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July 25, 2026 10:17 AM

Trump says Israeli PM Netanyahu will visit US next week

President Donald Trump said on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the U.S. next week. Trump's comments came in his speech at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Friday, while he was falsely casting U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer as Palestinian. "I am going to send him (Schumer) a beautiful Palestinian outfit tomorrow, so he can greet Bibi Netanyahu when he comes to town next week," Trump said. "He turned Palestinian," Trump said of Schumer, who is J...

July 25, 2026 10:15 AM

Trump imposes new global tariffs, drawing protests from trading partners

The United States on Friday imposed new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including the EU and China, alleging those countries failed to curb imports made by forced labor, just as a temporary 10% global tariff expired. The move is the White House's first step in efforts to rebuild President Donald Trump's near-global tariff wall after the U.S. Supreme Court in February struck down his "reciprocal" duties of 10% to 50% imposed last year under a national emergencies law ...

July 25, 2026 10:14 AM

US missiles hit Iran as path towards de-escalation uncertain

U.S. missiles struck targets across Iran on Friday and President Donald Trump vowed "major military punishment" for Tehran and its Houthi allies in Yemen, though he once again left open the door to a diplomatic deal with Iran. Two weeks after the collapse of an interim truce meant to end the war, Iranian armed forces responded by firing at U.S. bases in neighbouring Arab countries and warning that they could strike non-military buildings there used by U.S. personnel. Trump has threatened in re...

July 20, 2026 10:10 PM

US ‘deeply concerned’ after EU eyes carbon price for international flights

The United States is "deeply concerned" about the European Union's plans to impose carbon costs on some international flights, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Transportation told Reuters on Monday. "The United States remains deeply concerned about any expansion of the EU's Emission Trading System," the spokesperson said. The European Commission published proposals on Friday to start applying costs on emissions from international flights departing Europe - measured by a specific point...

July 20, 2026 9:48 PM

US attacks deepen hardship, not dissent, in Iran’s restive south

Opposition to Iran's clerical rulers has long simmered in the country's impoverished south. But after bearing the brunt of U.S. strikes this month, many residents are directing their anger at President Donald Trump and an air campaign they say has upended their lives. Southern Iran, which borders the Strait of Hormuz, has been a major target of U.S. attacks on ports, energy facilities and transport infrastructure. Washington says the strikes are aimed at curbing Iran's ability to threaten shipp...

July 19, 2026 5:50 PM

US renews strikes on Iran after two military personnel killed by Iranian attack

The U.S. said it had completed an eighth straight night of attacks against Iran after earlier announcing that two U.S. military personnel were killed in Jordan and another was missing following an Iranian attack. The U.S. and Iran have intensified attacks since an interim ceasefire deal signed a month ago fell apart last week, raising the possibility of a return to all-out war. U.S. Central Command said in a statement that the latest airstrikes began at 6 p.m. ET (2200 GMT) on Saturday, at ...

July 16, 2026 8:25 AM

US launches multiple strikes on Iran, which retaliates against US targets in region

The U.S. launched two waves of attacks on Iran's coastal defenses and missile sites on Wednesday after reimposing a naval blockade of its ports, while Iran struck back by targeting U.S. military sites in neighboring countries in what it called an "existential war" with America. The latest escalation comes days after a fragile truce collapsed, raising the specter of a return to full-scale war, with Iran once again threatening to shut off more regional energy exports. Hostilities have intensi...

July 14, 2026 9:22 AM

US to block citizens in Congo from immediate travel home, citing Ebola

The Trump administration on Monday said it is blocking American citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo from traveling to the U.S. on commercial flights, according to a White House official. The order, which is being taken under a transportation authority known as Title 49, will place U.S. citizens in Congo or those who have recently left on a “do-not-board” list until they have spent at least 21 days in a third country, the person said. The new restrictions come amid a wideni...

July 13, 2026 4:09 PM

Piyush Goyal dismisses reports of deadlock in India-US trade talks, says negotiations progressing well

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday dismissed reports of a deadlock in the proposed India-US bilateral trade agreement (BTA), calling them "completely false, baseless and misleading," while asserting that negotiations between the two countries are progressing positively. Rejecting a news report that claimed India was delaying an early agreement in pursuit of a better deal, Goyal said both countries remain committed to concluding a balanced and commercially meaningful trade pac...

July 12, 2026 1:38 PM

US strikes Iran, Tehran says Strait of Hormuz closed, Gulf states hit

The U.S. military launched fresh strikes on Iran after it struck a container ship on Sunday, while Tehran said it had again closed the Strait of Hormuz and escalated attacks on U.S. facilities in states across the Gulf. A series of attacks between the U.S. and Iran over the past several days led President Donald Trump to declare the end of a ceasefire meant to halt the fighting that the U.S. and Israel began on February 28, though Trump has left the door open to continued negotiations. Iran sa...