White House Knew About Pakistan’s Cease-Fire Post on X Before It Was Sent

Pakistan’s prime minister posted a public plea on X for President Trump to extend his Tuesday evening deadline for Iran. The White House was directly involved in shaping the message.

By Tyler Pager and Katie Rogers

Iran thinks it has leverage. Here’s how Trump can prove it wrong.

If Iran won’t accept the president’s terms in two weeks, he should impose them.

By Marc Thiessen

Nato chief says Trump ‘clearly disappointed’ by US allies’ refusal to join Iran war

Mark Rutte praises ‘very frank’ talks but declines to say if president discussed potential withdrawal from alliance Mark Rutte, the secretary general of Nato, has said Donald Trump was “clearly disappointed” that the US’s allies had refused to join its war against Iran, following a closed-door meeting in Washington on Wednesday. Speaking to CNN after his private meeting with the US president, Rutte declined to say directly whether Trump raised his threat to withdraw from the military alliance...

By Lauren Gambino and agency

In criticism of the war in Iran, some conservatives focus their ire on Trump himself

The war with Iran has opened a rift inside of the MAGA movement. Now, some of its biggest names have gone from criticizing the war, to the rare step of criticizing President Trump himself.

By Elena Moore

Trump threatens 50% tariffs on countries that supply Iran with weapons

It's not clear under what legal authority Trump can tack on this tariff, and analysts called it an 'empty threat'.

WATCH: Leavitt slaps down critics who called Trump's Iran threat a bluff

Karoline Leavitt says Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization was not a bluff, claiming it forced Iran to agree to a two-week ceasefire deal.

'Poorly run, piece of ice': Trump targets Greenland again as Iran war deepens NATO rift

Trump has set his eyes on Greenland again while venting frustration at NATO, as the diplomatic fallout from Iran war exposed rifts in the security alliance.

Trump criticizes NATO over Iran in meeting with Rutte

President Donald Trump said NATO "wasn't there" after the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran. But NATO head Mark Rutte said "a large majority of European countries" lived up to their side of the deal.

'Pakistani military calling the shots: Has connections with IRCG, very good relationship with Trump'

Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Ali Vaez, Director of Iran Project & Senior Advisor at the International Crisis Group. While the US sees the outcome as a decisive military victory, Vaez argues that the more consequential story lies in the reconfiguration of power within Iran. From Tehran’s perspective, survival in the face of overwhelming force constitutes a form of victory. At the same time, this war has not left Iran unchanged. Power has tilted toward more hardline actors, particularly t...

By FRANCE24

Karoline Leavitt floundered as reporters pressed her on Trump’s terrible ‘civilization will die tonight’ threat

The only defense the White House press secretary seemed able to come up with is that words have no meaning, writes Holly Baxter

By Holly Baxter

How Pakistan was able to broker a temporary truce between the U.S. and Iran

Pakistan ‘defied many skeptics and naysayers that didn't think it had the capacity to pull off such a complex, high stakes feat,’ says one expert

By AFP

Top US general says Operation Epic Fury in Iran was fueled by energy drinks, coffee, and nicotine

Did Trump threaten Pope Leo XIV? Pentagon officials allegedly told Vatican to 'better take America's side'

Pope Leo XIV has emerged as an increasingly vocal critic of the Iran conflict.

"Political Disaster": Israel Opposition Blasts Netanyahu Over Iran Ceasefire

The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in an 11th-hour bid to avert all-out destruction of Iran threatened by US President Donald Trump.

Trump criticises NATO over Iran in meeting with Rutte

US President Donald Trump vented his frustration with allies during a private meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, as relations in the military alliance reached a crisis ⁠point over the Iran war.

Trump blasts NATO after closed-door Rutte meeting

US President Donald Trump met with NATO chief Mark Rutte to address the alliance's support over the Iran conflict and potential troop withdrawals.

Trump’s abrupt Iran reversal exposes limits of his leverage

'The problem with the Madman Theory of geopolitics is you're not only going to scare your enemy, but you're scaring your allies and you're scaring your people,' says Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

By Reuters