This Month
Trump says Iran ‘in great danger’ if nuclear talks with US fail
The US will hold direct talks at a very high level on the weekend, the first between Trump officials and Tehran since he returned to office.
ASX rebounds 1.2pc; China ‘tsunami coming’; How low can markets go?
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
March
Trump ‘pissed off’ with Putin, threatens tariffs on Russian oil
The US president is angry at the autocrat’s suggestions of how to install a new leadership in Ukraine and sideline Volodymyr Zelensky.
Trump team’s bumbling chat leaks just the beginning
Trump’s top officials have a disregard for rules and safeguards that has trickled down from the US president himself, putting national security at risk.
Pressure on Hegseth grows as strike texts revealed
The revelation that sensitive attack plans were shared on a commercial messaging app, possibly on personal mobile phones, has triggered outrage in Washington.
Why the Trump-Putin bromance could finally topple Iran’s ayatollahs
The question is: will Russia defend the clerics in Tehran, or sacrifice their regime on the altar of Russo-American rapprochement?
If Pete Hegseth had any honour, he would resign over leak
The US Defence Secretary is guilty of gross negligence for adding a journalist to a chat group that gave him a ringside seat to military strikes on Yemen.
Trump’s attack on the judiciary: ‘speed and intent is remarkable’
The US president is testing constitutional limits and challenging the courts to stop him. Who will blink first?
Pentagon says operation targeting Yemen’s Houthis is open-ended
The Pentagon said US forces had struck more than 30 Houthi targets since Saturday, including command-and-control and training sites and drone infrastructure.
‘Hell will rain down’: Trump orders strikes on Iran-backed Houthis
US president warned Tehran against supporting the militant group which has disrupted global shipping in the Red Sea.
The astonishing stories of Israelis spying for Iran
In the past year, 39 Israelis have been arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran, prompting speculation about why they were open to overtures from their country’s bitterest foe.
Trump may sanction Russia, seeks nuclear deal with Iran
President Donald Trump’s latest pronouncements come as his shifting tariff policy moves heighten uncertainty across global financial markets.
February
Fatima Payman’s backflip on Iranian women’s rights is a betrayal
I spent 804 days imprisoned in Iran. The senator’s surname means “alliance”, but to those of us who care about human rights in the Islamic Republic, an ally she is not.
Is Trump’s Gaza gamble ‘morally bankrupt’ or bold?
Donald Trump’s breathtaking plan for the US to takeover Gaza stunned the world and ripped up the foreign policy status quo in the Middle East.
Trump says he wants new nuclear deal letting Iran ‘prosper’
The latest comments contrast with Mr Trump’s attitude in his first term, when he ordered a fatal strike on Iran’s most senior military general.
January
Google Maps to rename Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’
The Trump administration declares that the Gulf of Mexico has been renamed, making good on a campaign promise.
Gaza hostage deal brings joy – but four painful months lie ahead
While for some families the peace deal will bring immediate joy, for others the process will dash the last embers of hope as loved ones are returned broken or in body bags.
Biden plans $13b arms sale to Israel
The new weapons are a last-minute show of support for the US president’s close ally after more than a year of war in Gaza.
Rich democracies need an acute crisis to trigger real change
It is almost impossible to sell voters on drastic reforms until their nation is in acute trouble. The chronic kind isn’t enough.
US steps up strikes on Houthis as tensions with Israel flare
The strikes mark the latest salvo in a year-long US-led campaign aimed at halting attacks by the militant group.