Hamas officials want amendments to clauses on disarmament in US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, a Palestinian source said.
EU leaders will discuss bolstering Europe’s defenses and Ukraine’s financial firepower at a Wednesday summit in Denmark, where mysterious drone flights have ramped up fears about the threat from Russia.
Taiwan “will not agree” to making 50 percent of its semiconductors in the United States, the island’s lead tariff negotiator said on Wednesday, as Washington pressures Taipei to produce more chips on US soil.
The US government began shutting down after midnight Wednesday as lawmakers and President Donald Trump failed to break a budget impasse during acrimonious talks that hinged on Democratic demands for health care funding.
Iran has returned to international isolation after the European troika (Germany, France, and the UK) activated the “snapback” mechanism on September 28, 2025, following Tehran exceeding the uranium enrichment limits set by the 2015 agreement. The enrichment level reached around 60%, far above the agreed maximum limit of 3.6%.
US President Donald Trump gave Hamas an ultimatum of “three or four days” on Tuesday to respond to his plan for Gaza, as the militant group reviewed the proposal backed by Israel.
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Tuesday told a rare gathering of top brass called back from bases around the world that the US military will be reformed to end what he called “decades of decay.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli military would stay in most of Gaza, after he gave his backing to a peace plan for the Palestinian territory unveiled by US President Donald Trump.
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) alleged that Kyiv is not abandoning its attempts to drag European NATO countries into an armed confrontation with Russia.
US Vice President JD Vance said that the federal government was “headed to a shutdown” ahead of the shutdown deadline of Tuesday midnight, blaming congressional Democrats for placing conditions on support for a short-term budget bill.
