Watch: Melania Trump's surprise Epstein statement in full

She tells reporters at the White House that any claims linking the two "need to end today".

Trump to Host MAHA Leaders in Bid to Shore Up a Fragile Alliance

President Trump will meet privately at the White House on Thursday with disenchanted leaders of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement.

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Donald Trump is the war’s biggest loser

There is a reason he wants an exit from Iran

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Melania Trump denies close ties to Jeffrey Epstein in rare news conference

The White House declined to comment on the timing of a statement that seems likely to once more focus attention on the Epstein case.

By Cat Zakrzewski

'Trump's anti-NATO outbursts have undeniably weakened the Atlantic pact'

By disparaging the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Trump perhaps aims to assign blame for the United States' setbacks in the Gulf on Europe, columnist Alain Frachon wonders.

Melania Trump says she not did not have relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

First lady denies being ‘Epstein’s victim’ and says convicted sex offender did not introduce her to Donald Trump US politics – live updates Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Melania Trump, the first lady, told reporters on Thursday that she “never had a relationship” with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. It was unclear which specific accusations spurred the first lady to respond publicly. She delivered h...

By Shrai Popat and Robert Mackey

In the Trump era, everybody's talking about 'soft power.' But ... what is it exactly?

The U.S. government long saw giving international aid as a way to build goodwill throughout the world. Did it work? And what does the reducing of foreign aid mean for that effort now?

By Fatma Tanis

Senate GOP vows to ‘go it alone’ on ICE funding as Dems double down on shutdown

Senate Republicans will meet with President Donald Trump to craft a party-line reconciliation bill funding ICE and CBP, cutting Democrats out of immigration funding altogether.

‘Not some piece of ice’: Greenland hits back at Trump insult

PM Nielsen calls Greenland a proud nation seeking to maintain global order, after US president calls it 'piece of ice'.

Melania Trump reads statement at White House denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein

First lady Melania Trump is denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein and knowledge of his crimes, saying Thursday that the "stories are completely false" and calling online accusations that she was somehow involved with the millionaire financier's sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with rich and powerful people "smears about me."

Keir Starmer: 'I'm fed up' with Trump and Putin affecting UK energy costs

Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz during the war with U.S. and Israel, creating an oil supply crunch and sending global energy prices soaring.

CNN: Trump asked Netanyahu to ease strikes on Lebanon and push for negotiations

US President Donald Trump has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in their most recent conversation to ease strikes on Lebanon and push for negotiations.

By Mariya Yemets,Tetyana Oliynyk

Trump’s tariff threat on European cars escalates global trade tensions

US President Donald Trump said he plans to impose a 20 per cent tariff on all cars imported from the European Union unless the trade bloc “soon” removes import duties and other barriers to US goods, escalating global trade tensions. “Based on the Tariffs and Trade Barriers long placed on the US and it great companies and workers by the European Union, if these Tariffs and Barriers are not soon broken down and removed, we will be placing a 20% Tariff on all of their cars coming into the U.S....

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Calls to invoke the 25th Amendment after Trump's Iran threats 'useless'

US President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy “a whole civilisation” in Iran has reignited calls to invoke the 25th Amendment and drawn condemnation across the political spectrum. Yet despite a growing chorus of critics, from Democrats to former MAGA allies, the mechanism remains politically out of reach – even as Trump’s approval ratings slide ahead of the 2026 midterms.

By Mehdi BOUZOUINA

What could have prompted Melania Trump’s sudden and unexpected statement on Epstein?

In a rare and extraordinary speech from the White House, the First Lady denied being Epstein’s friend or victim. The timing couldn’t have been worse for her husband — and the reasoning couldn’t have been more opaque, reports Holly Baxter

By Holly Baxter

US-Iran peace to be negotiated in Pakistan under the threat of Trump’s erratic policies

The Republican had accepted the 10 points of the Iranian plan as a ‘workable’ basis for dialogue, but later recalled the 15 demands from Washington that Tehran had rejected

By Trinidad Deiros

Trump tests Nato: US demands pledges to secure Hormuz as Iran chokes strait again

The cracks in Nato grew wider after the bloc gave a cold shoulder to the Washington when Trump sought the Cold War-era alliance to step in the war against Iran and use it as a leverage in easing Tehran's grip over Strait of Hormuz that has squeesed oil supply.​​ The strain in the alliance continues even after the last-moment "fragile ceasefire" was reached between US-Iran for two weeks as Europe largely keep itself beyong the ambit of the West Asia war.

By TOI WORLD DESK

Pak promises foolproof security to visiting US delegation for talks in Islamabad

Pak promises foolproof security to visiting US delegation for talks in Islamabad

How a lobbying firm tied to Trump Jr helped Chinese pharma company beat US national security challenge

Melania Trump denies links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in rare public statement at White House

The First Lady of the United States Melania Trump has denied ties to the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein and called for survivors to be able to give evidence to Congress.

"We Are Not Some Piece Of Ice": Greenland Hits Out After Trump Insult

Donald Trump on Wednesday vented his frustration with NATO as relations reached a crisis point over the Iran war, stating that the military alliance was not around when needed.

As Trump claims victory, Iran emerges bruised but powerful with leverage over Hormuz - analysis

"This war will be remembered as Trump's grave strategic miscalculation. One whose consequences reshaped the region in unintended ways," Middle East scholar Fawaz Gerges told Reuters.

Hungary’s election could end Orban era and reshape its place in Europe

Viktor Orban, uniquely endorsed by both U.S. President Donald Trump and the Kremlin, could lose his 16-year iron grip on power on Sunday, opinion polls indicate, in an election many Hungarians believe will decide their country’s fate in Europe. Orban, the European Union’s longest-serving prime minister, has led Hungary since 2010, entrenching his power by […]

US-Iran talks in Islamabad: Who is involved and why it matters

Just minutes before a self-imposed deadline — an unprecedented threat to wipe out “a whole civilisation” — was set to expire, US President Donald Trump announced early Wednesday a two-week ceasefire halting the war with Iran. The development, anxiously awaited by much of the world, followed a long night of back-channel diplomacy spearheaded by Pakistan. Now, with a fragile ceasefire barely holding and tensions still flaring, Islamabad is set to host talks between the warring parties this Satu...

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Melania Trump denies any links to Epstein abuse

“The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today,” US First Lady Melania Trump said in a surprise statement.

Starmer “fed up” with volatile energy prices due to Putin, Trump

The normalisation of political profanity

Donald Trump isn’t the first politician to sully their office with foul-mouthed rhetoric and it’s catching on with rivals too

By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK

Chinese firm hired lobbyists with ties to Don Jr, then scored a win in Washington - Daily Maverick

Chinese firm hired lobbyists with ties to Don Jr, then scored a win in Washington  Daily Maverick

Hunter Biden Wants a Cage Match With Donald Trump's Sons Eric and Don Jr.

Oh, how the tables have turned ... instead of young immigrants, now Donald Trump's own children might be thrown into a cage for a change ... Hunter Biden just posted a video saying he wants a piece of DT's sons, Eric and Donald Jr. Watch the clip…

By TMZ Staff

NATO ‘not a one-way street’, Rutte says amid US criticism

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Thursday the alliance is “not a one-way street,” pushing back against U.S. criticism that allies failed to fully support the U.S.-Israeli war...

Trump says combat troops to remain near Iran until 'real agreement' reached - Region - World - Ahram Online

Trump says combat troops to remain near Iran until 'real agreement' reached - Region - World  Ahram Online

Trump says Iranian people want more US strikes for ‘freedom’ as Middle East goes chaotic again - The Star

Trump says Iranian people want more US strikes for ‘freedom’ as Middle East goes chaotic again  The Star

Dutch can “absolutely” trust the US, American ambassador says

The US ambassador to the Netherlands has called president Donald Trump “the greatest peacemaker of our time” in a wide-ranging...

By Robin Pascoe

Melania Trump denies links to Epstein abuse

Melania Trump issues a surprise statement denying all links to Jeffrey Epstein, calling allegations lies and urging caution with fake images. Read More: https://punchng.com/melania-trump-denies-links-to-epstein-abuse/

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The lies linking me to the wretched Epstein must stop today, says Melania Trump

He stressed that he was not a victim of Epstein, categorically rejecting the reports about it The post The lies linking me to the wretched Epstein must stop today, says Melania Trump appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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Dutch publication forced to remove diversity chapter over Trump's anti-DEI policy

The long arm of Donald Trump’s anti-diversity policy has reached the Netherlands. A Dutch-published book looking at how diplomacy works had to remove a chapter on how a U.S.

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Trump attacks NATO after frank talks with Rutte

US President Donald Trump criticised NATO after a closed-door meeting with Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House, as tensions over the Iran war and alliance support have raised the possibility of a US withdrawal from NATO Trump said NATO had failed to support the United States during the conflict. “NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN,” he wrote on social media after the talks.

Trump says deal collapse 'highly unlikely', vows renewed war if no agreement - Naharnet

Trump says deal collapse 'highly unlikely', vows renewed war if no agreement  Naharnet

Qatar’s Amir and Pakistan PM discuss regional tensions, U.S.-Iran ceasefire

Qatar’s Amir and Pakistan’s prime minister discussed the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, regional tensions, and condemned Israeli strikes on Lebanon while reaffirming support for diplomacy. Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al… (The post Qatar’s Amir and Pakistan PM discuss regional tensions, U.S.-Iran ceasefire is from Doha News | Qatar.)

By Farah AlSharif