North Korea said it tested a variant of its flagship ballistic missile in a launch hailed by leader Kim Jong Un, as the US shifts its focus to the Middle East while reports that Washington is restricting intelligence sharing with Seoul add to security concerns in the region.
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on April 19, 2026.
US Navy ship stopped Iranian-flagged cargo ship in its tracks “by blowing a hole in the engineroom” and US marines have custody of the ship, President Donald Trump says on Truth Social.
The US military is preparing to board Iran-linked oil tankers and seize commercial ships in international waters in coming days, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed US officials.
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine speaks as a map of the Strait of Hormuz is displayed during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on April 16, 2026.
The US military is preparing to board Iran-linked oil tankers and seize commercial ships in international waters in coming days, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed US officials.
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine speaks as a map of the Strait of Hormuz is displayed during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on April 16, 2026.
A US defense official claims Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has conducted at least three attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz since Saturday morning, Axios reporter Barak Ravid says in a post on X.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders salute as armed women march in a military parade in downtown Tehran, Iran, on April 17, 2026. The event takes place during a ceasefire between Iran and the United States-Israeli coalition. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Photographer: NurPhoto/NurPhoto
President Donald Trump issued increasingly aggressive threats to destroy Iran’s power plants starting Tuesday and bring “Hell” to the country following the rescue of a US airman more than a day after his fighter jet was shot down.
President Trump during a primetime address to the nation at the White House on April 1.
“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,” President Donald Trump says in a Truth Social post.
MIAMI, FLORIDA - MARCH 27: U.S. President Donald Trump departs Air Force One at Miami International Airport on March 27, 2026 in Miami, Florida. President Trump traveled to speak at a summit in Miami Beach before heading to Palm Beach for the weekend. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images) Photographer: Nathan Howard/Getty Images North America
President Donald Trump says he will have a news conference “with the Military” at the Oval Office at 1 p.m. on Monday.
A US Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle at the Paris Air Show in Paris, France, on Monday, June 16, 2025. The 55th Paris Air Show runs 16-20 June at Le Bourget airport. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg
Federal agents last night arrested the niece and grand niece of deceased Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Major General Qassem Soleimani, the US State Department says in an emailed statement.
A picture of Qasem Soleimani as Iranians protest during an anti-Israeli and anti-American rally in Tehran, Iran, on Sept. 28, 2024.
Time is running out and there are 48 hours before “all hell” will reign down on Iran, President Donald Trump says, reiterating a reminder of 10 days he gave the country to make a deal or reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
US President Donald Trump during a prime-time address to the nation in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. President Donald Trump will hail his military campaign in Iran as a success during a Wednesday prime-time address and stress that the conclusion of operations may come in two-to-three weeks, according to a White House official. Photographer: Alex Brandon/AP Photo
Iran has agreed to allow 20 more ships under the Pakistani flag to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar says in an X post.
TOPSHOT - A worker seals the Pakistan State Oil tanker's lid at the fuel storage facility in Sheikhupura district in Lahore on March 10, 2026. Pakistan's navy has launched an operation to "counter multidimensional threats" to its national shipping and maritime trade, with concerns about fuel supplies due to the US-Israeli war on Iran. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP via Getty Images)
US bombed Iran’s coastline facilities that threaten the flows of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper says in a video posted on X.
TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 12: A general view of the Port of Kharg Island Oil Terminal, 25 km from the Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf and 483 km northwest of the Strait of Hormuz, in Iran on March 12, 2017. Kharg Island Oil Terminal brings Iranian oil to the world market. The oil terminal is the world's largest open oil terminal, with 95% of Iran's crude oil exports coming through it. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Photographer: Anadolu/Anadolu
“Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships,” President Donald Trump says in a Truth Social post.
US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. Trump said he didn’t believe Iran was laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and repeated his suggestion that the war would end soon, even as the confirmation of an emergency oil release did little to calm volatile markets. Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca
“Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships,” President Donald Trump says in a Truth Social post.
US employees of the diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia have been told to leave the country under orders by the State Department, New York Times reported.
The US embassy headquarters in Riyadh on March 3, 2026.
The Trump administration may announce an economic deal with Cuba soon, USA Today reports citing two unidentified people with knowledge of the plans.
A demonstrator waves a Cuban flag on Palmetto Expressway during a 'Rally For Cuba' protest in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. On Sunday, anti-government protests broke out across Cuba as thousands decried rising prices, lack of basic goods and frequent blackouts. Photographer: Marco Bello/Bloomberg
There would have to be a “very good reason” for the US to deploy ground troops to Iran, President Donald Trump says in a meeting with the press on Air Force One.
US President Donald Trump salutes during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, US, on Saturday, March 7, 2026. President Donald Trump honored six US servicemembers killed in Kuwait during the war with Iran, attending a solemn ceremony as their remains returned to home soil. Photographer: Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg
There would have to be a “very good reason” for the US to deploy ground troops to Iran, President Donald Trump says in a meeting with the press on Air Force One.
Donald Trump called on Netflix to fire board member Susan Rice or “pay the consequences,” after she said that Democrats would take action against corporations that “take a knee” to the president.
Susan Rice, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, speaks about the Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) report in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. The PAVE task force today released an action plan that represents wide-ranging sets of reforms to advance equity in the home appraisal process the White House announced.
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