Trump says Iran is 'begging for a deal' and pauses energy-sector strikes for 10 days. Iran's response: missiles on Kuwait, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, plus a counter-proposal demanding war reparations.
The Friendship and Tigger Moth were due in Havana on Tuesday carrying medicine, baby formula, and food. Neither arrived. Now four nations are coordinating a search.
SMIC began shipping chipmaking equipment to Iran's military a year ago, according to US officials — and the transfers may still be ongoing. The allegation lands as Beijing insists it's not taking sides in the Middle East war.
The former Venezuelan president sat in a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, arguing that the U.S. government is blocking his ability to mount a defense. Outside, protesters clashed. Inside, a judge questioned whether national security concerns still apply to a prisoner already in custody.
Trump says Iran talks are 'going very well.' Tehran says 'no negotiations have happened.' The Strait of Hormuz remains closed, and the gap between Washington's claims and Tehran's denials has become the defining feature of this war.
Malaysia negotiated the release of its ships from the blockaded Strait of Hormuz as oil prices hover near $120 a barrel. The kill list is growing, ceasefire talks are stalling, and the world's busiest oil chokepoint has effectively closed.
British forces can now board and seize sanctioned vessels transiting UK waters. Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the goal is to 'starve Putin's war machine' — and the first operation could come within weeks.
The Trump administration has told Kyiv that US security guarantees will only be signed once Ukraine agrees to withdraw from the Donbas region — a concession that would hand Russia some of the most fortified defensive positions in Europe.
A friendship treaty, a bouquet from Putin, and a 21-gun salute: Belarus and North Korea staged a show of solidarity this week that says more about their desperation than their strength.
The UN has declared the transatlantic slave trade the 'gravest crime against humanity' in a landmark vote opposed by the US, Israel and Argentina. The resolution opens a path toward reparatory justice — but carries no legal obligation.
Tehran dismissed Washington's 15-point proposal as 'extremely maximalist and unreasonable' — then issued its own demands, including war reparations and sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.
A one-month ceasefire. Fifteen conditions. Zero clarity on whether Tehran is listening — or whether Israel is on board.
Brent crude surged to $104 a barrel after reports the Pentagon will send 82nd Airborne troops to the Middle East. The deployment gives Trump options for seizing Iranian territory—whether he uses them is another question.
The largest aerial assault of the entire war struck western cities far from the front lines — a clear signal that Moscow's spring offensive is underway while peace talks stall.
For the first time since 2000, Israel will hold Lebanese territory indefinitely. Defence Minister Israel Katz says displaced civilians cannot return until northern Israel is safe — and his cabinet colleague wants the Litani River as the new permanent border.
Eight thousand kilometers from Tehran, the Philippines is rationing fuel and bracing for inflation. The Strait of Hormuz blockade is now a Southeast Asian crisis.
Months before an Air Canada jet slammed into a fire truck at LaGuardia, killing two pilots, aviators were filing urgent warnings to NASA's safety database. "Please do something," one wrote. Nobody did.
Fabrice Leggeri ran the EU's border agency during the migration crisis. Now a French judge wants to know if his policies amounted to crimes against humanity — while Leggeri serves in the European Parliament for the far right.
At least six people were injured when an Iranian missile slammed into central Tel Aviv — one of multiple projectiles that evaded Israel's vaunted air defense systems. More than a million Israelis are in shelters, and the coordination between Tehran and Hezbollah shows no sign of breaking.
Mette Frederiksen was heading for defeat. Then Donald Trump threatened to seize Greenland, and Danish voters remembered why they hired her.
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