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House Republicans push the $1.15 trillion defense bill through in a razor-thin vote, exposing deep splits over the Iran war

Citing US officials, reports say Trump will formally announce a 30-year US-Saudi nuclear deal Wednesday, as Saudi Arabia and Houthi rebels trade fire

Rubio warns Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz sets a dangerous global precedent, as US strikes continue for an 11th night

Mamdani says NYC lacks legal authority to arrest Netanyahu on the ICC warrant and urges the federal government to act instead

Iran war cost has reached $37.5 billion as US strikes expand and Gulf states face new attacks, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth tells Congress

US President Donald Trump has imposed a fresh 50% tariff on many Canadian goods, including wine, hockey sticks and cement, effective in 30 days

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun meets Donald Trump in Washington Tuesday, as Israel and the US press Beirut to disarm Hezbollah and reclaim sovereignty

Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim they struck Amazon infrastructure in Bahrain and a US complex in Jordan, killing several personnel

Iran says diplomatic exchanges with the US via mediators continue despite fresh strikes, as fighting resumes and Hormuz tensions rise.

Iran struck Gulf neighbors Kuwait, Jordan and Syria as US strikes on Tehran continue, pushing oil prices to a one-month high near $91 a barrel

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Iran is using the Strait of Hormuz as leverage, urging other nations to help protect global shipping

US strikes Iran after American troop deaths in Jordan; Tehran hits back at two US bases in Kuwait as ceasefire talks collapse

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he's still weighing whether to arrest Netanyahu during his UN visit, calling him a war criminal

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested in Miami. UK prosecutors are seeking extradition on rape and sex trafficking charges.

Iran's army says it struck two US military bases in Kuwait with kamikaze drones, hours after fresh American airstrikes hit Iranian territory

Iran says the Islamabad MoU is suspended after the US violated its commitments, as strikes escalate and the death toll passes 50

Lebanon's president departs for Washington to meet Trump, the first such visit since 2009, as talks continue on Israel's withdrawal from the south

Kuwait says Iranian strikes hit a power plant and oil facility, causing injuries and fires as the Middle East war escalates further

Venezuela's quake death toll has passed 5,000 as the IMF releases $346 million in reconstruction funds for the earthquake-hit coastal region

Trump threatened higher Canada tariffs over wildfire smoke blanketing the U.S., as Detroit ranked the world's most polluted city and the World Cup final looms