The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has recorded the worst approval rating of his two terms, according to a survey by The Washington Post, ABC News, and the Ipsos center published this Sunday. Fifteen months after returning to the White House, and just six months before the midterm legislative elections, 62% of the American population disapproves of his management.
The military operation that U.S. President Donald Trump announced for this Monday as a “humanitarian gesture” meant to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz encountered its first obstacle: the Iranian navy fired two missiles at a U.S. frigate that was about to enter the waterway through which 20% of the world’s oil passes.
South Korea said it was verifying intelligence information that a ship flying the South Korean flag had been attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, Yonhap News reported on Monday. A spokesperson for the South Korean shipping company HMM told Reuters that a fire had occurred in the engine room of one of its bulk carriers in the Strait of Hormuz, and added that the cause of the fire was still under investigation. They assured that there were no reports of casualties or injuries.
The seppuku of the Japanese samurais (a painful cut in the abdomen with a dagger, dressed in white ritual clothes and writing a farewell poem) was not just any way to take one’s life, but an honorable death to avoid being captured, pay for failure, demonstrate loyalty, bravery, and self-control. It was banned at the end of the 19th century but even if it were not, and despite its romanticism, there is nothing further from the will of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer than to commit harakiri.
President Donald Trump has a problem with poor popularity both inside and outside the United States. The war he launched alongside Israel against Iran on February 28 is causing an increase in the price of oil and other products, which affects the economy of the citizens and that never gives good publicity.
In a situation of tug of war and with the ceasefire in limbo, a spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Sunday that they had received, through Pakistan, a response from the United States to their 14-point proposal to end the war conflict.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has announced a joint operation with the Middle East to free the ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz. The Republican, who has called the mission “Project Freedom,” has given more details through his Truth Social account about an intervention that will take place starting this Monday morning.
China has launched its first robotic traffic police squad, which has officially started operating in Hangzhou, one of the country’s main technology hubs.
Two U.S. military personnel participating in the African Lion 2026 military exercises were reported missing on Saturday night in a training area of Cap Draa, near the city of Tan-Tan, in southern Morocco.