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The U.S. ambassador in Dublin is launching a direct attack on anti-Israel boycott legislation being advanced by the Irish government, warning of damaging economic consequences, direct harm to major American companies, and a wave of layoffs for ordinary Irish workers.

President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that he had ordered the planned strike on Iran to be called off. He said that "the points of the agreement were approved in principle, and the signing date will be announced soon."

The 2026 Global Peace Index paints a complicated picture of a world growing less stable, while a few places still feel remarkably calm. From Iceland holding onto the top spot for nearly two decades, to the surprising rise of Slovenia and Poland, to the U.S. continuing to slide and Israel’s troubling ranking amid war — here’s what you need to know.

The United States, Britain, and 20 other countries issued a joint statement calling on Iran to immediately stop assassination, kidnapping, and arson operations carried out on their soil. The statement says intelligence bodies tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including the Quds Force, are involved in planning and advancing assassination attempts, kidnappings, and attacks against civilians outside Iran’s borders.

Amid the exchange of fire between Washington and Tehran, President Donald Trump said that "the Iranian military is in total disarray, the bully of the Middle East is dead!" In a follow-up interview with Fox News, he escalated his tone: "I am close to ordering additional strikes in Iran."

U.S. Central Command said just before midnight that it had launched a series of strikes on targets in Iran, describing the operation as a response to the downing of an American combat helicopter. Kurdish outlets also reported casualties after drone and missile strikes on their bases in Iraq.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said the U.S. bears direct responsibility for violating the ceasefire and fueling the regional escalation: "Washington's responsibility for violating the ceasefire is clear."

In a wide-ranging interview with NBC, President Donald Trump addressed the stalled negotiations with Iran and said the U.S. is prepared to keep up military pressure if no agreement is reached.

President says Iran has accepted it will not obtain nuclear weapons, but warns the U.S. will act if enriched uranium is not removed

U.S. Central Command said it intercepted two Iranian drones in the Strait of Hormuz, declaring that "American forces remain in position and are prepared to continue defending against Iranian aggression." Iran, for its part, is accusing Washington of violating the ceasefire.

New details have emerged about a plan to topple Iran's ayatollah regime: Israel and the United States prepared an outline under which thousands of Kurdish fighters from Iraq were supposed to cross into Iranian territory. As part of the preparations, the Mossad supplied the Kurds with weapons and ammunition confiscated from Hamas and Hezbollah.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, President Donald Trump told his advisers that if American troops are harmed by fire from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, it could bring the ceasefire with Iran to an end.

The latest U.S.-brokered framework follows weeks of ceasefire extensions and partial understandings, but its success depends on Hezbollah meeting conditions it has not accepted

Just one month separated two extraordinary combat incidents in which an American pilot’s aircraft went down. After being rescued from Iranian soil when his jet was shot down, the pilot had already survived another crash weeks earlier after his plane was brought down over Kuwait. U.S. officials say the sequence is exceptionally rare: "It’s like being struck by lightning twice."

CENTCOM says U.S. forces defeated Iranian missiles and drones, but Kuwait reported airport damage and injuries as fighting widens

The United States carried out overnight strikes on a military site in Iran that it said posed a threat to American forces and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Hours later, sirens sounded in Kuwait following a missile and drone attack. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said: We struck a U.S. base in response to the attacks in Iran.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a threatening message to the U.S. and European countries: leave Kyiv immediately. Two days ago, he issued a similar warning and announced that the Russian army would begin systematic strikes on the Ukrainian capital. The Baltic states told NATO headquarters: "We fear a Russian attack."

An Iranian delegation led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf spent the day in Qatar. Arab media reported that Iran is willing to transfer its enriched uranium to China, but the U.S. is refusing.

Contacts between the United States and Iran are moving toward a draft agreement, but major disputes remain unresolved. In Tehran, officials insist the nuclear issue is not part of the initial understandings. A senior Israeli official said, “Trump made clear that he will stand firm in the negotiations on his consistent demand to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program.”

Dozens of shots were fired last night near the White House while President Trump was on site. The Secret Service and the FBI are investigating. The shooter was reportedly known to authorities as mentally unstable, and a restraining order had previously been issued against him.