Trump demands Iran’s ‘surrender’ as UN peacekeepers in Lebanon are hit by missile attacks
US president’s remarks come after Iranian counterpart signals several countries attempting mediation to end war
Pete Hegseth
School killings expose myth of ‘pinpoint’ accuracy bombing
School strike in which dozens killed, including children, appears to have been part of attack on adjacent naval base in southern Iran
‘They’re toast and they know it’: the Trump team’s hyper-aggressive war rhetoric
White House boasts of the military’s lethality and prowess but critics pan the language as callous and cruel
Who is responsible for the air strike on a school in Iran?
Trump officials say they are still investigating the attack which killed at least 175 people, according to Iranian state media
War on Iran spreads after US sinks ship near Sri Lanka and Nato defences shoot down missile
Israeli troops move into multiple towns in southern Lebanon, engaging Hizbullah in firefights, as strikes continue to hit Tehran and its territory
US plans to reduce forces in Europe, says Pentagon policy chief
Elbridge Colby tells European Nato members they must step up combat capabilities
How the US’s audacious operation to capture Nicolás Maduro unfolded
More than 150 aircraft involved in one of most complex US operations in recent history
Year of Trump unleashed: Five critical issues that will define US politics in 2026
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US warns of more air strikes against Islamic State militants in Nigeria
Trump previously accused Nigerian government of failing to stop Christians being killed in the country
US launches strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria in retaliation for killing of US troops
Defence secretary Pete Hegseth says attack is ‘not the beginning of a war’ but a ‘declaration of vengeance’
US strike on alleged drug boat kills four as Trump claims Venezuela ‘took all of our oil’
Latest attack in Pacific brings death toll to 99 since US began campaign in September
What’s behind Trump’s power play in the Caribbean?
As drug-cartel operations, migration and China reshape the region, the US is pushing a revived Monroe Doctrine for the 21st century
Men killed in US military strike on Caribbean drug boat ‘clung to wreckage for more than an hour’
Video of US military strike on boat was shown to senators in Washington
Pete Hegseth’s texts ‘exposed sensitive details on Yemen strike’ says report
Discussion of upcoming airstrikes by US forces risked ‘potential compromise of sensitive DoD information’
Focus turns to ‘fog of war’ Pete Hegseth over US missile strike on Venezuelan boat
Defence secretary robustly defends attack on alleged gunboat, as Democrats lambast ‘unserious and unqualified individual’
Trump uses White House ceremony to pardon a turkey and call a governor ‘a big fat slob’
US president uses annual White House ceremony to pardon a turkey and call the Illinois governor ‘a big fat slob’
Venezuela braces for possible US strike amid military decay and internal dissent
Regime forces focus not on defence but on quashing dissent, analysts and opposition figures say
US military officials required to sign NDAs over Latin American operations
Concern over military build-up that Venezuela fear may lead to an invasion
US sends aircraft carrier to South America as airstrike on ‘drug boat’ kills six
Build-up of troops has raised speculation Trump could try to topple Venezuelan president
Pete Hegseth, knowing he’s in over his head, grows more paranoid and resentful
Former Fox News anchor does not like how the media covered him as he ascended utterly unqualified to become US defence secretary
Trump is deploying the military to wage war against an imagined ‘enemy within’
Worldview: The US president has been rapidly intensifying domestic military operations during his second term
Nobel Prize not designed for someone such as Donald Trump
He may have sparked dancing in the streets in the Middle East, he’s sparked danger in the streets in America
White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland
Top deputy to Stephen Miller behind latest intelligence leak by Trump administration
Watch: Pete Hegseth declares war on ‘fat generals’, ‘woke garbage’ and ‘beardos’
US defence secretary says all fitness tests to be set to male benchmarks, and emphasises importance of grooming standards
Pentagon places restrictions on reporters in return for access
Trump administration wants journalists to only publish information authorised by defence department
How Donald Trump ended up with a cabinet of incompetents
Trump believed the big mistake of his first term was picking disloyal officials
Lack of Epstein ‘client list’ testing Maga Republicans’ faith in Trump to the limits
Memo released by AG this week concluded that Department of Justice had found no incriminating ‘client list’
Some of Iran’s enriched uranium survived attacks, Israeli official says
Official said any attempts by Iran to recover it would almost certainly be detected
Kremlin cautious on Trump pledge to send more US weapons to Ukraine
Delivery of some weapons was held up last week over concerns that US stockpiles were low
Trump and Hegseth admit doubts about level of damage to Iranian nuclear sites
CIA, however, says intelligence indicates Iran’s nuclear programme severely damaged
US-Iran: What comes next after Donald Trump’s risky foreign policy move?
Analysis: Midnight Hammer mission has raised a blizzard of new questions
This is the moment when we find out just how mad a king Donald is
The former opponent of forever wars in the Middle East is debating dropping bombs there without military provocation against the US
UN nuclear watchdog says Iran is in breach of negotiations
US pulls embassy staff from Middle East as threats emerge over potential Israel attack on Iran
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