The US and Canada have been in stalled trade talks, with Washington threatening to raise tariffs (taxes on imported goods) on Canadian products to 50%.
The US Treasury has sanctioned International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and a senior court lawyer, the deepest blow yet in an American campaign against the court, which the administration has vowed to dismantle "brick by brick."
Trade talks between Canada and the United States remain stalled after Washington threatened tariffs of up to 50%.
President Trump ordered the Pentagon to reduce planned joint military exercises with South Korea, an ally the US has long worked with to deter North Korea.
The United States is considering sanctions against a sitting judge on Brazil's Supreme Court, according to a Financial Times report picked up within the same hour by Reuters and other news outlets.
Trade talks between the United States and Canada have stalled, and Washington is threatening tariffs of up to 50% on Canadian goods.
Ukrainian arms makers have warned their own government that slow, insufficient ordering by the state, not Russian attacks, could be what stops weapons reaching the front next, and they have proposed fixes.
President Donald Trump says he will declare the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow sea passage between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, part of United States territory.
President Trump said the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which has spent a record nearly nine months at sea backing US operations against Iran, will keep deploying, dismissing concerns about sailors' mental health.
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that carries much of the world's oil, has slowed further, Reuters reports, as the United States threatens new economic penalties on Iran.
The US Defense Secretary said the Navy's blockade around the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow sea passage next to Iran through which much of the world's oil passes, can go on indefinitely.
Iran has said it will only reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow sea passage that much of the world's oil ships through, if the United States lifts its economic sanctions on Iran.