US to hand off Ukraine weapons coordination hub to a European or Canadian officer
The Pentagon plans to give up command of SAG-U, the hub in Wiesbaden, Germany, that has organized Western training and weapons deliveries to Ukraine since 2022.
The Pentagon plans to give up command of SAG-U, the hub in Wiesbaden, Germany, that has organized Western training and weapons deliveries to Ukraine since 2022.
Iran launched a new round of missile attacks, and United States and Saudi Arabian forces struck Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq, according to news reports.
Days after signs Iran's conflict with the US was cooling, fighting flared again on three fronts: Iran fired a missile attack on US forces, which the US says it intercepted; US and Saudi jets bombed Iran-backed militants in Iraq who had launched drone attacks; and Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow sea passage carrying much of the world's oil.
Four separate studies published this month found China pulling ahead of the United States in several areas at once: global opinion polls now favor China over the US in most countries, China's trade surplus keeps growing, its biotech industry is running drug trials faster and cheaper, and its military has added disinformation and fake videos to its war plans for Taiwan (a self-governing island China claims).
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet President Trump at the White House this week, then attend the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham, a leading Senate voice for arming Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at the White House on Tuesday for the first time since US and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February set off new Middle East fighting.
The Pentagon, the US military's headquarters, is now planning its support for Ukraine as far ahead as 2029.
On Monday, US diplomats left a UN Security Council meeting while France was speaking about Ukraine.
After nearly two weeks of nightly strikes, the US guns have gone quiet over Iran. The reported reason isn't diplomacy — it's dwindling stockpiles of interceptor missiles. Here's why a lull built on ammunition math is so easy to break.
The floated 10-day ceasefire has not held: US strikes reach a 13th night, Trump threatens a 'bigger' offensive, and oil above $100 turns a regional war into a worldwide price shock.
The United States is preparing to sign a nuclear cooperation agreement that would allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium on its own soil. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insists it won't fuel proliferation. Israel and non-proliferation experts are not reassured — and the deal lands while a Gulf war is under way.
President Donald Trump imposed a 50% tariff on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods, prompting Prime Minister Mark Carney to say Canada would not 'bow down' as a new North American trade conflict opened.