Russia freed an American teacher four years after he was convicted there of fighting for Ukraine following a decision by President Donald Trump to offer the country sanctions relief.

President Donald Trump’s deal for Russian diesel exposed the US to legal questions, opened a rift with his Republican allies and European leaders and heightened tensions with Ukraine — all in exchange for an outcome that experts suggest is unlikely to succeed.

The world body has been relegated to the sidelines more than ever this year.

President Donald Trump pointed to reams of declassified materials as proof of his claims of election vulnerabilities that he alleged in his prime-time address Thursday night. In many cases, the documents did the opposite.

Billionaire venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, the one-time Democratic supporter who switched his allegiance to Donald Trump, got a spot with several other prominent Republican politicians and former officials on a top Pentagon advisory board.

President Donald Trump and his team had several red lines that they used to justify the US war against Iran. At a press conference on Wednesday, Trump largely brushed them aside.

Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe led a US delegation to Cuba and conveyed to officials there that the administration wished to negotiate with the communist government, but only if it made changes, an agency official said Thursday.

President Donald Trump imposed new sanctions on top Cuban officials, the White House said, part of a months-long push by the administration to ramp up economic and security pressure on the island.

President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon will extend their ceasefire by three weeks, a move that creates space to work on a long-term deal and removes a roadblock to ending the US war with Iran.

President Donald Trump said a visit by King Charles III to the US next week could help improve US-UK ties that have soured over Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s stance on immigration and reluctance to get involved in the Iran war.

The Trump administration is signaling to allies that it has no immediate plans for a ground invasion of Iran, even as it deploys thousands of troops to the Middle East, people familiar with the matter said.

The Defense Department will no longer allow media organizations to keep offices in the Pentagon building after a federal judge ruled that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had improperly revoked credentials for dozens of them.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is circumventing Congress to fast-track the sale up to $16.5 billion in air defense systems, radars and missiles to Middle East allies that have borne the brunt of Iranian retaliation to the US and Israeli military campaign against the regime in Tehran.

President Donald Trump warned Iran against laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and threatened to blow up any ship attempting to do so, underscoring his determination to get oil flowing through the vital waterway after almost two weeks of war.

The US and Venezuela agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations, the State Department said, signaling President Donald Trump’s willingness to work with the country’s current leadership now that he’s ousted Nicolás Maduro.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is better known for her strong progressive stances than her foreign policy views over the course of her seven years in Congress. An appearance at this weekend’s Munich Security Conference suggested a shift in approach and fueled more speculation of a presidential run in 2028.

Two US Navy vessels collided during a refueling operation in the Caribbean, underscoring the operational risks of maintaining a massive military buildup in the region amid an ongoing oil quarantine around Venezuela.

Donald Trump has anchored his security initiatives in the Western Hemisphere and Middle East. Asia remains a far more valuable sphere of influence.

President Donald Trump warned Iran to make a nuclear deal with the US or face military strikes far worse than the attack he ordered last June, increasing pressure on the regime and propelling oil prices higher.

President Donald Trump urged Iranians to continue protests against the government of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and warned he would “act accordingly” once he gets a sense for how many of the demonstrators have been killed.