United States

Tuesday, March 24th 2026 - 00:45 UTC
Trump delays strikes on Iran's energy grid by five days, claims “productive” talks

US President Donald Trump announced on Monday a five-day moratorium on the threatened attacks against Iran's energy infrastructure, hours before the 48-hour ultimatum he issued on Saturday demanding Tehran reopen the Strait of Hormuz was set to expire.
Monday, March 23rd 2026 - 05:40 UTC
Republican operative's proposal for US support on Malvinas electrifies Argentine media

A social media post by Republican operative Marc Zell urging the Trump administration to reconsider its position on the Falklands/Malvinas and support Argentina's sovereignty claim triggered a wave of coverage across Argentine media over the past week, despite being based on a false premise and carrying no official backing from Washington.
Monday, March 23rd 2026 - 02:38 UTC
Iran threatens to destroy regional energy infrastructure after Trump's Hormuz ultimatum

Iran warned on Sunday that it will treat energy and oil infrastructure across the Middle East as “legitimate targets” if the United States attacks its power plants, responding to President Donald Trump's ultimatum issued late Saturday.
Saturday, March 21st 2026 - 22:08 UTC
US bolsters military presence in the Gulf with thousands of Marines and amphibious ships

The United States is deploying roughly 5,000 Marines and half a dozen warships toward the Persian Gulf in the largest force expansion since the war against Iran began on February 28. The buildup comes as American aircraft intensify strikes against Iranian positions along the coastline and islands of the Strait of Hormuz, the maritime chokepoint through which approximately 20% of global oil transits and which Iran has effectively closed since the start of the conflict.
Friday, March 20th 2026 - 18:55 UTC
Trump ally asked ICE to detain mother of his child amid custody dispute

Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and special envoy to President Donald Trump, contacted a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official in June 2025 requesting that his Brazilian ex-girlfriend, Amanda Ungaro, be placed in immigration custody while she was being held in a Miami jail on fraud charges. Zampolli and Ungaro were locked in a custody battle over their teenage son.
Friday, March 20th 2026 - 16:26 UTC
Two US federal prosecutors investigating Colombian President Gustavo Petro over alleged narco ties

Colombian President Gustavo Petro is the subject of a criminal investigation by at least two US federal prosecutors over alleged links to international drug trafficking, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing three people with knowledge of the matter.
Friday, March 20th 2026 - 16:16 UTC
Trump brands NATO allies “cowards” for refusing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric against NATO allies on Friday, lambasting them as “cowards” for refusing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway that has remained effectively closed since the start of the war with Iran. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump declared that without the US military, NATO amounts to nothing more than “a paper tiger,” and warned that Washington would not forget the alliance's stance.
Thursday, March 19th 2026 - 22:52 UTC
Trump jokes about Pearl Harbor in front of Japan’s prime minister during White House meeting

U.S. President Donald Trump made a joke about Pearl Harbor on Thursday during an Oval Office meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, while answering a question about why Washington had not informed some allies in advance about its decision to strike Iran. The bilateral meeting was part of the White House’s official schedule for March 19.
Thursday, March 19th 2026 - 22:43 UTC
Netanyahu hints a ground phase may be needed as Iran war hits Gulf energy infrastructure

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested on Thursday that an air campaign alone would not be enough to bring down Iran’s regime, as the conflict entered a new phase marked by strikes on Gulf energy facilities and renewed warnings over the Strait of Hormuz.
Thursday, March 19th 2026 - 12:57 UTC
Western Democracies backsliding, with U.S. decline “unprecedented”

Democratic backsliding is now happening in well-established democracies. Democracy in the USA is deteriorating at unprecedented speed, and media and journalists are increasingly targeted across the world. This, and more, is reported in the latest Democracy Report from the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg.