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The Houthi conflict expanded from exchanges with Saudi Arabia and pressure on Red Sea shipping to fighting around Marib and air raid alerts in Riyadh. A reported U.S.-Houthi shipping arrangement offered limited relief without resolving the wider war.
Iranian attacks damaged U.S. facilities while the war consumed billions of dollars and exposed munitions shortages and replenishment delays. UN experts then accused Washington of possible war crimes, turning battlefield strain into an accountability crisis.
A tanker fire, threatened shipping routes, and broader closures pushed Hormuz from a background vulnerability into the central test of energy security. U.S. forces helped move oil through the strait, raising the stakes of any renewed disruption.
Preparatory talks broadened the Trump-Xi agenda from trade to artificial intelligence, technology, critical minerals, semiconductors, Taiwan, and Iran. The meeting emerged as a possible pressure-release point even as the underlying rivalry remained intact.
Congress advanced authority for tariffs of up to 100 percent on countries buying Russian energy, then Trump signed a sanctions law giving him broad waiver power. The measure now combines pressure on Moscow with leverage over negotiations and major trading partners.
Canada moved toward a closer institutional relationship with the European Union as Ottawa sought alternatives to dependence on Washington. Trump answered by calling the proposal hostile and threatening tariffs.
Trump's claimed energy truce never gained clear Ukrainian or Russian confirmation. Ukraine then launched a major drone assault during Russia's parliamentary election, underscoring the gap between proposed restraint and battlefield reality.
The United States and Denmark proposed expanding the U.S. military presence and investment in Greenland while formally preserving Danish control. The arrangement leaves approval unresolved and does not settle Greenlandic concerns about American pressure.
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