SHANGHAI, CHINA – JULY 17: Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he arrives at the opening ceremony for the World AI Conference on July 17, 2026 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Ng Han Guan-Pool/Getty Images) Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday positioned China as a partner in…
Oil tankers and cargo vessels remain anchored off Port Sultan Qaboos on June 21, 2026 in Muscat, Oman. Elke Scholiers | Getty Images Oil prices rose Friday as investors weighed escalating tensions between the United States and Iran after Tehran vowed to target regional infrastructure if President Donald Trump followed through on threats to strike…
US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on July 16, 2026. Saul Loeb | Via Reuters President Donald Trump will home in on alleged threats to the integrity of U.S. elections in a primetime address to the nation set for Thursday at 9 p.m….
A woman crosses Tehran’s Enghelab Square on July 15, 2026, past a giant anti-U.S. billboard featuring U.S. President Donald Trump in a coffin with text in Persian reading “We Kill Trump”. Afp | Getty Images Iran warned Thursday that it would “crush” key targets in the Middle East if U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a ceremony to mark the Day of Ukrainian Statehood in Kyiv on July 15, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Tetiana Dzhafarova | Afp | Getty Images Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has been dismissed from his post in a surprise move as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy undertakes his fourth…
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Prime Minister of Iraq Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2026. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. launched a fresh round of strikes on Iran early Wednesday morning, hours after President Donald Trump…
An F-35B Lighting II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, takes off from the flight deck of America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 13, 2026. Courtesy: U.S. Navy U.S. forces launched strikes against Iranian targets shortly before the U.S. resumed its naval blockade of Iranian ports in and around the…
Donald Trump, President of the United States, speaks during a press conference at the NATO Summit at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye, on July 8, 2026. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s proposed 20% levy on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz could…
This frame grab taken from AFPTV video footage on July 12, 2026 shows cargo ships anchoring near the Strait of Hormuz off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates at Khor Fakkan. AFPTV | Getty Images The U.S. has completed its strikes against Iranian military targets for a third consecutive night, while Tehran hit…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Freedom 250 Grand Prix Showcase at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 13, 2026. Kylie Cooper | Reuters President Donald Trump plans to claim in a Thursday night speech that newly declassified intelligence reports reveal a foreign nation’s plans to interfere in the 2020 presidential election,…
