Trump says he has a Greenland deal, but nothing is signed. Syria told the UN this week that Israel is the region’s greatest threat. And a war between two Sudanese generals just crossed into a third country.
Six Defense Department officials told the Washington Post the Pentagon’s public casualty count is short by at least four dead soldiers. Pakistan just reaffirmed a mutual-defense pact its own government can’t yet operate. And satellite imagery says Russia has been sabotaging its own nuclear plant to blame Ukraine for it.
Iran claims another tanker strike in the Strait of Hormuz, hours after the first Saudi civilian died in a spiraling second front with the Houthis. A close US ally just told Washington, in advance, that it won’t send troops to fight in that war. And Washington is welcoming Iran’s own leadership to New York next week while turning away the Palestinian Authority’s.
Canada is negotiating an unprecedented arrangement with the EU explicitly to cut its dependence on Washington, and Trump is threatening tariffs over it. Russia and China just vetoed the UN’s ability to keep watching Iran sanctions violations, ten days before that watchdog’s mandate expires. And Iran’s parliament speaker just did math homework on the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates.
