- 5h ago
Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran with 1,000 missiles after intelligence warns of assassination plot
The US president says orders have already been given for a year-long strike posture after Israel reportedly shared intelligence on a new Iranian plan to kill him. Tehran insists the Strait of Hormuz remains under its control.
- 5h ago
Trump administration subpoenas NYT journalists over reporting on Qatar-gifted Air Force One security flaws
The US Justice Department ordered four reporters to testify before a federal grand jury in Manhattan next Wednesday, escalating Trump's campaign against independent media.
- 11h ago
Trump Warns Iran: 1,000 Missiles Ready, Ultimatum on Strait of Hormuz Expires Saturday
The US president posts on Truth Social that 1,000 missiles are locked on Iran, with thousands more to follow, while Washington demands Tehran publicly open the Strait of Hormuz by Saturday.
- 12h ago
Trump: 1,000 missiles aimed at Iran as US military receives orders to 'obliterate' country over assassination threats
The US president said 1,000 missiles are loaded and ready, with thousands more to follow, after reports Iran was planning to kill him. Washington had earlier switched his return plane from a NATO summit in Turkey to a safer one.
- 12h ago
Ten dead after Flamingo Air Cessna 402 crashes on Andros Island on Bahamas' 53rd independence day
A Cessna 402 operated by Flamingo Air crashed near San Andros Airport on Friday, killing all 10 aboard. The flight had taken off from Nassau roughly 30 minutes earlier on the nation's 53rd independence anniversary.
- 13h ago
Tanker traffic in Strait of Hormuz slows after US and Iran trade strikes, truce declared 'over'
The US and Iran exchanged military strikes this week, hitting ships and military sites, pushing oil prices up 4-5% and stalling shipping through the vital chokepoint.
- 16h ago
Trump administration rescinds Endangered Species Act habitat harm rule, opening protected land to development
The Trump administration on Friday eliminated a 50-year-old legal interpretation that treated habitat destruction as harm to endangered species. The move could allow mining, drilling and real estate development in previously protected areas, prompting environmental groups to promise an immediate court battle.
- 19h ago
Second nationwide blackout in five days hits Cuba as dissident rapper transferred on eve of protest anniversary
Cuba's electrical grid collapsed for the second time this week on Friday, the fourth general outage in less than six months, while authorities moved jailed rapper Maykel Osorbo to a different prison a day before the fifth anniversary of the 2021 anti-government protests.
- 19h ago
Cuba's grid collapses again, marking fourth nationwide blackout of 2026 amid US oil embargo
The island's power system went dark on Friday, just days after a previous outage left millions without electricity and sparked street protests in Havana.
- 23h ago
Israel shares intelligence on new Iranian plot to assassinate Trump as president says he left instructions to ‘bomb them’
Israeli intelligence passed information to Washington this week indicating Tehran was preparing a new plan to kill the US president, according to the Wall Street Journal and CNN. Trump told the New York Post he has left orders for a massive bombing campaign should Iran succeed.
- yesterday
Trump ends Iran ceasefire, agrees to continue talks at Tehran's request
The US president announced on Truth Social that the ceasefire with Iran has ended, while confirming Washington accepted Tehran's request to keep negotiating. Qatari mediators have already travelled to Iran for de-escalation talks.
- yesterday
China recovers Long March 10B booster at sea in first reusable rocket landing, narrowing SpaceX gap
The Long March 10B's first stage was caught by a net-equipped floating platform six minutes after liftoff from Hainan Island, a milestone for Chinese satellite ambitions.
- 2d ago
Trump fires entire Election Assistance Commission leadership four months before midterm vote, Democrats decry 'brazen' power grab
The White House forced out the three remaining commissioners of the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission, leaving the vote-certification body leaderless just months before November's congressional midterms, and sparking Democratic accusations of a power grab.
- 2d ago
Kremlin says intensified Ukrainian strikes will prolong the war, rejecting Trump's call for escalation
The Kremlin said Thursday that intensified Ukrainian drone strikes will only extend the war, pushing back against President Trump's suggestion that escalation could force Moscow to negotiate.
- 2d ago
Iran buries Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as US strikes resume and son stays absent
Iran laid former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to rest at the Imam Reza shrine on Thursday, capping six days of funeral rites overshadowed by a new round of US military strikes and the conspicuous absence of his son and designated successor, Mojtaba Khamenei.
- 2d ago
Israel Warns US of Fresh Iranian Plot to Kill Trump as Truce Hangs in Balance
Israel shared intelligence with the United States about an alleged Iranian plan to assassinate President Donald Trump, amid a fragile truce and renewed military strikes.
- 2d ago
US confirms strikes on 90 military targets in Iran while explosions hit near Bushehr nuclear site; Iran blames US and Israel
The US military confirmed strikes on about 90 Iranian military targets, while Iran reported an attack on a facility near its Bushehr nuclear plant and blamed the 'American-Zionist enemy,' though Washington denied involvement in that specific incident.
- 2d ago
US and Iran trade heavy strikes after Trump declares ceasefire over, with Strait of Hormuz control at the heart of renewed fighting
President Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran 'over' on Wednesday, triggering a new wave of US airstrikes on Iranian military targets and retaliatory attacks by Tehran on US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.
- 2d ago
Trump orders restoration of White House North Portico columns, removes 150 years of paint
President Trump has ordered the restoration of the White House's North Portico columns, with workers draping a photorealistic tarp over scaffolding on Thursday as the latest in a series of construction projects at the executive mansion.
- 2d ago
Palm Beach airport renamed after Trump, first US terminal to honor a sitting president
The airport serving Palm Beach, Florida, was officially renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport on Thursday, becoming the first US commercial airport to bear the name of a sitting president.
