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  • Bundeswehr troops demonstrate their capabilities during a visit of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to the army at the Bundeswehr base in Munster, Germany, Thursday, April, 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Europe

    Trump vows to reduce U.S. troops in Germany ‘a lot further’ than 5,000 as defense official says armed services were blindsided by move

    By Kirsten Grieshaber, Emma Burrows, and others
  • President Donald Trump talks to reporters before he boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday May 2, 2026, en route Miami. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Politics

    Trump says he is reviewing a new Iranian proposal to end the war but ‘can’t imagine that it would be acceptable’

    By Aamer Madhani, Sarah El Deeb, and others
  • AUSTIN, TEXAS – NOVEMBER 13: A Spirit Airlines aircraft prepares to depart from the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on November 13, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Spirit Airlines is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a potential merger with Frontier Airlines failed, and the company continues grappling with significant financial woes. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Economy

    Spirit Airlines is ending operations immediately and going out of business after 34 years, with refunds to come but no customer service

    By Aamer Madhani, Rio Yamat, and others
  • A banner depicting portraits of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ayatollah Mojtaba KhameneiPolitics

    Iranian supreme leader says the only place Americans belong in the Gulf is ‘at the bottom of its waters’

    By Jon Gambrell, Aamer Madhani, and others
  • iranPolitics

    Trump orders ‘shoot and kill’ on small boats in Strait of Hormuz while holding to indefinite cease-fire

    By Jon Gambrell, Jamey Keaten, and others
  • trumpPolitics

    Trump insists there’s no pressure to end the war in Iran that he started, but ‘it will all happen, relatively quickly!’

    By Aamer Madhani, Munir Ahmed, and others
  • iranEnergy

    Iran says it fully reopens Strait of Hormuz as Trump says blockade will ‘remain in force’

    By Kareem Chehayeb, Aamer Madhani, and others
  • trumpPolitics

    Trump’s journey from ‘annihilation’ to ‘PEACE’ in one day rested on realization of a long-term battle to control Strait of Hormuz

    By Aamer Madhani, Will Weissert, and others
  • trumpPolitics

    America’s Arab allies privately urge America to finish the job in Iran, sources say

    By Aamer Madhani, Samy Magdy, and others
  • President Donald Trump walks up the stairs of Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)Politics

    Iranian attack on Saudi base injures at least 15 U.S. troops while 2,500 Marines arrive in the Mideast ahead of Trump’s new Hormuz deadline

    By Aamer Madhani, Samy Magdy, and others
  • A view of the damages at Hypercar, an auto service center, which according to the company’s officials were caused by strikes on March 1, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Politics

    Iran-backed Houthis claim first missile launch on Israel, raising fears they will attack ships in the Red Sea and disrupt traffic through Suez Canal

    By Samy Magdy, Aamer Madhani, and others
  • iranPolitics

    ‘We do not plan on any negotiations’: Iran laughs at White House’s claims of cease-fire talks

    By Jon Gambrell, Mike Corder, and others
  • middle eastPolitics

    America claims it sent a cease-fire plan to Iran, which doesn’t confirm receipt

    By Jon Gambrell, David Rising, and others
  • trumpPolitics

    Trump seems to have put himself in a position where the only Iran solution is troops on the ground

    By Aamer Madhani, Seung Min Kim, and others
  • trumpPolitics

    Trump’s flip-flopping gives juice to critics who say he just didn’t have a plan for the Iran War

    By Aamer Madhani and The Associated Press