Trump claimed victory against the Houthis in fight over Red Sea shipping. Now they are sinking tankers again - Trump said in May that Houthis had ‘capitulated but, more importantly, we will take their word that they say they will not be blowing up ships anymore’.

A top U.S. State Department official waived nine mandatory counterterrorism and anti-fraud safeguards to rush a $30 million award last month to a Gaza aid group backed by the Trump administration and Israel,

Israel and Hamas may be able to reach a Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release deal within one or two weeks but such an agreement is not likely to be secured in just a day's time, a senior Israeli official said on Wednesday.