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Trump pulled the plug on Hegseth's plans to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter.

Catholics serving in the US Army should ​not participate in the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan that the Pentagon is planning ‌to livestream in December, a prominent US archbishop said on Monday.

The US will livestream the ​Army's upcoming firing squad execution of a gunman who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in 2009, the Pentagon said, in what would be an unprecedented ‌broadcast of a US execution.

Russia hit on ​Sunday the Northern bridge over the ‌Dnipro river in Kyiv, targeting a route used to transport troops and military cargo, the Russian ​Defence Ministry said.

A longstanding agreement with the US allows Washington to use the Azores air base without prior authorization during peacetime, but requires ​Portugal to give approval once hostilities begin.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on ​Wednesday announced the creation of a new military command that would be dedicated to building and providing ‌autonomous and robotic capabilities across the US military.

Iran's armed forces are prepared for any ​renewed U.S. attacks, state media quoted ‌army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia saying on Sunday, after US President Donald Trump said he rejected an ​Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait ​of Hormuz and end fighting.

The governor of Russia's Orenburg region said on Sunday that two ​industrial facilities were hit by drone ‌debris, including a warehouse owned by Ozon , a major Russian online retailer.

Romanian army divers destroyed two Gerbera-type drones drifting in the country's Black Sea exclusive economic zone near the ​offshore gas project Neptun Deep, Defence Minister Radu Miruta said ‌on Tuesday.

The New York Times has filed a court motion ​to block federal grand jury subpoenas to three ‌of its journalists over their reporting on President Donald Trump's new Qatari-donated Air Force One, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Russia on Tuesday accused Ukraine of terrorism over its escalating attacks on shipping in the Sea of Azov, a route ‌that handles about a quarter of its grain exports.

EU countries have yet ​to reach agreement on a broad ‌21st package of sanctions against Russia, but may decide on Monday to add 250 ​individuals and entities to their ​Russia sanctions list, EU foreign policy ⁠chief Kaja Kallas said.

Canada is aiming to announce around 10 founding nations for a global defence bank at next week's NATO summit in Turkey, ​the lead Canadian negotiator told Reuters on Thursday.

Polish special services are preparing for possible Russian sabotage operations aimed at inflaming tensions between Poles and Ukrainians, Tomasz Siemoniak, ​minister in charge of special services, told RMF FM Radio ‌on Wednesday.

The U.N. nuclear ​watchdog will carry out inspections in Iran soon following an interim peace accord between the United States and ‌Iran, its chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday, although Tehran later indicated that access to key sites remained contingent on a final agreement and sanctions lifting...

A conflict between politicians in Poland and Ukraine is a strategic mistake that ​will harm both sides, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said ‌on Sunday, seeking to defuse a rekindled dispute over events that occurred during World War Two.

The U.S. military on ​Sunday said it struck a vessel in the ‌Caribbean, killing two people, alleging that the vessel was operated by "designated terrorist organizations" that it ​did not identify.

Iran said that the closure was the first step in response to what it described as breaches of commitments and ​warned that ​further measures ⁠would be taken if aggression continued.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was willing to send his interim deal to end the war with ​Iran for review by the U.S. Congress, as lawmakers, including many of his fellow Republicans, said they were largely in the dark ‌about the pact.

The European Union targeted ​Russian shadow fleet figures accused of aiding Moscow's Ukraine war effort ‌as well as individuals linked to opposition figure Alexei Navalny's murder as it expanded its sanctions list on Monday.

One person was killed ​and nine more were ‌injured on Sunday after Ukrainian drones ​hit an apartment ​building in the Russian ⁠city of Oryol, ​south of Moscow, ​the regional governor said.

General Roberto Vannacci launched his new far-right party on Sunday, posing a direct challenge ​to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's grip on power as he seeks to pull Italy ‌in a more hardline, nationalist direction ahead of elections next year.

Russia said on Wednesday that the question of whether Armenia remains part of a military alliance of former Soviet states and a separate economic grouping must be settled quickly, ​against a background of growing tensions between Moscow and Yerevan.

The U.S. plans to accelerate the withdrawal of troops from bases in Europe ​and will present its proposals to ‌NATO allies next month, German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported on Saturday, citing an ​unidentified Pentagon source.

The Trump administration is in talks to provide funding ​to some drone companies, including Unusual Machines ‌and Sequoia Capital-backed Neros, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The write-off is about ​the price of a 35 square metre studio-type apartment in Moscow.

U.S. President Donald Trump ​surprised NATO allies by pledging to send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, but Secretary of State Marco Rubio cautioned alliance ‌ministers that Washington's frustration with some of them would still need to be discussed.

The Trump administration is planning ​to tell NATO allies this week that it will shrink the pool of military capabilities that the U.S. would have available ‌to assist the alliance's European nations in a major crisis, three sources familiar with the matter said.

President Donald Trump said on Monday ‌there was a “very good chance” the United States could reach an agreement with Iran ​to prevent Tehran from obtaining ​a nuclear weapon, hours after saying ⁠he had postponed a planned military ​attack to allow negotiations to continue.

President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a ​two-day ceasefire in the conflict with Ukraine on May 8-9 to mark Russia’s World War Two victory, but Ukrainian President ‌Volodymyr Zelenskiy countered with his own proposed pause in fighting starting earlier, on the night of May 5‑6.

U.S. President ​Donald ​Trump told reporters ⁠on ​Saturday that ​there is the possibility ​the ​United States could ‌restart ⁠strikes on Iran.