Commercial satellite imagery appears to show three destroyed American tanker aircraft at Prince Sultan Air Base. The Pentagon has said nothing.
Finland is demanding proof that European-funded weapons actually reach Ukraine — verification steps allies normally reserve for adversaries, not partners. Marco Rubio says the US may keep them 'for America first.'
Israel bombed Iran's Arak heavy water reactor and its only yellowcake plant on Friday — crossing from a U.S.-led campaign into direct Israeli attacks on nuclear infrastructure. Iran's IRGC says the old rules no longer apply.
Pakistan is ferrying messages between Washington and Tehran, pressing both sides toward talks neither will publicly acknowledge. The country has more riding on the outcome than most mediators ever do.
A US military probe has concluded that outdated intelligence caused a Tomahawk strike on an Iranian school, killing at least 168 people. The finding threatens to unravel claims of precision warfare.
The day before taking office, Nepal's new prime minister released a rap song. Now the 35-year-old former rapper must satisfy a generation that toppled a government.
Three container ships were turned back at the Strait of Hormuz on Friday morning — the first confirmed interdictions since Iran declared the waterway closed to 'enemy' shipping. With oil at $110 a barrel and Macquarie warning of $200 crude by June, the chokepoint the world feared has become reality.
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.
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