World News

The paintings, titled “Samson Taking the Honeycomb from the Lion's Mouth” and “David Receiving the Loaves of the Presence from Achimelech” had originally been part the church’s center altarpiece.

According to US officials, several of the experts had traveled with Witkoff and Kushner to Oman prior to the start of Operation Epic Fury to negotiate with Iran on the nuclear issue.

According to CENTCOM, an initial assessment indicated that six of the missiles were intercepted and a seventh failed before hitting anything. 

"The pathway to bring gasoline and diesel prices back down is to get more oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz," US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said in an interview.

When asked if he knew exactly how many missiles and drones Iran still holds, Trump said that he knows “almost to the number” how many of such weapons remain in Tehran’s hands.

Secretary of State Rubio said the US would bar IRGC-linked individuals from Iran’s World Cup delegation, raising potential visa concerns for some team members.

Reports cited Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin, who told reporters that he had heard from Ireland's Justice Ministry that Ben-Gvir and Smotrich had been banned.

The port was evacuated, residents along Romania's Black Sea coast were warned to take cover, and two helicopters were surveying the area for any further drones, the deputy interior minister said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea next week as Kim Jong Un pushes for an "exponential" expansion of the country's nuclear arsenal and deepens ties with Russia.

In December, Trump added his name before Kennedy's on the facade of the white marble building, prompting a lawsuit from Democratic Representative Joyce Beatty of Ohio.