At a press conference held at the end of a NATO summit in Turkey, President Donald Trump said his new assessment of Iranian leaders as “scum” and “cuckoo” came after he came to understand the officials better.
At a press conference held at the end of a NATO summit in Turkey, President Donald Trump said his new assessment of Iranian leaders as “scum” and “cuckoo” came after he came to understand the officials better.
CNN's Pamela Brown is reporting from the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea as the US weighs next steps for Iran after a new round of strikes put the two sides’ interim agreement on the point of collapse, according to a US official.
CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports from Tehran where Iranians are lashing out at President Trump after the US president said earlier Wednesday he believed the memorandum of understanding was "over." Speaking at a NATO summit in Turkey, Trump called the country’s leaders “scum” and said they were “evil,” following a night of strikes in the region after Iran targeted commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday. CNN operates in Iran only with the permission of the government but maintains full editorial control of its reports.
President Donald Trump said the US will “very probably hit” Iran again tonight after the two sides traded strikes overnight. Trump earlier said he believed the memorandum of understanding with Tehran “is over,” but that negotiators can “keep talking if they want.”
Speaking at the NATO summit in Turkey on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said he believes the Iran ceasefire is "over" following a new exchange of strikes between the US and Iran. The president said peace talks can continue but are a "waste of time.
On day one of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, President Donald Trump said he would soon decide whether to sell F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, and put a spotlight back on Greenland after saying he's still interested in US control over the territory.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she intends to run in the 2027 French presidential election, despite an appeals court conviction on charges of misappropriating millions of dollars of public funds. Her sentencing includes a two-year jail term, with an additional year at home with an electronic monitoring tag. Le Pen plans to appeal, which could suspended her sentencing.
Senior US military commanders ignored warnings in critical databases that intelligence about potential targets in Iran was outdated and approved some strikes based on old intelligence — including one that hit a school, killing nearly 200 children and adults, according to three sources familiar with the decision-making process. CNN's Zachary Cohen reports.
Floodwaters from Typhoon Maysak have brought an additional threat to the Guangxi region. In one Hengzhou village, more than 800 snakes escaped when a snake farm flooded, an official told local news outlet Hongxing.
