US President Donald Trump faced pointed criticism over the Iran war on Wednesday in a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, before his administration asked Congress for about $87.6 billion to pay for the conflict.
The US Senate on Tuesday passed a war powers resolution - a symbolic rebuke of President Donald Trump which calls for an end to the US-Israeli war against Iran, and requires explicit authorization from Congress.
The CEOs of Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Honeywell arrived at the White House on Wednesday for a meeting with President Donald Trump, as the administration presses major defense contractors to ramp up weapons production amid concerns about U.S. missile and munitions stockpiles.
Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte met US President Donald Trump in the White House on Wednesday to try to ease tension before a crucial summit in Ankara next month.
People hold flags in front of a gas station as President Donald Trump’s motorcade passes by Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
The White House on Wednesday asked Congress for $87.6 billion in supplemental spending to pay for the Iran war and a host of other things including aid to U.S. farmers, and Ebola response.
The agreement to end the Iran war has triggered intense debate over its lessons. Among the many interpretations, one of the interesting approaches is a comparison with the Suez Crisis. According to this view, just as Britain was forced by American pressure to withdraw from Suez in 1956, the United States may now be …
WTI futures briefly fell below $70 a barrel for the first time since the US-Iran conflict erupted, as tanker flows through the Strait of Hormuz are showing further signs of normalization and physical market tightness continues to ease.
UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon recorded no missile launches or air strikes between midnight and 4pm local time (13:00 GMT) on Wednesday, according to the deputy spokesperson for the UN secretary general.
Sexual violence has being used “consistently as a tactic and weapon of war” since the conflict in Sudan erupted three years ago, according to a new report by the United Nations Human Rights Office.
U.S. military escorts of commercial ships have ended Iran's ability to close the Strait of Hormuz in the future, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Wednesday.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group is responsible for the majority of sexual crimes committed by warring parties in Sudan over the past three years, the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday.
An unidentified woman sells Nigerian national flags during an event to mark Nigeria independence day in Lagos, Nigeria, Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)
BERLIN — The leaders of Germany, France, Italy, the U.K. and Poland pledged to strengthen NATO's European pillar ahead of a Wednesday meeting between the chief of the alliance and U.S. President Donald Trump.
A man stands near a poster promoting the AI agent from Alibaba at the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
The Czech Republic’s Constitutional Court issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday allowing President Petr Pavel to attend the July NATO summit in Ankara.
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he has been assured by Iran that no fees will be collected from ships in the Strait of Hormuz, as negotiations continue to secure a lasting end to the war in the Middle East.
Moscow's largest oil refinery is expected to remain out of service for at least six months after suffering significant damage in a series of Ukrainian drone attacks this month, according to Reuters, citing sources familiar with the matter, after Zelensky earlier vowed to bring the war to Russian territory. Kiev and …
Iran believes it has emerged stronger from its latest confrontation with the United States and Israel, but remains deeply skeptical that any agreement reached at the negotiating table will be honored, University of Tehran professor Mohammad Marandi has insisted.
Iran believes it has emerged stronger from its latest confrontation with the United States and Israel, but remains deeply skeptical that any agreement reached at the negotiating table will be honored, University of Tehran professor Mohammad Marandi has insisted.
An Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon has killed at least two people despite fighting between Israel and Hezbollah quieting down in recent days after demands by both the United States and Iran for a ceasefire.
Israeli forces have continued attacks in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, killing at least two Palestinians despite an ongoing “ceasefire” in the besieged enclave.
A senior official at the Collective Security Treaty Organization said Wednesday that the Moscow-led military alliance has taken note of rising tensions between Ukraine and Belarus after Kyiv last week threatened to strike military targets inside Belarusian territory.
The European Union’s diplomatic service has proposed a three-year military and civilian mission to advise and train Lebanese forces, including in border and maritime security, according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
Israel might not be able to push for Iran or Hamas's collapse in Gaza, due to the fanaticism that keeps the group in power, Dr. Col. (res.) Michael Milstein, a senior researcher at the Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University and a former head of the Palestinian arena in Military Intelligence, said in a 103FM interview o…
When Iran was firing missiles at Arab capitals in the recent war, Damascus was safe. The post-Assad leadership even sensed an opportunity in the trade disruptions caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, with Saudi Arabia and Turkey supporting plans for alternative land routes through Syria.