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President Donald Trump sparked an angry backlash on Monday after calling Canada “one of the worst countries in the entire world” as he complained about stalled negotiations with the longtime U.S. ally.“They have been one of the worst countries in the entire world,” Trump told reporters while taking questions in the Oval Office. “We get along with China, we get along with people, we make good deals, but Canada has been really very difficult to deal with.”The remark quickly drew outrage online.“Despite all of Trump’s b------- like this, Americans still like Canada a helluva lot more than they like him,” attorney and prominent Trump critic George Conway wrote on social media, pointing to a YouGov poll on Americans’ attitudes toward Canada.Others piled on.“This is Trump admitting that Canada has stood up to him,” author Steve Saideman, a political scientist at Ottawa’s Carleton University, wrote on Bluesky.Writer Lawrence Herzog asked on Bluesky, “How much longer do Canadians have to endure bullying and abuse from this person?”The War Monitor X account pointed to Trump’s treatment of two U.S. rivals, writing, “Meanwhile, Russia and China literally got red carpet treatment.”Canadian health researcher Tara M. offered a shorter response for her Bluesky followers: “Seriously?”“Of course he thinks that,” concluded politics writer Nick Field in an X post, “they’re one of the few countries that refuses to bribe him.”Despite all of Trump’s bullshit like this, Americans still like Canada a helluva lot more than they like him.https://t.co/rd3nB6f0yy https://t.co/l9MHpF6ud6 pic.twitter.com/1ZUGakYyPg— George Conway ⚖️???????? (@gtconway3d) September 28, 2026

Tehran has been trying to step up attacks on targets in the west but its track record has been mixedInvestigators may be some way from determining exactly what led five men with three vans to a village just outside RAF Fairford in the small hours of Sunday – but the fact they have all been released on bail without immediate charge suggests they are not deemed to pose a serious and violent threat.In a moment where wider geopolitical tensions mean external threats are perceived to be close, the question of whether Iran had a hand in the alleged plot remains open. Nonetheless, the bailing of the men is a mercifully lower-key development in an investigation that appeared of the utmost gravity. Continue reading...

Police were holding five men on Monday and examining suspected explosives found near a US-operated air force base in England, as counterterror detectives investigated whether the arrests foiled an attempted attack linked to Iran.

Khamenei, who has not been seen in public since the start of the Middle East war in late February, made the remarks despite attempts to revive talks aimed at ending the fighting.

Argentine President Javier Milei said Monday that his government would seek international arbitration against the U.K. over an oil project off the disputed, U.K.-controlled Falkland Islands, escalating a clash over resources that could transform the economy of the sparsely populated South Atlantic archipelago.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo Monday laying out what he said is the Defense Department's plan to protect the 2026 midterm elections from "external manipulation and disruption from foreign actors."

Iran's foreign minister met with mediators on Monday in New York City to review the latest proposals from both sides and exchange views about the current state of his country's war with the U.S. and Israel, according to reports, just days after President Trump rejected Tehran's latest peace plan.

The child was born prematurely at 26 weeks and suffered from severe, non-treatable conditions, including cerebral palsy, severe visual impairment, and medication-resistant epilepsy