Here are the latest main events related to the war in the Middle East:

Prolonged war could affect November mid-term elections

Lutnick, a billionaire former New York financier, has faced pressure over his associations with the now-deceased Epstein, especially after publicly released files undercut his claims of when he had severed ties with him

Trump cites Supreme Court ruling to justify potential embargo

US President Donald Trump said the historical relationship between his country and Britain was “not like it used to be”, in an interview to British daily newspaper The Sun, amid a major transatlantic fall out over US-Israeli strikes against Iran.

"At the highest end, we have a good supply, but are not where we want to be," he wrote on Truth Social

Six US service members killed in the conflict so far

First Lady Melania Trump is slated to chair a UN Security Council meeting on Monday

CIA intelligence indicating Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would attend a meeting of top Iranian officials helped guide strikes in a US and Israeli attack that killed Iran’s supreme leader, the New York Times reported yesterday.

President Donald Trump said Sunday the United States would hit Iran with "force that has never been seen before"

Republicans largely welcomed strikes launched Saturday by US forces and ally Israel against Iran but prominent Democrats condemned what they called an illegal aggression.

Many returnees spent Tk 45-70 lakh through brokers

The former president gave closed-door testimony about his relationship with the late sex offender

Pentagon labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk, affecting defense contractors

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he had a productive meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, discussing issues including housing and student detentions by federal immigration authorities.

The United States authorised the departure of non-emergency embassy staff and their families from Israel yesterday, as it threatened strikes on Iran and pressed its biggest military build-up in the Middle East in decades.

Court holds law doesn't provide authority for tariffs

Rubio says no US personnel involved, it was not a US operation

Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton is to testify behind closed doors Thursday

'The president wants diplomatic solutions. He prefers them greatly,' he says