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The Navy said Tuesday that a helicopter squadron commander is the sailor reported missing on July 1 when his chopper went down in the Arabian Sea.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen vowed Wednesday to defend Greenland against any attempt by the United States to gain control of the semiautonomous Arctic island.

President Trump said Wednesday he considered the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran to be effectively over after the two sides traded strikes again over access to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week.

President Trump began the second day of the NATO summit on Wednesday by threatening to cut off trade with Spain over its lackluster defense spending and refusal to cooperate on Iran.

At the Karansky Quarry in occupied Donetsk, Chinese machinery has helped revive an industrial site that had been idle for more than a decade.

Iran targeted American military sites in the Gulf on Wednesday after the U.S. launched strikes on several places in Iran and reinstated sanctions on its oil sales. Washington said it was responding to Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Kuwait said Wednesday its air defenses are engaged to intercept incoming fire after the United States launched airstrikes targeting Iran.

A top Iranian official warned the United States after it launched strikes Wednesday that "the era of bullying and extortion is over."

The U.S. military said its latest strikes against Iran are over after it hit more than 80 targets, warning Tehran it would hold it "accountable" over what it called further violations of the interim deal between the two countries.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, best known for monitoring hate groups, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges that it defrauded donors by not disclosing that some of the money would be used to pay informants in extremist organizations.