US and South Korean forces conducting live-fire war games over the Korean Peninsula accidentally dropped eight 500-pound bombs on a South Korean city, wounding more than a dozen people.

In a narrow 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court ordered that President Donald Trump must allow USAID to distribute $2 billion in foreign aid that is currently frozen.

During the opening days of the second Donald Trump administration, the White House has worked to rein in and scale down government agencies that distribute foreign aid. The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) is next on the chopping block. 

A high-level South Korean official said Seoul could seek nuclear weapons, with Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul suggesting a strategic arsenal may be needed because President Donald Trump is “unpredictable.”

The USS Carl Vinson arrived in South Korea on Sunday. The move was a show of force and drew a sharp rebuke from Pyongyang.

A senior Pentagon official explained to Bloomberg on Monday that President Donald Trump ordered a pause on military aid to Ukraine. The decision created bipartisan panic in the Senate.

Member states of the European Union are mulling a multi-year proposal to ramp up the bloc’s military spending. The plan is likely to face hurdles, including opposition from Hungary.

The death toll for Palestinians in Israeli detention continues to rise. Three captives have died in the past week.