Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Lockheed Martin is already essentially an 'arm of the US government' US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Tuesday that the Trump administration is considering taking stakes in major US weapons firms, comments that came after the US government announced it was acquiring a 10% stake in Intel, the US chip-making giant. “Oh, there’s a monstrous discussion about defense,” Lutnick said when asked in a CNBC interview if the administration was considering taking pieces of US defense firms, such as Boeing, Palantir, and Lockheed Martin. “Lockheed Martin...

A retired US Navy admiral recently revealed that the US has 500 troops in Taiwan, a major challenge to Beijing’s red lines related to the island.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi has said in a letter to the UN that Tehran would hold the US responsible for any Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities.

The US launched a series of airstrikes against the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Wednesday, and at least one civilian was reported killed.

President Trump declined an Israeli plan to attack Iran with US support as soon as next month in favor of attempting diplomacy with Tehran over its civilian nuclear program, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, the Israeli military launched a new ground offensive in Gaza and retook the Netzarim Corridor, a strip of land that separates northern Gaza from the rest of the territory, as fresh Israeli strikes killed dozens of more Palestinians.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told President Trump in a phone call on Wednesday that he supports the proposal for Russia and Ukraine to halt attacks on energy infrastructure as a first step toward a ceasefire and lasting peace deal.