Somalian referee Omar Artan, who was set to be the first Somali to referee at the World Cup finals, has been dropped from the list of officials after he was denied entry to the United States.
The resolution passed by a narrow 215-208 margin, with four Republican lawmakers joining Democrats in support of limiting the president’s ability to continue military operations without explicit congressional authorization.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard called the confrontation a retaliation for U.S. actions against vessels linked to Iran and accused Washington of escalating the conflict.
In a heated phone call on Monday, June 1, the US President Donald Trump lashed out at Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel's operation in Lebanon.
While US-Iran peace talks are already moving at a snail's pace during the fragile ceasefire agreed upon on April 8, Trump making it mandatory to sign Abraham Accords for parties involved has thrown another spanner in the works.
The China visit was meant to project strength, revive trade negotiations, and reassure US allies that the United States remained firmly in command of the global order. Instead, the visit increasingly appeared to underline the exact opposite