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The U.S. Air Force has finished modifying and testing a Boeing 747 jet donated by Qatar for temporary use as Air Force One and expects to have it ready for President Donald Trump to use this summer, the service announced late Friday.

The United States is warning shipping companies they could face sanctions for making payments to Iran to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

As the brass band played Bavarian tunes and the villagers drank their beer, watched and cheered, the young men of Kuhbach in southern Germany pushed up their new maypole with long wooden rods until it stood perfectly straight against the sky.

Summer is still a few months away, but the streets of Croatia's old town of Dubrovnik are already teeming with tourists from all over the world. It's usually a sign of a strong season ahead, but this year uncertainty hangs in the air.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Friday ordered the withdrawal of about 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany, days after the German chancellor criticized U.S. strategy in the war in Iran.

The Navy's new autonomous flying fuel tanker completed its maiden flight this week, executing a series of maneuvers and tests for two hours in what officials said was a key step for unmanned carrier operations.

The U.S. is currently incapable of building ships faster than China, so the head of the U.S. Navy is pushing a next-generation doctrine of smarter force packaging and autonomous system integration to sustain American naval dominance globally.

President Trump's war on Iran is fundamentally reshaping the Gulf region, from near-term shocks to Tehran's oil-based economy under a crippling U.S. naval blockade to the long-term impact of the United Arab Emirates ditching the OPEC cartel.

President Trump says he cannot accept Iran's latest proposal for making a deal to end the war and alleviate economic pressures from his blockade.

President Trump has announced the increase in tariffs on cars and trucks from the European Union, saying the EU failed to fully comply with a trade agreement.