China will send a deputy head of its top legislative body to attend the funeral of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran.
China warned two Japanese Coast Guard survey vessels to stop operating in the East China Sea in recent days, Japan’s top government spokesman said, unusual moves that highlight elevated tensions over sea border claims in the area and worsening diplomatic ties between Beijing and Tokyo.
The European Union’s latest bid to reset its trade and economic relationship with China is already floundering, with some member states and officials involved in the planning skeptical that the bloc is ready to take decisive action should diplomacy fail.
Russia indicated that Ukraine may have used a ballistic missile in combat for the first time.
President Trump traveled to North Dakota on board a new Air Force One aircraft, which was a gift from Qatar. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports.
President Trump responded to new ethics questions on two fronts - the use of a luxury Boeing Jet, gifted by the Qatari government as a temporary Air Force One, and his newly disclosed billion-dollar crypto fortune. Nancy Cordes has more.
Michael Cadenazzi, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, says the U.S. defense industrial base has suffered from decades of insufficient attention to capacity, leaving the country with bottlenecks, single-source risks and dependence on foreign suppliers. He says the Pentagon is focused on reindustrialization, critical minerals, and skilled trades as it works to meet future warfighter needs. He speaks with Kailey Leinz and Joe Mathieu on the late edition of Bloomberg's "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)
The countries agreed on Sunday to a weeklong de-escalation in the Strait of Hormuz, a US official confirmed to The Post — cooling tensions just in time for Fourth of July celebrations.
