U.S. President Donald Trump

July 10, 2026 6:35 AM

Trump terminates Election Assistance Commission members

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday terminated the members of the Election Assistance Commission, the independent, federal commission that assists election administration officials nationwide, according to one person familiar with the decision and two other people briefed on the terminations. The remaining three commissioners of the four-member bipartisan commission were forced out of the commission on Thursday in different ways. The one Republican appointee resigned and the other two Democ...

July 8, 2026 2:40 PM

Russia launches third air attack on Kyiv in a week, officials say

Russia fired ballistic missiles at Kyiv again overnight, officials said on Wednesday, a third attack on the Ukrainian capital in less than a week exploiting Ukraine's critical shortage of U.S.-made air-defence interceptors. The new attack comes with the NATO summit underway in Ankara, where U.S. President Donald Trump is due to hold talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. While Ukraine's air defences intercepted 139 of the 169 drones during the overnight strikes on the country, the...

July 8, 2026 3:13 PM

Trump calls Italy’s Meloni a ‘nice person’ but blames her for not helping with Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a "nice person" but criticised her for failing to help in the conflict with Iran, his latest remarks in a diplomatic dispute that is straining bilateral ties. Meloni was once seen as a close ally of Trump, but the relationship faltered last month when he told Italian TV channel La7 that she had "begged" him to take a photo with her at a G7 summit in France. She denied the claim and accused him of...

July 8, 2026 9:48 AM

Protests break out in Havana as Cuba struggles to restore electricity

Scattered protests broke out across Havana on Tuesday evening, with residents banging pots, honking horns and shouting "turn on the lights" as millions of Cubans remained without power amid a six-month-long U.S. fuel blockade. Cuba experienced a nationwide outage on Monday — its third this year — but while authorities said most of the country had been reconnected to the island's grid by late Tuesday, many remained in the dark and without electricity as the island doesn't have enough fuel. ...

July 7, 2026 1:11 PM

Hamas dissolves Gaza government, Israel dismisses move as ‘stunt’

Hamas said on Monday it had dissolved its de facto government in Gaza and was ready to hand over to a group of Palestinian technocrats — a move it described as a step forward in a U.S.-backed plan for the enclave, but Israel dismissed as a "stunt". The militant group's promise to end its body overseeing ministries — which has run for more than a decade — was a key part of the plan for a civilian-ruled, post-war Gaza set out by U.S. President Donald Trump after the start of a fragile cease...

July 7, 2026 8:36 AM

UEFA accuses FIFA of compromising integrity after lifting Balogun ban following Trump intervention

European football’s governing body UEFA launched a scathing attack on FIFA on Monday after the world football governing body suspended the one-match World Cup ban handed to United States striker Folarin Balogun following intervention from U.S. President Donald Trump, calling the move a threat to the integrity of the sport. The decision allowed Balogun to play in the United States’ Round of 16 match against Belgium. It drew widespread criticism from UEFA, coaches, officials and former FIFA p...

July 2, 2026 9:45 AM

US, Iran talks conclude in Doha, focused on Strait of Hormuz

Iran and the United States concluded a round of indirect talks on Wednesday with no sign they had made headway toward a lasting peace, focusing instead on issues that they said had been resolved when an interim agreement was announced two weeks ago. Sources familiar with the discussions said negotiators for the two countries spent two days in Doha discussing maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and unfreezing Iran's funds, two critical issues under the initial agreement. The next meeting w...

July 1, 2026 1:02 PM

Trump reports over $1.4 billion in income from crypto ventures

U.S. President Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income from his family’s crypto ventures last year, showing how Trump now derives most of his income from digital assets that have benefited from his policies, according to a review of his latest financial disclosures on Tuesday. The filings, his annual disclosure for 2025 with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, disclosed that his companies received almost $800 million from World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture he and his s...

July 1, 2026 9:13 AM

Iran says it won’t meet with U.S. envoys, clouding prospects for peace deal

Iran said on Tuesday it would not meet with top U.S. envoys who flew to the region following an outbreak of hostilities, clouding the prospects for a lasting peace between the two countries. Iranian officials also said the two sides must still sort out the terms of a ceasefire they signed two weeks ago before they could tackle more difficult topics, such as possible limits to its nuclear program. The developments indicated the two sides are far apart on key pillars of the initial framework, wh...

June 29, 2026 4:56 PM

Mediators set up de-escalation channels ahead of US-Iran talks:Report

Iranian and U.S. technical teams working on the implementation of an interim peace deal are expected to meet in Doha in the coming days, a source told Reuters on Monday, after tit-for-tat weekend strikes threatened to derail the fragile accord. Mediators have established communications channels to de-escalate any incidents, and technical talks are set to continue, the source, with knowledge of the discussions, added. However, a senior Iranian official was reported as saying technical meetings w...