Monday, September 28, 2026

Iran said Sunday its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz remain unchanged after President Trump rejected its ceasefire proposal, which offered to halt shipping attacks and resume nuclear talks in exchange for lifting the US naval blockade. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran is ready to restart fighting, even a "doomsday war," but remains open to diplomacy. Trump told Axios he still expects renewed talks this week, though neither side has signaled willingness to shift its demands as the war reaches seven months.

Three men were killed and four people wounded in a shooting at 7:21 a.m. Sunday at a Detroit after-hours strip club, Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison said. He said a fight escalated into gun violence. The wounded, two men and two women in their 20s and 30s, were driven to hospitals by private car and are stable. Police had been called to the location seven times in 2026. Mayor Mary Sheffield said the city needed more people to speak up.

A shootout at a skatepark in Macon, Georgia, during a birthday party late Saturday left multiple teens wounded, authorities said. The Bibb County Sheriff's Office said 11 teens were injured, two in critical but stable condition, while the Associated Press and Newsmax reported 12 wounded. Victims included four 18-year-old men, five 17-year-old boys and two 18-year-old women, according to the sheriff's office.

A powerful nor'easter continued battering the Northeast coast on Sunday, causing flooding for a second straight day from New Jersey to New England. Tens of thousands of homes lost power as coastal residents dealt with rising floodwaters along the shoreline.

President Trump was set to have a one-on-one dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the White House on Sunday evening, their first individual meeting. The two have clashed over Anthropic's refusal to give the Pentagon unrestricted access to its AI models and Amodei's calls for more AI regulation and safety oversight, which conflict with Trump's push for faster AI development. Amodei was earlier excluded from a state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The White House aired a taxpayer-funded advertisement during commercial breaks of two NFL games Sunday, featuring imagery of President Trump walking through a hall with a voiceover saying, "this is the final battle." The ad closely resembles one released by Trump's 2024 campaign. The White House has called such ads "public service announcements," a characterization that has drawn criticism from both Democrats and Republicans over the use of taxpayer funds.

British counterterrorism detectives are investigating whether the five men arrested near RAF Fairford, a Gloucestershire base used by U.S. forces for strikes on Iran, were linked to an Iran-connected attack plot. The men, held on suspicion of Explosives Act offenses and preparing a terrorist act under the Terrorism Act, remain unidentified and in custody as police examine suspected explosives found nearby. A bystander's account of calling police and President Trump's statements have raised differing claims over whether security services knew of the plot beforehand.

The High Court in Belfast ruled overnight that a Protestant Orange Order parade could proceed through a largely Catholic area, the first such route allowed since the Good Friday Agreement. Protesters blocked the route. British Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for calm, and Britain is seeking a compromise over the blocked march.

Overnight and Sunday Russian strikes killed at least six people across Ukraine, officials said, up from an earlier toll of four reported by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The attacks struck data centers and Ukraine's largest mobile provider. The strikes came hours after Moscow rejected German calls to de-escalate its actions toward NATO.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic resigned on Sunday ahead of parliamentary elections planned for October, saying he intends to run for prime minister instead. His resignation as president comes as his populist party faces an early vote.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an undisclosed visit to Abu Dhabi on Sunday and met with the Emirati leader, according to an Israeli official. The trip was not publicly announced beforehand. Details of what was discussed have not been disclosed.