Donald Trump says Iran’s president wants a ceasefire tied to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran calls the claim false as missile exchanges continue and allies press for de-escalation.[1][2]
French authorities have detained two additional suspects after police stopped an attempted attack outside Bank of America’s Paris headquarters, widening a terrorism investigation with possible international implications.
Hundreds of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents began arriving at airports from Atlanta to JFK on Monday after Trump ordered their deployment amid a five-week partial government shutdown that has left TSA officers unpaid and long security lines stretching for hours.
New Zealand and the Cook Islands have signed a new security declaration that restores frozen aid, reaffirms Wellington as Avarua’s preferred defence partner and tries to draw firmer lines around how the islands handle outside powers including China.[1][2][3]
The decorated Vietnam veteran and longest-serving FBI director since Hoover died last Friday. His special counsel investigation into Russian election interference defined Trump's first term and remains divisive.
A federal judge temporarily halted Arizona's criminal case against Kalshi after the CFTC intervened, turning a state gambling prosecution into a broader test of who controls U.S. prediction markets: state regulators or Washington.[1][2][3]
