US Ambassador to the United Nations

Mike Waltz, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said Iran was not negotiating 'in good faith' in efforts to end the war. The accusation, delivered at the UN, frames Tehran as obstructing diplomatic moves toward a ceasefire and adds to tensions between the two countries as international mediators push for de-escalation.

A US ambassador reportedly said the United States caused the Romanian government to collapse and could do the same to "any country we want", according to a Wall Street Journal report. The remark, allegedly made during a dinner discussion in Greece about Romania's imminent political implosion, is drawing strong reactions online, with critics calling it a brazen admission of interference in other nations' domestic politics.