Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi says Iraq will begin a phased process to disarm powerful Iran-backed factions after an initial 90-day ceasefire period, with independent militia structures due to disappear by June 30, 2027.

Australia said F-35 components being sent to the U.S. for repairs were mistakenly diverted to Hong Kong, prompting a joint investigation involving U.S. authorities, Lockheed Martin and Australian officials.

Saudi Arabia has restarted its strategic East-West Pipeline at a low rate, with crude exports from the Red Sea port of Yanbu potentially resuming later Tuesday after drone attacks disrupted the route.

Lithuania is designing a critical Harmony Link substation near Kaliningrad to withstand drone attacks, sabotage, and other threats, as regional officials warn of rising security threats to Baltic energy infrastructure.

Xi Jinping is expected to invoke a 1982 U.S.-China communique as Beijing seeks an end to Taiwan arms sales and deliveries, putting the issue at the center of his Washington talks with Donald Trump.

Houthi forces are pressing into strategic highlands separating Yemen’s Red Sea coast from government-held southern areas, seeking to consolidate recent gains despite intensive Saudi airstrikes.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll puts Donald Trump’s approval at a career-low 32%, with Republican dissatisfaction rising sharply over living costs as the Iran war pushes fuel prices higher.

Washington plans to establish military sites at Narsarsuaq and Mestersvig under an agreement with Denmark and Greenland, expanding the U.S. presence beyond Pituffik Space Base.

Internal Rosatom plans point to a major expansion of military-grade carbon fiber production in Tatarstan, potentially giving Russia enough additional capacity to manufacture airframes for 28,000 attack drones each year.

Washington is preparing sanctions covering a broad range of transactions with the ICC, potentially restricting its access to U.S. dollars and intensifying a campaign that has already targeted senior court officials.

Trump ordered the Pentagon to prepare attacks on Houthi targets after a direct appeal from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, but reversed course as U.S. forces were nearing the start of the operation.

A 44-page Russian roadmap set out plans to deepen ties with Iran through alternative payment systems, Rosatom projects, energy investment, aircraft-component production and transport links extending toward the Persian Gulf.

Friedrich Merz said he would remain chancellor and press ahead with economic reforms after the CDU fell to 4.9% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, its worst state election showing in postwar Germany.

Mohsen Rezaei said Tehran has made no decision to leave the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty yet but warned that future U.S. and Israeli actions could force it to alter its position.

Itamar Ben-Gvir cast the mass departure of Palestinians from devastated Gaza as a humanitarian act, while linking the proposal to Israeli security, future settlements and the territory’s potential redevelopment.

Moscow says Washington has given no indication that it wants to conclude economic agreements with Russia before the Ukraine war is settled, despite a report that the White House is considering such a move.

OpenAI forecasts $278 billion in negative free cash flow from 2026 through 2030 as computing and infrastructure costs soar, even as revenue is projected to reach $350 billion annually by the end of the decade.

Washington has secured permanent military access and restrictions on rival activity in Greenland, but the agreement with Denmark and Greenland stops well short of Trump’s stated ambition to bring the Arctic island under U.S. control.

Tera Group went from pursuing national investment-bank status and extraordinary market returns to redemption failures, raids, detentions, and the state-supervised unwinding of hundreds of billions of lira in funds within days.

Hasan Piker said that “Zionism is fascism,” while also equating it with neo-Nazism, as the left-wing streamer defended a series of contentious political positions.