The United States and Iran move between military confrontation and diplomatic channels as regional tensions threaten global trade routes and international relations.
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Signed at the UN General Assembly, the pact expands US military presence in Greenland while formally reaffirming Danish sovereignty over the island.
In a rare wartime address to the General Assembly, Iran's president rejected Trump's "terrorist" label and threat to "annihilate" Iran, as a US delegate walked out.
Hours after warning he could destroy Iran, Trump announced a three-hour US-Iran meeting in New York he called productive.
After Saudi Arabia's MBS pushed for US strikes on the Houthis, Trump ordered Pentagon planning then reversed himself, and the Houthis are now advancing on strategic territory.
US destroys five Iranian tankers, Iran hits a US base in Jordan and ten ships near Hormuz, and the IAEA refers Iran to the UN Security Council.