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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he hopes the US will return to active participation in WHO in the future.

Three Ethiopian nationals, along with a non-profit organisation, claim that the termination decision was motivated wrongly by politics and racism and ignored the rule of law.

Tehran will not differentiate between scale or nature of any potential attack, says the official as US warships including aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, several destroyers and fighter aircraft head to Middle East.

The Trump administration cites pandemic failures and political bias as reasons for exit

In Switzerland, Trump initiates his “Board of Peace” charter, offering scant details but noting collaboration with the UN for solving conflicts in Middle East and elsewhere.

Russian president invokes 1867 Alaska deal to frame a hypothetical US purchase of Greenland, while accusing Denmark of harsh colonial rule over the Arctic island.

Trump says he would not use force to take control of Greenland but insists the United States must still have “ownership” of it.

In Iran’s most direct warning yet to the US, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi writes in the Wall Street Journal that “our powerful armed forces have no qualms about firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack”.

Trump’s use of tariffs to force territorial concessions from allies exposes the fragility of today’s transatlantic bargain, and accelerates its unravelling.

Plane returned to Joint Base Andrews “out of an abundance of caution,” White House says, adding that Trump would switch aircraft and continue to Switzerland.