The United States announced $1.8 billion in new humanitarian funding, framing the pledge as proof of continued U.S. leadership while pressing the U.N. aid system for faster delivery, lower overhead and stronger accountability.

Europe watches the Trump-Xi summit through trade, Ukraine, NATO and China’s leverage. For Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Rome and London, the question is whether diplomacy lowers tensions or shifts the cost onto Europe. By Ahmed Fathi New York, NY: President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing will be watched in Europe with a mix of relief and unease. Europe wants Washington and Beijing to talk. A U.S.-China trade war, a Taiwan crisis, or a technology

From Hormuz to Suez, the Middle East and North Africa are watching the Trump-Xi summit for the price of stability. The region wants open shipping lanes, lower U.S.-Iran tensions, protected Red Sea routes, stable energy prices, and room to work with both Washington and Beijing without becoming a bargaining table.

Japan and South Korea are watching the Trump-Xi summit through four linked concerns: Taiwan, North Korea, Hormuz, and the future of America’s alliance system in the Indo-Pacific. For Tokyo and Seoul, the issue is not only whether Washington and Beijing can stabilize relations, but whether that stability comes at the expense of allied confidence.

Trump’s expected summit with Xi places Taiwan, Iran, Hormuz, trade and technology at the center of the world’s most consequential power relationship.

NY-12’s Democratic primary is local, but its foreign policy stakes are global. From Israel and Gaza to Ukraine, China, Iran, and the U.N. and campaign money, the district deserves more than slogans from the candidates who are asking to represent it.

Orbán’s defeat in Hungary and Meloni’s rupture with Trump point to a broader shift across Europe’s right: political proximity to Trump may no longer be an asset, but a liability. As nationalist leaders recalculate, the real question is no longer how to align with Trump, but how to avoid being diminished by him.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi heads to Washington promising candid talks with President Trump as the Iran war hits Japan’s economy, exposing the cost of alliance loyalty under energy shock.

The reported killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a coordinated U.S.–Israeli strike has sent shockwaves across the Middle East. What may have been intended as a preventive blow against a nuclear-capable Iran has instead triggered rapid escalation, proxy retaliation, and rising terrorism concerns, revealing how one strategic decision can reshape regional stability and global security.

In an unprecedented moment, U.S. First Lady Melania Trump chaired the UN Security Council as war tensions shadowed a debate on children, technology and education in conflict. With 473 million children living in or fleeing war zones, members called for digital access, safeguards and accountability, even as major powers clashed over responsibility on the ground.