South Korea says it will hold its first search and rescue drill at sea with Japan in nine years.
South Korean army soldiers take part in the river-crossing exercises with US army as part of the Freedom Shield in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on Saturday, March 14, 2026. North Korea fired about 10 ballistic missiles on Saturday, Yonhap News agency reported, citing South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, days after leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a second test this week of cruise missiles from the country’s newest warship. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
The US, Japan and South Korea are “deepening our defense cooperation to ensure our combined forces remain lethal, ready, and capable of deterring aggression in the region,” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says in an X post.
Pete Hegseth speaks with Ahn Gyu-back and Shinjiro Koizumi as they arrive for a ministerial roundtable. Photographer: MOHD RASFAN/AFP
Investors won’t see a rate cut out of the next Federal Reserve policy meeting, according to DoubleLine Capital LP chief executive officer Jeffrey Gundlach.
Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of DoubleLine Group, during the Bloomberg Global Credit Forum in Los Angeles, California, US, on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The world's credit markets are having a moment, but trade wars, persistent inflation and growing concern of a slowdown in the world's largest economy loom large. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg
Investors won’t see a rate cut out of the next Federal Reserve policy meeting, according to DoubleLine Capital LP chief executive officer Jeffrey Gundlach.
Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of DoubleLine Group, during the Bloomberg Global Credit Forum in Los Angeles, California, US, on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The world's credit markets are having a moment, but trade wars, persistent inflation and growing concern of a slowdown in the world's largest economy loom large. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg
President Donald Trump will be presented with options for action on China if US investigations determine that industrial overcapacity is influencing Chinese exports, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said.
China Shipping branded shipping containers on the dockside at the port of Barcelona, Spain, on Thursday, March 5, 2026. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said he won’t yield to threats over his objections to the US and Israeli war in Iran. Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg
“I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE,” President Trump says in a Truth Social post.
The armed suspect who tried to enter a Washington ballroom where President Donald Trump was speaking was likely targeting administration officials, Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche said.
Guests walk away from the Washington Hilton amid a heavy police presence after shots were heard during the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, DC, on April 25
US naval forces intercepted a sanctioned vessel in the Arabian Sea on Saturday as part of the Trump administration’s blockade of Iranian energy exports, according to US Central Command.
US forces patrol the Arabian Sea in this handout photo provided by US Central Command, on April 20. Source: Handout/US Central Command/Getty Images
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