Israel’s Mossad spent years recruiting former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, planning to install him as leader after the regime’s collapse -- a plot that ended with Ahmadinejad under IRGC house arrest.
Iran struck two UAE oil tankers with cruise missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one and injuring eight, as President Trump ordered a third consecutive night of devastating airstrikes and reinstated the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports.
The UK designated Iran's IRGC as a terrorist organization Monday, closing a loophole that had protected the regime's proxy networks. British officials linked the IRGC's Quds Force to seven attacks on Jewish centers.
President Trump reinstated the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports and declared America the guardian of the Strait of Hormuz, imposing a 20 percent cargo fee that sent oil prices soaring and collapsed the fragile truce with Iran.
Survivors of the Iranian drone strike that killed six US troops at a Kuwait base say commanders ignored warnings. The Army has completed its investigation as the Iran conflict escalates.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the replacement of Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, triggering a full government reshuffle as Kyiv prepares an updated political strategy for the ongoing war with Russia.
Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican and dominant voice on national security, has died at 71 after a brief illness, his office confirmed Sunday. He had just returned from a trip to Ukraine.
Iran launched sweeping retaliatory strikes on US military bases in six Gulf nations after President Trump ordered the third wave of American airstrikes on 140 Iranian military targets, dramatically escalating the Middle East conflict.
President Trump ordered a third wave of U.S. airstrikes on Iran after the IRGC attacked a civilian container ship in the Strait of Hormuz and declared the vital waterway closed to all traffic.
A bipartisan coalition of four U.S. senators reached an agreement with the Trump administration on Friday to advance the Sanctioning Russia Act, imposing 500 percent tariffs on nations that buy Russian oil and natural gas.
The United States is demanding Iran publicly open the Strait of Hormuz and stop attacking commercial shipping, warning that a nuclear deal depends on Iran first ending its blockade of the vital waterway.
Rep. Ro Khanna says armed Israeli settlers carrying American-made M4 machine guns detained him and his congressional delegation in the West Bank -- and that IDF troops initially sided with the settlers.
The Trump administration and a bipartisan group of senators reached a deal on Russia sanctions legislation targeting countries that buy Russian oil and natural gas, aiming to cut off revenue fueling Moscow's war in Ukraine.
President Donald Trump has declared the Iran ceasefire over after Tehran attacked commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, triggering massive US airstrikes on 90 Iranian military targets and Iranian retaliation against American allies across the Gulf.
President Trump switched Air Force One aircraft at RAF Mildenhall after the NATO summit as the Secret Service urged heightened security precautions amid escalating U.S. military strikes against Iran.
President Donald Trump revealed he left standing orders to bomb Iran at levels never seen if he is assassinated, as tensions soar following a collapsed ceasefire and new Israeli intel about an Iranian plot to kill him.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invited senior ministers from more than 60 countries to a Washington counterterrorism summit on far-left extremism, advancing the Trump administration's strategy against transnational Antifa networks and political violence.
Israel shared intelligence with the U.S. warning of a new Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump as mourners at Khamenei's funeral openly chanted death threats and displayed 'We Will Kill Trump' banners.
Iran buries former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Mashhad after a week of funeral ceremonies, as the nation remains at war with the United States and divided over its future without the man who ruled for four decades.
President Trump formally notified Congress of his intent to remove Syria from the state sponsor of terrorism list after 47 years, unlocking international trade and investment for the war-torn country's reconstruction.
President Trump ordered strikes on 90 Iranian military targets after Tehran attacked commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran retaliated against U.S. positions in Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar as the ceasefire collapsed.
Ukrainian drones struck Russian oil facilities in Tver and Stavropol and set two oil tankers ablaze in the Sea of Azov, escalating the campaign that has now targeted 36 vessels in four days and triggered a fuel crisis inside Russia.
President Trump delivered a major diplomatic victory for Ukraine at the NATO summit in Ankara, offering a Patriot missile production license, buying Ukrainian drones, and signaling U.S. support for Kyiv's battlefield momentum against Russia as Putin faces his weakest position in years.
President Trump declared the Iran ceasefire over and ordered 90 new strikes on Iranian targets after Tehran attacked tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and retaliated against U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.
President Trump declared the Iran ceasefire 'over' as U.S. forces launched a second night of precision strikes on Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz, sending oil prices surging and triggering missile alerts across the Gulf.
President Trump delivered a major foreign policy shift at the NATO summit in Ankara, granting Ukraine the license to produce Patriot missile interceptors while declaring Putin at his weakest point in years.
Russia announced a complete ban on diesel exports Wednesday after relentless Ukrainian drone strikes on its oil refineries triggered fuel shortages and hours-long lines at gas stations across the country, sending global diesel prices soaring.
President Trump granted Ukraine a license to produce Patriot missile interceptors at the NATO summit in Ankara, securing $80 billion in new aid and signaling a major thaw in US-Ukraine relations.
President Trump abandoned his new Qatari-gifted Air Force One in Turkey, flying home on the proven older aircraft as the Iran ceasefire collapsed and he acknowledged being Iran's top assassination target.
President Trump endorsed Ukrainian long-range strikes into Russia and announced a Patriot missile manufacturing license for Kyiv during a landmark NATO summit meeting with Zelenskyy in Turkey.
President Trump declared the Iran ceasefire over at the NATO summit, calling Tehran's leaders 'scum' and confirming the U.S. launched strikes against 80+ Iranian targets with more action expected.
President Donald Trump declared the US-Iran cease-fire over after American forces struck more than 80 targets across Iran in retaliation for attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
President Trump's viral 'Islamic Republic of Japan' slip during the NATO Summit in Ankara drew global attention, but the real story was the president's strong stance on Iran, the Patriot system's combat performance, and major summit achievements including Patriot licenses for Ukraine.
President Donald Trump announced at the NATO summit in Ankara that the U.S. will grant Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot air defense systems, a major policy shift from supplying weapons to enabling domestic production.
President Trump demanded the U.S. cut all trade with Spain at the NATO summit, calling the ally a 'wasted cause' for refusing to commit to the 5 percent defense spending target.
President Trump ordered Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to cut off all trade with Spain during the NATO summit in Ankara, calling Madrid a 'terrible partner' in the alliance and demanding an end to American subsidization of allies who refuse to carry their weight.
President Trump ordered powerful US military strikes against Iran after Tehran attacked three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, hitting over 80 targets across southern Iran.
President Trump revived his demand for US control of Greenland at the NATO summit in Ankara, threatened to pull all American troops from Europe, and NATO responded with $50 billion in new defense deals.
Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized for over three weeks with no explanation from his office, sparking MAGA demands for proof of life after Laura Loomer claimed the Kentucky senator is brain dead.
President Trump announced he is lifting sanctions on Turkey and signaled he will move forward with the F-35 fighter jet sale at the NATO summit in Ankara, defying bipartisan opposition and reshaping U.S.-Turkey defense relations.
Two bombs exploded near the hotel hosting French President Emmanuel Macron in Damascus on Tuesday, wounding 18 people during the first European leader visit to Syria since the fall of the Assad regime.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched missile strikes against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, setting a Qatari LNG tanker ablaze and rattling global energy markets.
President Donald Trump heads to Ankara for the NATO summit with meetings planned with Zelenskyy, al-Sharaa, and Erdogan, demanding allies deliver on 5% defense spending pledges.
Senator Mitch McConnell remains hospitalized more than three weeks after suffering cardiac arrest and receiving CPR, with his office refusing to disclose his condition while his wife Elaine Chao flew to Beijing for high-level meetings with Chinese officials just days after the emergency.
The House Judiciary Committee has released a stunning report detailing how South Korea's left-leaning government forced an American company to send divers on a covert mission into China and imposed a record $410 million fine, as the White House vows action.
Hamas dissolved its governing body in Gaza on Monday, clearing the way for the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza -- created under President Donald Trump's peace framework -- to assume civilian control of the territory for the first time since 2007.
European intelligence agencies warn that war has pushed Russias banking system to the breaking point, with inflated balance sheets, hidden defense-sector debts, and depositors pulling cash at record pace.
Raul Castro's grandson breaks his silence in a blockbuster exclusive, offering to negotiate directly with President Trump as Cuba's economy collapses under the weight of U.S. sanctions.
China test-launched a nuclear-capable ballistic missile from a submarine into the South Pacific on Monday, drawing condemnation from Australia, New Zealand, and Japan who said Beijing gave only hours of advance notice for the test.
President Donald Trump held a 90-minute July 4 call with Vladimir Putin and offered to broker a Ukraine peace settlement. Trump also spoke with Zelensky, who expressed optimism about ending the war as the NATO summit approaches.
Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, detained in China's October crackdown on underground churches, has been freed weeks after President Trump personally raised his case with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during a state visit to Beijing.
Iran's top leaders emerged from four months of hiding at Khamenei's funeral Sunday as hundreds of thousands of mourners openly called for the assassination of President Donald Trump.
Xi Jinping promoted Zhang Shuguang and Wang Gang to the rank of general on July 3 as China's anti-corruption purge has reduced its top military command from seven members to just two.
Senator Ted Cruz is pushing the SPONSOR Act to strip tax-exempt status from nonprofits funding political violence as the DOJ investigates Neville Singham's $278 million far-left network routed through shell companies and donor-advised funds.
Ukraine struck St. Petersburg's oil terminal in a massive overnight drone attack, with 72 drones intercepted as fires erupted in Putin's hometown. Zelenskyy confirmed the strike on energy and military targets as part of Ukraine's long-range sanctions strategy.
President Donald Trump blasted NATO as 'ridiculous' and 'one-sided' ahead of the alliance's Ankara summit, demanding allies finally pay their fair share for their own defense.
Iran warned the United States and Israel against attacks ahead of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's state funeral, threatening harsh retaliation and issuing new ultimatums over the Strait of Hormuz.
Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv early Thursday, striking all 10 districts and killing at least two after Zelenskyy warned of an imminent massive strike.
The US and Iran held indirect talks in Doha on Wednesday, making progress on Strait of Hormuz shipping and frozen assets while agreeing to continue diplomatic discussions toward solidifying the ceasefire.
President Trump sends Witkoff and Kushner to Qatar for Iran talks after weekend Strait of Hormuz clashes, as Tehran sends conflicting signals about direct negotiations.
Influential evangelical leaders are publicly divided over President Donald Trump's memorandum of understanding with Iran, with supporters praising the military gains secured through Operation Epic Fury and critics warning the deal offers the regime relief before its threat to Israel is neutralized.
President Trump says U.S.-Iran talks will resume Tuesday in Qatar after weekend strikes tested the fragile ceasefire. Iran sends mixed signals on participation.
President Donald Trump has launched a massive humanitarian relief operation in Venezuela, deploying over 250 US troops, search-and-rescue teams, and millions in aid after twin earthquakes killed at least 1,450 people and left nearly 69,000 missing.
IRGC-linked Fars News published a commentary Sunday arguing Iran has 'no choice' but to build a nuclear bomb, directly challenging the Trump-brokered peace deal as US and Iran exchange escalating military strikes.
Iraqi security forces stormed Baghdad's Green Zone before dawn Sunday, arresting at least 47 politicians and officials in a sweeping anti-corruption campaign ordered by new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi.
The IRGC confirmed it launched ballistic missiles and drones at US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain while the US struck 10 Iranian targets in a second night of operations, pushing the June 17 ceasefire to the breaking point.
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected the US-brokered Israel-Lebanon framework agreement on Saturday, calling it a surrender of sovereignty and vowing the terror group will not disarm, throwing the fragile diplomatic deal into immediate crisis.
President Trump orders precision airstrikes against Iranian military targets after Iran violates the Strait of Hormuz ceasefire with a drone attack on a commercial cargo ship, sparking a new crisis in the Middle East.
Iran launched a drone attack on Bahrain and struck a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday in retaliation for US airstrikes, escalating tensions just days after a fragile ceasefire agreement was reached.
Iran launched a drone attack on Bahrain and a tanker was struck in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday after the US retaliated with airstrikes on Iranian military facilities, threatening the fragile ceasefire agreement.
President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio mobilized $150 million in disaster relief and deployed military assets to Venezuela after twin earthquakes killed more than 900 people and left tens of thousands missing.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a US-mediated framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon in Washington on Friday, calling it a first step toward lasting peace and security. The deal establishes a process to disarm Hezbollah and create pilot zones controlled by the Lebanese Armed Forces.
The United States launched retaliatory strikes against Iranian military assets Friday after a drone attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz shattered the fragile ceasefire between Washington and Tehran.
President Trump ordered retaliatory airstrikes against Iranian military targets after Tehran violated the ceasefire by launching a drone attack on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.
President Trump accused Iran of violating the ceasefire after Iranian drones struck a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, with US forces shooting down three of four incoming attack drones.
Iran's IRGC struck a container vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, the first direct attack on commercial shipping since the US-Iran deal, forcing the UN to suspend evacuation operations and sending oil markets reeling.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked a Singapore-flagged cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, damaging the ship's bridge and prompting the UN to pause its evacuation mission, as the attack directly challenges President Trump's diplomatic push to restore safe passage through the vital waterway.
The Senate voted 47-50-1 to reject an Iran war powers resolution after President Trump personally rallied GOP senators, reversing a vote from just 24 hours earlier.
President Trump confronted Senate Republicans in a fiery closed-door lunch after four GOP senators crossed party lines to support an Iran war powers resolution, delivering a forceful defense of his foreign policy and election integrity agenda.
Trump called Erdogan a 'great leader' who stayed out of the Iran war at his request and signaled F-35s and jet engines are coming for Turkey ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara.
President Trump declares Iran agreed to highest-level nuclear inspections long into the future, as Tehran issues conflicting statements and the 60-day peace framework takes shape.
The Senate approved a war powers resolution on Iran in a 50-48 vote, marking the first time such a measure has cleared both chambers of Congress. The concurrent resolution carries no binding force of law and is not expected to alter U.S. military operations.
President Trump announced Iran agreed to nuclear inspections as part of the peace deal framework. Tehran denies the claim, but the administration says the breakthrough is real and negotiations continue.
A CNN exclusive reveals a downed F-15 pilot reported seeing Iranian drones swarm in a coordinated 'jellyfish' formation before ejecting over Iran in April -- an alarming potential advance in Tehran's drone warfare capabilities.
The Trump administration issued a 60-day waiver on Iranian oil sanctions Monday, allowing production and sale of Iranian crude, as Vice President JD Vance reported significant progress in Switzerland peace talks.
The US and Iran agreed on a 60-day roadmap toward a final peace deal as high-level talks in Switzerland concluded with agreements on the Strait of Hormuz, a Lebanon ceasefire framework, and nuclear discussions. Vice President JD Vance led the American delegation in what he called a 'historic meeting.'
Colombia elects right-wing outsider Abelardo de la Espriella as president in the closest race in modern history, defeating leftist Ivan Cepeda by less than 260,000 votes.
Vice President JD Vance is leading face-to-face US-Iran negotiations at the Burgenstock Resort in Switzerland, tackling the nuclear program, Strait of Hormuz, and Lebanon ceasefire in the most significant diplomatic engagement between the two countries in decades.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to resign Monday as over 100 Labour MPs call for his ouster. Andy Burnham is the frontrunner to replace him as Labour leader and prime minister.
President Trump declared UK PM Keir Starmer 'will resign' as the embattled British leader faces overwhelming pressure from his own party to step down. Multiple UK outlets report Starmer will announce his departure Monday.
President Trump threatened fresh strikes on Iran as VP Vance opened peace talks in Switzerland, with Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz and the Lebanon conflict threatening to unravel the fragile U.S.-Iran truce.
Millions of Colombians head to the polls Sunday in a presidential runoff that could end the nation's socialist era, with Trump-endorsed outsider Abelardo de la Espriella leading against leftist Ivan Cepeda.
Ukrainian forces struck an oil refinery 2,000 kilometers inside Russia on Saturday, and Zelensky announced new 3,000-kilometer range drones that fundamentally change the strategic balance of the war.
Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday after Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed dozens, testing the fragile US-Iran ceasefire just hours before high-stakes peace talks were set to open in Switzerland.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki strips Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle over UPA military unit controversy. Zelenskyy returns the medal.
Iran announced Saturday it had closed the Strait of Hormuz over Israeli attacks in Lebanon, accusing the U.S. of breaching their interim peace agreement. The U.S. disputes the closure, saying commercial traffic continues to flow through the vital waterway.
President Trump told the G7 that Iran's missiles 'aren't the problem,' directly contradicting the stated war aims of Operation Epic Fury and his own administration's months-long messaging.
Iranian oil tankers are crossing the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since 2018 as the Trump peace deal takes effect, with analysts projecting a months-long ramp-up that could reshape global energy markets.
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner head to Switzerland for Iran nuclear talks as the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire revives diplomatic momentum that appeared to be collapsing just days ago.
Planned U.S.-Iran peace talks in Switzerland were abruptly called off Friday as renewed fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon shattered hopes for a smooth transition into the next phase of the landmark cease-fire agreement.
Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said 'all of Lebanon must burn' after four IDF soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon, directly challenging the U.S.-Iran ceasefire framework as Switzerland talks were postponed.
Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a renewed ceasefire in Lebanon brokered by the United States and Qatar, taking effect at 4 p.m. local time Friday following days of escalating cross-border hostilities that threatened to unravel the broader US-Iran peace framework.
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni says Trump fabricated a claim she begged for a photo at the G7, as Italy's foreign minister cancels a US visit in protest.
VP Vance canceled his Switzerland trip for Iran nuclear talks on day one of the 60-day window, as logistical issues and Iran's demands over Lebanon stall the Trump-Pezeshkian agreement.
Outgoing DNI Tulsi Gabbard declassified bombshell documents proving Fauci funded Wuhan lab gain-of-function research, then lied to Congress and conspired with the IC to suppress the lab-leak cover-up.
Secretary of War Hegseth announced a six-month review of U.S. forces in Europe and threatened to cut NATO dues for allies failing to meet the 5% GDP defense spending target.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has publicly endorsed direct negotiations with the United States for the first time, greenlighting face-to-face talks just days after the U.S.-Iran agreement to end 110 days of hostilities was signed.
Ukraine struck Moscow's main oil refinery in its largest drone attack of the war, grounding flights and sending smoke over the capital — timed alongside Zelensky's G7 meetings with Trump and Macron.
Vice President JD Vance pushed back against claims that the Trump administration's new Iran deal mirrors the Obama-era JCPOA as GOP lawmakers raise alarms over the agreement's terms including a $300 billion reconstruction framework.
President Trump told world leaders at the G7 summit in France that the Iran memorandum of understanding is 'not final,' warning he will resume bombing if Tehran does not 'behave' as Iranian oil tankers test the blockade for the first time in two months.
The full 14-point US-Iran MOU has been leaked. Ceasefire, Strait of Hormuz reopening, $300 billion fund, sanctions relief, and nuclear deferrals — here is the complete text and what it means.
The White House is touting major wins from the initial Iran deal, but the agreement remains secret, nuclear talks are deferred, and key details on Hormuz tolls and Lebanon remain unresolved.
A Russian frigate fired warning shots at a UK-registered yacht in the English Channel on Tuesday, escalating tensions days after British forces seized a shadow fleet tanker.
Vice President JD Vance clarified during a CBS News interview that any $300 billion reconstruction fund for Iran would be financed by Gulf countries and only if Tehran meets strict nuclear nonproliferation commitments.
Trump arrived at the G7 summit in France Monday as the newly finalized Iran peace deal reshaped the agenda. Ukraine fights for attention, trade tensions simmer, and Macron hopes Versailles can keep Trump at the table.
The Strait of Hormuz reopens Friday as Trump finalizes a U.S.-Iran peace framework in Geneva. Ships are moving, markets are surging, but nuclear questions and Israel's rejection of ceasefire terms in Lebanon leave the deal fragile.
Israeli warplanes struck a Hezbollah command center in Beirut's southern suburbs Sunday, killing three, as the Iranian-backed terror group escalated rocket attacks on northern Israel on the same day Trump said a U.S.-Iran peace deal was imminent.
President Trump announced a peace deal with Iran to be signed Sunday, reopening the Strait of Hormuz and paving the way for the dismantling of Iran's nuclear program after months of U.S.-led pressure.
President Donald Trump announced that a deal with Iran is set to be signed soon, immediately reopening the Strait of Hormuz to all traffic, even as US forces shot down multiple Iranian drones targeting commercial ships in the strategic waterway.
Trump's reported Iran deal push has revived the JCPOA debate as officials discuss Hormuz, frozen assets, sanctions relief, and Tehran's nuclear material.
Trump confirms Iran shot down US Apache helicopter near Strait of Hormuz and vows the US must respond after two pilots were rescued unharmed.
Iran launched a new ballistic missile barrage at Israel, the first since the April ceasefire, as Trump urges both sides to de-escalate and return to negotiations.
In a historic 215-208 vote, the Republican-led House approved a war powers resolution for the first time, directing President Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from unauthorized hostilities with Iran after a three-month conflict.
Iran struck Kuwait International Airport on June 3, killing one and wounding 63 in the latest escalation of the U.S.-Iran conflict.
Iran halts nuclear talks with the West after Israeli strikes hit Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, raising fears of wider regional conflict.