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Iran war briefing: Trump meets with national security over Tehran peace plan

Donald Trump discussed Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the Middle East conflict with his national security team on Monday, but a US official told Reuters that the President “doesn’t love the proposal” as he wants a peace plan to address Iran’s nuclear programme. The conflict…

The Independent UK

Iran-US war latest: President shares ‘Strait of Trump’ image after urging Tehran to ‘get smart’ and sign deal

Trump urged Tehran to ‘get smart soon’ and reach an agreement

The Independent UK

You’d better start paying attention to the manosphere. You’re living in it

As the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran in late February, the social media posts by some US national security agencies took a particular turn.

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Middle East crisis: Iran’s foreign ministry condemns US seizure of Iranian-linked tankers as ‘piracy and armed robbery’ – as it happened

Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei says actions of the United States ‘strike at the heart of international law’ as blockade continues in strait of Hormuz

The Guardian - AU

California's fight over pipeline tests state's right to push back against Washington during war

California continues to fight the Trump administration after it defied state officials to restart oil drilling off the Santa Barbara coast in the name of national security

The Independent UK

Missing Scientists Mystery Hits Deadline Day as FBI and Four Agencies Must Brief Congress Today

The House Oversight Committee's 27 April deadline forces the FBI, NASA, the Energy Department, and the Pentagon to brief Congress on missing scientists. The Pentagon already states no active probes exist.

International Business Times UK

Renewable energy will boost national security and protect UK from sabotage, minister says

Widely dispersed wind farms and solar panels are harder to target than fossil fuel power stations, Michael Shanks says

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'Fighting for Sleep': Why Donald Trump's Oval Office Nap Just Became a National Security Conversation

Donald Trump's latest apparent doze in the Oval Office has reignited questions about the 79‑year‑old president's health, from viral 'nursing home' jibes to a former White House lawyer invoking a 'classic symptom of dementia.'

International Business Times UK

Swedish Syria envoy charged over mishandling top secret documents

The diplomat, who was arrested in May 2025, had also been suspected of transmitting classified documents to a former politician from the central Swedish town of Gävle.

Euronews

China Scientist Deaths Resurface After Multiple US Cases: Experts Allegedly Died In Suspected 'Silent Scientist War'

Unexplained deaths of scientists in the US and China raise concerns of a silent war amid technological rivalry. Investigations are underway to determine potential links to national security threats

International Business Times UK

Atlantic writer sued by Kash Patel says she’s been ‘inundated’ with new sources corroborating her reporting

Sarah Fitzpatrick reiterates that she stands by ‘every single word’ of her story and says the people she spoke to were ‘frightened’ by the FBI director’s alleged conduct creating a national security vulnerability

The Independent UK

Secret Service Officer Makes Fortune Betting On Polymarket That Maduro Would Be Detained

A US Army soldier is charged with using classified information about a Venezuelan mission to profit over $409,000 on Polymarket, raising concerns about prediction markets and national security

International Business Times UK

How a simple consumer data breach spiralled into a national security crisis in US-South Korea relations

Washington’s focus on online retailer Coupang has led to accusations that the Trump administration is tying issues of national security to domestic corporate matters

The Guardian - AU

US reliance threatens defence capability, Liberals warn

Australia is being urged to ramp up investments in its own national security in a bid to balance the relationship with the US and ensure the alliance will last.

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Who Is Gannon Ken Van Dyke? The US Special Forces Soldier Charged Over $400K Polymarket Bet

A US soldier is accused of using classified information to place bets on a military operation in Venezuela, raising concerns about national security information safeguards.

Axios

What to know about the missing scientists alarming Congress

The cases date back to at least 2023 but national security concerns prompted a congressional investigation.

International Business Times UK

David Wilcock Warned About Missing Scientists on Livestream, Then Died 48 Hours Later — Coincidence?

Paranormal author and aerospace director David Wilcock dies in apparent suicide after warning of missing scientists; FBI investigates potential links to NASA, Los Alamos, and MIT in a growing national security concern.

Reason

Injunction Against Publicly Identifying Pseudonymous Litigants Is Content-Based Prior Restraint,

and thus presumptively a First Amendment violation (though here the presumption was rebutted by national security interests).

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International Business Times UK

5 Photos of Julia Varvaro: Trump Counterterror Official Faces DHS Probe Over Alleged 'Sugar Daddy' Profile to Fund Lavish Lifestyle

Julia Varvaro, a Trump-era Department of Homeland Security counterterrorism official, is under scrutiny after allegations she used a 'sugar daddy' website under an alias, prompting security concerns and an internal complaint.

International Business Times UK

White House Denies Claim Trump Sought Access To Nuclear Codes But Was Blocked by General Dan Caine

The White House has rejected claims that Donald Trump sought nuclear codes and was blocked, as online rumours spark concern over national security narratives.

International Business Times UK

CIA Officers Killed In Mexico: President Sheinbaum 'Not Informed' Of Covert Drug Mission

Two CIA officers working from the US embassy in Mexico were killed alongside two Mexican officials when their car plunged into a ravine after a counter‑narcotics mission in Chihuahua.

Evening Standard

Iranian IRGC hardliners 'heading to UK', says Nigel Farage's Reform UK amid London arson attacks

The failure to stop the ‘small boats’ crisis is a ‘real and active threat’ to national security, says Reform UK’s home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf

Fortune

'Something sinister could be happening': FBI looks into dead or missing nuclear and space defense scientists tied to NASA, Blue Origin, and SpaceX

Eleven scientists related to nuclear and space defense programs are missing or dead since 2022. Nearly four years later, Congress is finally looking into it.

International Business Times UK

Who Are the 11 Missing Nuclear Scientists? US Lawmakers Suspect 'Sinister' Plot as 11 Top Nuclear Experts Vanish or Die

Eleven US scientists have died or disappeared under mysterious circumstances since 2023, prompting government investigations and raising national security concerns.

The Independent UK

The UK can’t claim to take national security seriously at all after these Mandelson revelations

COMMENT: This week we have seen the sorry spectacle of politicians and civil servants squirming over matters of national security – that’s a failure of their most sacred duty, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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