Rubio says US can achieve Iran objectives without ground troops - Reuters

Rubio says US can achieve Iran objectives without ground troops  Reuters

US Signals to Allies No Immediate Plans for Iran Ground Invasion - Bloomberg.com

US Signals to Allies No Immediate Plans for Iran Ground Invasion  Bloomberg.com

Japan and the U.S. Agree to Team Up on Seabed Mining

The arrangement could signal a fracture in the decades-long effort among nations to reach consensus on how to mine the ocean floor while protecting ecosystems.

By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

U.S. and Israel Have Pounded—but Not Eliminated—Iran’s Missile Threat - WSJ

U.S. and Israel Have Pounded—but Not Eliminated—Iran’s Missile Threat  WSJ

When dependence on America becomes a vulnerability

Allies have learnt that partnership with Trump’s US can endanger them

Chair of the NATO Military Committee: 'European nations step in for the United States whenever they are drawn to another front'

Giuseppe Cavo Dragone says in an interview that if the conflict in Iran were to result in transfers of military equipment intended for Ukraine, the countries of Europe would have the capacity to take over.

US expects Iran operation to end in ‘weeks, not months’, says Marco Rubio

Secretary of state’s remarks come as Israel threatens to expand its attacks on Iran and Tehran’s missiles and drones target Israel Middle East crisis – live updates Washington expects its operation against Iran to conclude in “weeks, not months”, the US secretary of state has said, despite spiralling violence across the region and a threat from Israel to “escalate and expand” its attacks against the Islamic republic. “When we are done with them here in the next couple weeks, they will be we...

By Jason Burke

The race against time to destroy Iran’s illicit nuclear weapons program heats up amid fresh strikes

The IDF says it struck Iran's Arak heavy water plant, a key plutonium site, as experts warn Natanz and Isfahan still hold highly enriched uranium.

Rubio: US expects Iran war to end in ‘weeks, not months’

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US expects its military operation in Iran to conclude in weeks, not months.

Trump gives Iranians ten more days to open Strait of Hormuz - The Times

Trump gives Iranians ten more days to open Strait of Hormuz  The Times

Rubio says US is not diverting weapons for Ukraine to Middle East, but it could happen

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the United States is not diverting weapons purchased by NATO countries for Ukraine to the Middle East, but he has not ruled out that possibility in the future.

By Olha Kovalchuk,Yevhen Kizilov

War in Lebanon 'was imposed upon us', PM Nawaf Salam says

In an interview with FRANCE 24 in Beirut, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam discussed the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, amid the ongoing war in the Middle East. "This war was imposed upon us," the Lebanese leader said, adding that Lebanon "could have avoided it" had Hezbollah not fired rockets in retaliation for the US-Israeli assassination of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

By Joumana Fehmi

Thousands of US meatpacking plant workers set to continue strike

Experts say it is too early to know if the walkout will impact beef prices for shoppers

By Matthew Brown and Coleen Slevin

US and allies push rare earths, lithium supply chains but structural hurdles remain

Rubio says US can achieve Iran objectives without ground troops

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US was achieving its objectives in the war, which he said includes destroying Iran's missile and drone capabilities and factories to produce those weapons.

US Hopes For Iran Meetings "This Week" To End Month-Long War: Trump Envoy

US President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said Friday he believes Iran will hold talks with Washington "this week" to end the month-long war in the Middle East.

More than 400 Hezbollah fighters killed in new war with Israel so far

More than 400 fighters from Hezbollah have been killed since the Lebanese armed group launched the opening salvoes of a new war with Israel on March 2, two sources familiar with Hezbollah’s count told Reuters. The figure was the first overall toll provided of Hezbollah fighters killed in Israel’s expanding air and ground campaign in […]

US could divert Kyiv arms to help attacks on Iran - Rubio

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of lying over US demands and voiced openness to diverting weapons to Kyiv to support the US attack on Iran.

Rubio confirms U.S. may divert Ukraine-bound weapons to Middle East

US operation in Iran expected to conclude in ‘weeks, not months’: Rubio

Rubio warns Iran may try to impose a toll system in the Strait of Hormuz, calling it illegal and dangerous.

By Anadolu Agency

Donbas in exchange for security guarantees: Rubio denies Zelensky's statements

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected remarks by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky regarding security guarantees in exchange for the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.