America's friends and enemies abroad.
The New York Times reports that about 600 soldiers from the Army's 10th Mountain Division are heading to Latin America, starting in Panama, to train with local forces. No official statement was found, though a senior U.S. official confirmed the forward-staging to Fox News.
Volodymyr Zelensky told the Warsaw Security Forum that the volume of diesel Russia can ship is too small to lower world prices, and offered Washington a different deal. American diesel is near $6.28 a gallon with the midterms weeks away.
President Trump declared an immediate energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine on Truth Social. Moscow never confirmed it, Zelensky says he learned about it from the press, and Ukrainian energy sites were hit within hours.
Twelve people of eight nationalities, including an American, were killed when a missile struck King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. President Trump says the U.S. may join Saudi strikes on the Houthis: "We move very quickly."
Pressed by President Trump to step aside, Volodymyr Zelensky told ABC News that Ukraine will organize elections if Russia agrees to 60 days of total ceasefire. Hours later, Trump declared an energy ceasefire that no Russian confirmation has yet backed up.
Trump announced after a phone call with Vladimir Putin that Russia will send escalating volumes of diesel to the American and global market, and Treasury moved the same day to waive some energy sanctions. No contract, buyer or price has been identified.
A Delta A350 bound for Tokyo clipped the tail of an Air Canada 777 under tow at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday morning. Nobody was hurt, both jets were pulled from service, and the FAA says it is investigating.
President Trump says the United States is ready to help Russia after a young employee of an anti-plague institute in Siberia died of a suspected pneumonic plague infection. Moscow is still calling it pneumonia of unknown origin.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters a suspected plague case tied to a Russian research institute is "cause for focus" but not alarm, as Moscow insists there was no lab accident and contacts sit under observation.
Okinawa police have arrested a 20-year-old Marine from Futenma on suspicion of robbing and killing a woman at a Naha hotel. Japan lodged a protest and summoned the U.S. ambassador, who pledged full cooperation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu phoned the Indian pilot who was attacked by his own copilot on a flight to Tel Aviv and still got the cockpit door open. "You are a hero of Israel, you are a hero of India, and you are a hero of the entire world," Netanyahu told him.
A U.S. official says Marco Rubio ordered Iran's foreign minister and his team out of New York once talks stalled. Iran says the flight was already booked, and Washington followed up with new sanctions.
