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Mar 31, 2026 - World

European foreign ministers visited Ukraine on Tuesday to mark the fourth anniversary of atrocities committed in a town near Kyiv by Russia's invading forces.

Mar 31, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump erupted at France on Tuesday morning over what he perceived to be a major snub, and vowed that the United States would “remember” its actions going forward.Trump claimed that France refused to allow U.S. military cargo planes en route to Israel to use French airspace, a claim that as of Tuesday morning has yet to be reported on by major news outlets. Nevertheless, Trump condemned France for their purported actions, and attacked the European nation for its refusal to join the United States in its war against Iran.“The Country of France wouldn’t let planes headed to Israel, loaded up with military supplies, fly over French territory,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “France has been VERY UNHELPFUL with respect to the ‘Butcher of Iran,’ who has been successfully eliminated! The U.S.A. will REMEMBER!!!”France has walked a “fine line” in regards to the U.S. war against Iran, with French President Emmanuel Macron calling the U.S. attacks on Iran “completely unjustified,” while at the same time, providing aid to the United Arab Emirates – a U.S. ally – in the conflict.

Mar 31, 2026 - World

Comments made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the future relationship between the US and NATO that hint at a break with the peace-keeping coalition received a thorough –– and critical –– examination on MS NOW early Tuesday morning.In an interview with Hashem Ahelbarra of Al Jazeera, the Donald Trump appointee criticized the NATO alliance for not backing the US war on Iran, and then stated, “I think it was very disappointing. You have this – and again, look, the President and our country will have to reexamine all of this after this operation is over. But one of the reasons why NATO is beneficial to the United States is it gives us basing rights for contingencies. It allows us to station troops and aircraft and weapons in parts of the world that we wouldn’t normally have bases, and that includes in much of Europe.”He later added, “But if NATO is just about us defending Europe if they’re attacked but then denying us basic rights when we need them, that’s not a very good arrangement. That’s a hard one to stay engaged in and say this is good for the United States. So all of that is going to have to be reexamined. All of it’s going to have to be reexamined.”After the clip was shown on “Morning Joe,“ co-host Joe Scarborough quickly snapped, “That is such garbage.”“Wait a minute, where is Marco Rubio?” co-host Mika Brzezinski interjected.“That was Marco Rubio attacking NATO,” Scarborough continued. “And it's just a reminder, it's just a reminder that this is also the same guy –– I mean, Jonathan Lemire, this is the same guy that went to Hungary and praised [Viktor] Orban, a guy who is proudly anti-west. He's illiberal, he's an autocrat, he's running in an election for his political life. And Rubio goes there and puts –– I mean, this is a guy who is anti-communist anti-authoritarian for a good reason and now he's completely compromised everything that he believes on these issues.”“Yeah,” Lemire replied. “In fact, new reporting this morning about Hungary's shedding further light on Hungary's close ties with Moscow.”“And let's remember Secretary Rubio's comments there about NATO,” he added. “And I wrote last week, there's real fear in the alliance that President Trump is going to, if not abandon it entirely, but pull back U.S. troop presence in Europe, which of course, would be a gift to Russia." - YouTube youtu.be

Mar 31, 2026 - World

Since the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran on Feb. 28, the Trump administration claims to have all but "obliterated" the Islamic Republic's military capabilities. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared last week that "never in recorded history has a nation's military been so quickly and so effectively neutralized."

Mar 31, 2026 - World

A humpback whale that has become stranded repeatedly off Germany's Baltic Sea coast in recent days got stuck again on Tuesday, authorities said, less than a day after swimming free. But rescuers were hopeful that it could still find its way out into the open sea.