US President Donald Trump has formally notified Congress that hostilities against Iran recommenced on July 7, a communication his administration interprets as initiating a new 60-day period for military engagement in the region without congressional consent. In a letter dated July 10 and reviewed by Reuters on Monday, Trump stated, “I executed this military operation…
The United States has executed a new round of strikes against Iran, inciting retaliatory assaults by Iranian forces throughout the Gulf region, thus exacerbating an already tenuous ceasefire. In the early hours of Monday, the US Central Command (CENTCOM), responsible for US operations in the Middle East, announced that the US struck numerous targets at…
The US military initiated new operations on Iran following its attack on a container ship on Sunday, while Tehran announced the renewed closure of the Strait of Hormuz and intensified assaults on US installations in other Gulf States. A succession of assaults between the US and Iran recently prompted President Donald Trump to announce the…
On Saturday, July 11, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Tehran had “honoured its commitment” to a ceasefire with the United States, despite Donald Trump’s assertion that the truce had ended; however, he expressed a willingness to engage in additional conversations with the Islamic Republic. Iran has thus far honoured its commitments, in contrast…
On Thursday, Iranians were making arrangements to inter their deceased leader, Ali Khamenei, in his native city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, as recent US airstrikes posed a risk of exacerbating the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.The burial of the deceased supreme leader follows a multi-day funeral service that drew millions of mourners from…
US President Donald Trump announced he will deliver a highly anticipated address in Washington on Saturday to commemorate America’s 250th birthday “regardless of circumstances” after inclement weather necessitated the temporary evacuation of large numbers of spectators. Thousands who endured the hottest Fourth of July on record in the capital were instructed to evacuate the National…
US President Donald Trump stated that Iran sought a meeting on Tuesday in Qatar; however, Tehran refuted any intentions of direct conversations with Washington regarding the agreement to resolve the Middle East conflict. Washington and Tehran have both sent teams to the Gulf state, but they disagree on most other details, including the visit’s timing…
On Tuesday, Donald Trump said he has sent his envoy, Steve Witkoff, to confer with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week, as the US president aims to finalise an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that there were “merely a few outstanding points of contention”—however,…
Following months of barbs, US President Donald Trump and incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met cordially at the White House on Friday, where they exchanged pleasantries and committed to working together to address crime and affordability in the nation’s largest city. The ideological adversaries — a Republican billionaire and a young democratic socialist…
On Saturday, a man in Chicago discharged firearms at US Border Patrol agents during an immigration enforcement operation, according to the Department of Homeland Security; however, the Chicago Police Department reported no injuries. The Department of Homeland Security reported that the individual, operating a black Jeep, is still at large. The Chicago Police Department reported…
