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President Trump has threatened to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants on Tuesday night Eastern time if it does not open the Strait of Hormuz. There have been no public signs of a diplomatic breakthrough.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s policies affecting the Roma minority have put those voters in play in upcoming parliamentary elections. In a tight race, they could make the difference.

Court documents raise questions about the Argentine president’s statements that he had no connection to the launch of the $Libra cryptocurrency.

A scheduled visit by the American vice president, JD Vance, makes clear that Russia is not the only country invested in a victory for Hungary’s leader, Viktor Orban.

For centuries, the bones of some six million people were buried in the catacombs beneath the city. Curators are trying to preserve and modernize the tunnels while maintaining the spooky ambience.

One potential off-ramp appeared when Iran offered a 10-point counterproposal for ending the war that President Trump called a significant step, if “not good enough.”

President Trump has told Iran it must open the Strait of Hormuz by 8 p.m. Tuesday or face the consequences, although he has delayed previous deadlines.

Long concerned about geopolitical crises, China redoubled efforts to secure energy security when President Trump started raising the stakes in his first term.

President Trump escalated his threats ahead of his pending Tuesday deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

As President Trump’s deadline for new attacks loomed, Iran conveyed its conditions through Pakistani intermediaries.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was “deeply concerned” that the rapper known for antisemitic and racist comments had been booked to perform at the Wireless Festival.

Rescue workers recovered four bodies from a residential building in the port city of Haifa after air defenses failed to intercept an Iranian strike, Israeli officials said.

The president wants third countries to take migrants who can’t be sent back home. To get that, almost everything is up for negotiation.

Sunday was a particularly deadly day, as Israel targeted areas around the country — including a Christian area long regarded as safe by residents.

While organizations in the developing world were nearly shut out, the big aid agencies DOGE had called wasteful received huge infusions of cash, a new analysis found.

Israel claimed responsibility for the death of Major General Seyed Majid Khademi, the spy chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, the latest senior official to be killed in the war.