U.S. President Donald Trump extended a pause on strikes on Iran amid reports of renewed nuclear deal negotiations,though Iran denied any formal talks were ongoing between the two nations, The Washington Post reported that the Pentagon has been developing plans for limited ground operations in Iran, Pakistan offered to host peace talks between the U.S. and Iran amid the escalating regional conflict,and Tehran reportedly rejected a U.S.-proposed 15-point peace plan, putting forward five conditions of its own for resolving the conflict.This comes as Yemen's Houthis launched strikes on Israel for the first time since the war in Iran broke out, Israel claimed that airstrikes killed Iran's IRGC navy commander, who was reportedly behind the ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, The New York Times reported that U.S. forces in the Middle East are working from hotels after several bases were left "uninhabitable" due to Iranian strikes,and the U.S. Army raised its enlistment age limit to 42, aligning it with the Air Force and Space Force.Elsewhere, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the U.S. has conditioned its security guarantees on Kyiv's withdrawal from the Donbas —a claim that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied — Hungary threatened to cut gas supplies to Ukraine over allegations that it is slow-walking repairs to the Druzhba pipeline, which was damaged in strikes,and Bloomberg reported that Ukraine risks running out of money by June without additional Western financial support.In other news, a U.S. judge temporarily blocked the Pentagon’s ban on Anthropic’s Claude AI following disagreements about the use of the technology, Ghana signed a defense pact with the EU, becoming the first African nation to do so,and a Colombian Air Force C-130 Hercules transport plane crashed, killing dozens.

The European Parliament advanced a U.S.-EU trade deal, moving closer to ratification after months of negotiations, Australia and the EU reached a free trade agreement after eight years of talks,and Russia and Vietnam signed a deal to build the Southeast Asian country's first nuclear power plant.Meanwhile, G7 foreign ministers met in France to discuss the war in Iran, the EU and Nigeria agreed to strengthen their bilateral relations during their 8th Ministerial Dialogue in Abuja,and China's vice president visited Kenya for a four-day state visit.This comes as Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Algiers to discuss the nations' energy cooperation,Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a friendship agreement with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un during an official visit to Pyongyang,and the Taliban freed a U.S. academic who had been held in Afghanistan since January.In unrelated developments, Balendra Shah was sworn in as Nepal’s youngest-ever prime minister after winning a majority in the country's recent elections, Denmark's election failed to produce a clear majority, forcing coalition negotiations,and Canada introduced a new bill to implement election reforms, including changes to voting rules and campaign financing.Elsewhere, the U.K. banned cryptocurrency donations to political parties amid concerns of foreign interference, European lawmakers backed a new regulation that would allow rejected asylum seekers to be sent to "return hubs" abroad,and Australia banned Iranian passport holders from entering the country for six months amid heightened concerns over the ongoing conflict.In other news, Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro attended his second court hearing since being captured by U.S. forces in January,former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was approved to serve 90 days of house arrest on humanitarian grounds amid ongoing health concerns,and Hungary's foreign minister was accused of leaking details of EU discussions to Russia during breaks in official meetings.

Trump reportedly voted by mail in a special election for Florida's House District 87, the area that includes his Mar-a-Lago estate,with Democrat Emily Gregory defeating Republican Jon Maples with 51% of the vote,and the Supreme Court heard challenges to a Mississippi mail-in ballot law in a case that could affect voting access rules nationwide.In other news, Markwayne Mullin was confirmed as the new secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), House Republicans rejected the Senate’s bill to fund most of the DHS and instead pushed for a 60-day stopgap measure to fund the entire department, the Justice Department (DOJ) admitted that it made an error in its legal justification for arrests inside immigration courts,and the Supreme Court debated the legal definition of "migrant border arrival," examining whether migrants stopped on the Mexican side of the border may be considered to have "arrived in" the U.S.This comes as an appeals court ruled that undocumented immigrants can be held without bond pending deportation proceedings, the Treasury Department announced plans to include Trump’s signature on future paper currency, marking the first time a sitting president's name will appear on American banknotes,and Trump signed an executive order banning DEI programs for federal contractors.Meanwhile, Alan Armstrong was appointed as Oklahoma’s new U.S. Senator, filling the vacancy left by Mullin's departure, the Pentagon closed the Correspondents' Corridor — a press workspace used for decades — due to security concerns,and the DOJ agreed to pay former national security adviser Michael Flynn $1.25 million over allegations that he was wrongfully prosecuted during the probe into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Thousands gathered in London for the Together Alliance march against what organizers termed the "far-right," "No Kings" rallies drew millions across all 50 U.S. states, the International Olympic Committee banned transgender athletes from competing in women’s events at the Olympics,and a 25-year-old Spanish woman died by euthanasia after a prolonged court battle.Meanwhile, Canada advanced the Combatting Hate Act, which criminalizes the public display of hate and terrorism-linked symbols,and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a wrongful arrest lawsuit from a journalist who claims she was detained for publishing information obtained from a police officer.Elsewhere, Russia banned the Oscar-winning documentary "Mr. Nobody Against Putin," citing concerns about the filming of minors, Hong Kong amended its National Security Law, granting authorities broader surveillance and enforcement authority,and the U.N. officially declared the transatlantic slave trade the "gravest crime against humanity."