Spain says White House falsely claimed it agreed to cooperate on Iran strikes as Prime Minister Sanchez repeats “no to the war.”
House Speaker Johnson calls Islam a “misguided religion” while defending U.S. airstrikes that have killed more than 1,000 Iranian civilians including 165 children in a girls’ school.
U.S.-Iran war reaches Cyprus and Indian Ocean as Hezbollah strikes British airbase and U.S. submarine sinks Iranian frigate near Sri Lanka.
Trump orders Navy to escort tankers through Strait of Hormuz and offers U.S. insurance guarantees as Iran war pushes gas prices up 11 cents in one day.
U.S. and Ecuadorian forces launch joint military operations against drug trafficking cartels as Southern Command expands Latin America footprint.
Trump threatens to cut off all trade with Spain after Madrid blocks U.S. bases from Iran strikes, despite court limits on his trade authority.
Israel threatens Iran’s next supreme leader as day 5 brings Israeli strikes across Tehran, global market plunge, and Trump walking back regime change as a goal.
U.S. sanctions Rwanda’s military and top commanders for backing rebels in eastern Congo, accusing Kigali of violating a peace deal Trump brokered in December.
Melania Trump chairs UN Security Council meeting on children in conflict two days after Iranian envoy says U.S. strikes killed more than 100 schoolgirls.
Iran strikes U.S. embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as Trump says war could last five weeks and State Department evacuates personnel in six Middle Eastern nations.
Security forces kill at least 10 protesters who breached U.S. consulate perimeter in Karachi as anti-American unrest over Iran strikes spreads across Pakistan.
Iran war expands across eight countries as Hezbollah launches first attack on Israel in over a year and three American troops are killed in Kuwait.
U.S. backs Pakistan’s “right to defend itself” as open warfare with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan kills hundreds along 1,600-mile border.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei and entire defense council killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes as Tehran retaliates across Gulf states.
NASA cancels Boeing’s multibillion-dollar rocket stage and restructures Artemis to attempt up to two lunar landings in 2028, citing China competition.
Trump raises prospect of “friendly takeover” of Cuba as U.S. blocks oil shipments and Rubio holds secret talks with Castro’s grandson.
U.S. and Israel launch joint strikes across Iran in operation planned for months, triggering Iranian retaliation against Israel and U.S. bases across four Gulf states.
White House posts AI-labeled deepfake of Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk mocking Canadians on official TikTok, though Tkachuk has played for Canada’s capital city team since 2018.
Melania Trump will preside over a UN Security Council meeting Monday in a first for any first lady, while the U.S. owes the organization nearly $4 billion in unpaid dues.
Treasury blocks Venezuela from paying Maduro’s legal fees less than three hours after approving them, lawyer says move violates Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
Draft funding agreement would give Trump appointees veto power over Radio Free Europe and Middle East Broadcasting editors, with authority to shut down operations on two weeks’ notice.
US embassy will offer passport services inside illegal West Bank settlement for the first time, breaking longstanding policy as Palestinians call it a violation of international law.
Treasury sanctions 30 Iranian entities tied to missiles, drones, and oil smuggling one day before U.S. and Iran resume nuclear talks in Geneva through Omani mediators.
Cuban coast guard kills four and wounds six on a Florida-registered speedboat after Cuba claims the crew opened fire first, as Rubio says the U.S. will verify independently.
U.S. Ambassador Kushner pledges not to interfere in French public debates after France restricted his access to government ministers over embassy’s repost of State Department “radical leftism” warning.
Trump declares “golden age” in record longest State of the Union, pivoting from economic sales pitch to blaming Democrats for “destroying” the country.
State Department orders nonessential diplomats out of Lebanon as Trump builds largest U.S. military presence in the Middle East in decades and threatens strikes on Iran.
British police arrest former UK Ambassador to the U.S. Lord Mandelson on suspicion of passing market-sensitive government information to Jeffrey Epstein while serving as a cabinet minister.
U.S. military kills three more people in Caribbean boat strike, bringing total to at least 150 dead across 44 strikes since September with no evidence released.
France bars U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner from direct access to government ministers after he skips formal summons over State Department comments calling a French activist’s death “terrorism.”
Greenland’s prime minister rejects Trump’s offer to send a hospital ship, noting Greenland already provides free health care and telling Trump to stop making “random outbursts on social media.”
France summons U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner after the State Department called the beating death of a French far-right activist evidence that “violent radical leftism” is a public safety threat.
EU demands United States honor July trade agreement after Trump raises global tariff from 10% to 15% in response to Supreme Court ruling blocking his emergency tariffs.
Trump announces he is sending a Navy hospital ship to Greenland to treat people “not being taken care of,” though Greenland provides free health care and both Navy hospital ships are in an Alabama shipyard until at least April.
Trump reversed support for UK’s Chagos Islands deal after Britain refused to allow U.S. forces to use RAF bases for strikes against Iran.
U.S. Ambassador Huckabee tells Carlson “it would be fine” if Israel took territory from the Nile to the Euphrates, then tries to walk it back as “hyperbolic.”
Ambassador Bridge owner gave $1 million to Trump’s super PAC 24 days before Trump threatened to block the competing Gordie Howe Bridge from opening.
Trump weighs initial limited military attack on Iran to force a nuclear deal, with aides presenting options ranging from targeted hits to a regime change campaign.
Trump pledges $10 billion without specifying its purpose at first Board of Peace meeting where nine countries commit $7 billion toward Gaza’s estimated $70 billion reconstruction.
US prepares to withdraw all troops from Syria as military repositions for potential Iran strike, abandoning Kurdish allies who fought alongside American forces against ISIS.
US military prepares to strike Iran as early as this weekend as carrier group and UK-based air assets reposition to the Middle East, one day after indirect Geneva talks end without resolution.
Trump convenes his Board of Peace at the building he renamed for himself, with Belarus as a member despite US sanctions and most European allies refusing to join.
Energy Secretary Wright threatens to withdraw the U.S. from the International Energy Agency unless it stops producing renewable energy scenarios and drops its net-zero work.
U.S. indicts captain of seized shadow tanker on charges of flying a false flag and disobeying Coast Guard orders during a weeks-long pursuit through the Caribbean and Atlantic.
Hegseth forces Army Secretary Driscoll to fire his senior spokesman, a 28-year colonel whose previous work for Gen. Milley appears to be a factor in his removal.
California Gov. Newsom signs clean energy agreement with U.K. in London as Trump calls it “inappropriate” and warns British leaders against partnering with him.
Trump administration sends second deportation flight to Cameroon carrying eight more third-country nationals days after first flight of nine, most with court orders against removal, was exposed.
U.S. and Iran hold second round of nuclear talks in Geneva as Trump deploys a second carrier strike group and Iran runs live-fire drills in the Strait of Hormuz.
Secretary of State Rubio tells Orban “your success is our success” during Budapest visit two months before April election where Orban trails opposition challenger in polls.
