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Cuba files terrorism charges against suspects over fatal US boat shooting
Cuba said it has filed terrorism charges against six suspects it says were aboard a Florida-flagged speedboat that allegedly opened fire on soldiers in waters off the island’s north coast
London police arrest 3 men on suspicion of spying for China
London police say they have arrested three men suspected of spying for China in violation of the U.K.’s National Security Act
'It's too warm': Greenland's fishermen are under threat from climate change
Greenland’s fishermen are struggling as warming weather from climate change makes the sea ice unreliable and the fish harder to predict
Carney says he backs strikes on Iran 'with some regret' as world order frays
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he supports the strikes on Iran “with some regret” as they represent an extreme example of a rupturing world order
Cuba charges six exiles with terrorism in wake of deadly speedboat attack
Detainees accused of coming from the US with intent to sow chaos and attack military units on Communist-ruled islandCuban prosecutors have formally charged six people with crimes of terrorism after a US-flagged speedboat was involved in a deadly shootout with Cuba’s coast guard last week.The US-based Cuban defendants are accused of packing a boat with weapons and heading toward Cuba in hopes of destabilising the government in Havana. Continue reading...
Jordanian arrested for visa offences after alleged Bondi attackers visited his coffee shop during Philippines stay
Military used in arrest of Mohammad Odeh Saleh, owner of business allegedly visited by the Akrams before Australia’s deadliest terror attack Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Jordanian national whose coffee shop was visited by the alleged gunmen behind December’s Bondi beach terrorist attack – and who frequently traveled to Australia and the Middle East – has been arrested in the Philippines for overstaying his visa.Authorities investigating the gunmen’s month-long stay in Mindanao Island, in the country’s south, alleged that Mohammad Odeh Saleh, 65, had travelled to Australia in the years before his arrest in Pagadian City on Monday. Continue reading...
Trump 'counting on' one trick to 'win' in Iran: biographer
President Donald Trump seems to be "counting on" one of his oldest tricks to "win" his new war in Iran, according to one of his biographers. Throughout his career, Trump has sought to portray himself as a fighter who wins whatever battle he enters, journalist Michael Wolff, who has written four books about Trump, argued in a new op-ed for The Daily Beast on Monday. Trump appears to be trying the same thing in Iran, but doing so could be costly, Wolff continued. "The thesis here, to Trump, was that foreign policy should be what he wanted it to be (people should listen to him, not he to them); it should concentrate on big stuff (results!) and that, whatever we do, we should get something for it; and, most of all, we should always win," Wolff wrote. "He has unilaterally replaced the long-standing foreign policy establishment with a visceral show of his and America’s dominance—pronouncements, threats, and constant musings about what he might or might not do," he continued. "And, most importantly, 'the win.' The idea that we had fought wars that we hadn’t won actually confounds him."On Saturday morning, U.S. and Israeli forces coordinated attacks on more than 100 sites across Iran, which included a bombing operation that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several top military and political leaders in the country. Reports indicate six U.S. military members have died as a result of the campaign. Since then, the Trump administration has given multiple reasons for the strikes, including allegations that Iran would have attacked the U.S. if another country like Israel attacked them first. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have criticized the administration's justifications, arguing that they don't rise to the level of an "imminent threat" required for the operation. Wolff argued that the shifting stories point to Trump's desire to tell the public that his administration won something in Iran so he can move on. "He’s counting on being able to sell quick, beautiful victories," Wolff wrote. Read the entire op-ed by clicking here.
Gulf countries 'raging' they're 'collateral damage' in Trump's Iran bombing campaign
Gulf countries targeted by Iran after the U.S. and Israel attacks were reportedly frustrated by the escalating regional conflict, an analyst revealed Tuesday. CNN's political and national security analyst David Sanger described how Iran's objective is to put financial pressure on the countries allied with the United States and Israel in the fallout over the military strikes, all while midterm elections loom for President Donald Trump. "Look, the Iranians have one big mission here: it's survive," Sanger said. "If they're going to survive, they have to wait out President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu. If they're going to wait out President Trump, it means they need to make it painful enough, long enough that he's beginning to get toward the elections. You're beginning to see significant casualties. And it gets back to that question that Steve Witkoff, his chief envoy, asked about a week before the war broke out. During the negotiations, he said, 'The president is curious about why the Iranians haven't capitulated.' Well, the answer is that the whole meaning and purpose of the current Iranian state is to stand in opposition to the U.S., and so it's not as if, even with the loss of the Supreme Leader, that they're just going to say, 'well, this is over.'"He also suggested what other types of attacks could come next from Iran. "They've got other techniques, cyber [attacks]. We haven't begun to see anything here in the United States. I hope we don't. But I wouldn't be shocked if we did."Several Gulf nations, which were not reportedly prepared for the attacks, have also had furious reactions to the conflict behind the scenes, Sanger said. Iran could also be looking at what countries are important to the American economy and aiming to target those economic hubs. "Well, look, the U.S. is their major patron," Sanger added. "You know eight months ago, what were we discussing with UAE? With the UAE, how many data centers we're going to build there? Right. So the Iranian strategy at this point is not necessarily to go after U.S. bases. It's to go after the financial engines of these countries and say the price for sticking with the U.S. is high in public. They have been very supportive of the U.S. so far. In private, they have been raging, angry that they weren't consulted on the start of this war to begin with, right? Many of them didn't even know what the start date was going to be, so they feel like they are sort of collateral damage in President Trump's confrontation with the Iranians, which many of them don't think is timed right."
Trump eyes having US troops protect oil tankers as gas prices skyrocket
President Donald Trump signaled Tuesday that he would direct the American military to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, a major global shipping corridor. Trump and his administration have faced growing criticism over plunging stocks and the rising prices of global gasoline and oil amid the U.S. and Israel military strikes on Iran. Iran has launched counterattacks targeting other countries in the Middle East and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting the closure of the critical energy channel, according to The Washington Post.Trump wrote the following on Tuesday on his Truth Social platform. "Effective IMMEDIATELY, I have ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide, at a very reasonable price, political risk insurance and guarantees for the Financial Security of ALL Maritime Trade, especially Energy, traveling through the Gulf. This will be available to all Shipping Lines. If necessary, the United States Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, as soon as possible. No matter what, the United States will ensure the FREE FLOW of ENERGY to the WORLD. The United States’ ECONOMIC and MILITARY MIGHT is the GREATEST ON EARTH — More actions to come. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
China to unveil priorities for coming 5 years at major annual political meeting
China’s ceremonial parliament meets in Beijing this week as leaders use the event to set policy and economic goals
Trump contradicts Marco Rubio and Mike Johnson: 'I might have forced their hand'
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Israel did not pressure the United States to launch strikes against Iran. Trump was meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and speaking about the conflict with Iran at the White House when he took questions from reporters inside the Oval Office. He claimed that Iran's navy, air force and radar technology had been "knocked out.""I might have forced their hand," Trump said. "You see, we were having negotiations with these lunatics and it was opinion that they were going to attack first. They were going to attack if we didn't do it. They were going to attack first, I felt strongly about that, and we have great negotiators, great people, people that do this very successfully and have done it all their lives very successfully. And based on the way the negotiation was going, I think they were going to attack first and I didn't want that to happen."Trump's comments somewhat differed from Secretary of State Marco Rubio's remarks on Monday about how Israel claimed Iran was planning to attack. Trump appeared to say he had pushed for the strikes instead."So if anything I might have forced Israel's hand but Israel was ready, and we were ready, and we've had a very, very powerful impact because virtually everything they have has been knocked out now," Trump said.Trump commented that Iran has targeted Arab countries that were neutral, targeting civilians and hotels, but now those countries have planned to fight back. "They hit countries that have nothing to do with what's going on... which shows you the level of evil that we're dealing with," Trump said. Q: Did Israel force your land to launch these strikes against Iran?TRUMP: No. I might've forced their hand. It was my opinion that these lunatics were gonna attack first. pic.twitter.com/KcDmIbI6Vr— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 3, 2026
Analyst warns Trump faces 'very hard' hurdle in Iran as 'more extreme' leader lies waiting
An analyst revealed the difficult challenge ahead for President Donald Trump as the war in Iran now enters its fourth day. In an interview on MS NOW's Morning Joe with David Ignatius, columnist and associate editor of The Washington Post, and Shashank Joshi, defense editor at The Economist, Joshi discussed the Trump administration's mixed messaging about objectives for the military strikes in Iran, including regime change, then "imminent threats" from Iran against Israel and the push to stop Iran from developing ballistic missiles. "What we heard yesterday from Dan Caine, from Secretary Rubio, from Secretary Hegseth, others, was a very, very different set of aims narrowly focused around Iran's missile program," Joshi said.The war aims, such as regime change, could take weeks, Joshi explained. "Now that, I think, can be done in a short period of time, they can degrade missile stockpiles, and we've already heard the Iranians the Israelis say they have destroyed about half of the Iranian missile launches that Iran's able to bring to bear and I think you could have really long lasting and severe damage done to Iran's missile program by the end of this week," Joshi said. "There's no doubt about it. But the problem is, you would still have an Iran led by individuals who are more hardline in some respects than the leaders who have been killed by the strike so far. You have, you know, a new leader of these Islamic Revolutionary Guard, called Vahidi, who is this man? Well, you know, David is, you know, he is a former head of the expeditionary, IRGC. He was associated with the bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Argentina in the 1990s. This is not a regime that will be more moderate, more pragmatic, more deterred than that, of Ayatollah Khamenei." Despite the killing of Khamenei and the dismantling of Iran's weapons, the problem over Iran's leadership will still remain. "And so, I still think at the end of this week, even though enormous damage may have been done to Iran's missile program, including the supply chain, the explosives, the guidance systems, you will still have the political problem sitting in Iran over regime, that cast this incredible U.S. missile shadow over the Persian Gulf, and I think the Trump administration will find it very hard to articulate that and frame that as some kind of decisive win," Joshi added. The strikes have wiped out the regime, but it could take time for Iranians to reform their government. "But I think the focus of these first three days of operations have been on Iran's missile forces, Iran's navy and nuclear and missile sites as well as political leadership," Joshi said. "I think if you are going to give the Iranian people the confidence to say, 'if we go back onto the streets in a week's time and we want confidence, we are not going to be gunned down in the same way.' I think what you need to see is an Israeli and American set of strikes over the next four or five days that systematically break down Iran's domestic security apparatus." But history could repeat. "I think that is a very hard thing to do, and I think that President Trump will face the dilemma between doing that and upholding his commitment to the Iranian people that he has made and sucking himself into a longer campaign, but it'll, he should remember the case of George H.W. Bush in 1991, who, as you will recall at David and others, called upon the Iraqi people to rise up in 1991 after the first Gulf War and the Shias in the south and the Kurds in the north did so, and they were massacred by Saddam Hussein," Joshi said. "That should be, I think a very, very cautionary tale for American strategy today."
