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Trump said the Nobel Peace Prize choice of Navi Pillay leaves an “indelible stain” on Norway. Here is what he said and how the laureate responded

Trump says the Iran war will end “very quick, one way or the other” as Houthi attacks and IRGC shipping threats raise regional security fears

President Donald Trump expressed uncertainty Friday over Pentagon plans to publicly broadcast the military firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan.

Trump eased sanctions on Russia to secure a major diesel release, aiming to lower surging fuel costs before midterm elections.

Washington imposes sanctions on the ICC hours after former judge Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize, as the court says its work will continue

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he will ask President Donald Trump to withdraw ICE agents after a shooting incident in Marble Hill sparked widespread protests.

President Donald Trump ruled out attacking Iran prior to the US midterm elections on November 3, citing productive negotiations with Tehran.

Trump will award Elon Musk the National Medal of Science on Thursday, alongside Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang and Lisa Su. See who else is being honored

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific as it returned home from a 265-day wartime deployment

Vance says Iran must cut enrichment to end the seven-month war, telling Reuters Tehran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacity

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Athens on Wednesday for high-level talks on defense and energy cooperation with Greek leadership, set against the backdrop of a major address at the ancient Pnyx calling for Western civilisational renewal

US President Donald Trump announced an upcoming discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the suspicious death of a Siberian plague research technician, while the WHO and US State Department press Moscow for transparent biological risk reporting

The White House denies Trump suggested Iran should 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego, calling the backlash a 'media freakout' not rooted in reality.

Trump's comment that Iran could 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego drew swift criticism from Gavin Newsom, mayors Karen Bass and Todd Gloria

The US Department of the Treasury issued a stern warning to foreign financial institutions to immediately terminate all transactions with Iran's banking sector and shadow financial networks or face unannounced secondary sanctions

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order deferring taxes on red-dyed diesel for highway use, a move designed to alleviate record-high fuel prices for commercial and everyday drivers ahead of the November midterm elections

The US midterms decide control of Congress, 36 governorships and thousands of state seats, with about $12 billion in ads and no Trump on the ballot

The Pentagon confirmed that all US Air Force B-1 Lancer heavy bombers stationed at RAF Fairford have been redeployed to their home stations in the United States following a security incident and an ongoing counter-terrorism investigation near the Gloucestershire facility

US president confirms Jay Clayton as AI czar to lead a new White House task force on artificial intelligence as researchers warn of the technology's dangers.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a 13-member national AI advisory council—including pioneer Yoshua Bengio—to guide federal AI strategy, manage safety risks, and steer public policy as global scrutiny over frontier models intensifies