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Trump Says Shooting Won't 'Deter' Him from Iran War

President Donald Trump speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House after an unspecified threat at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, Saturday, April 25, 2026, as acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI director Kash Patel listen. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
President Donald Trump speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House after an unspecified threat at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, Saturday, April 25, 2026, as acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI director Kash Patel listen. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Trump Says Shooting Won't 'Deter' Him from Iran War

President Donald Trump speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House after an unspecified threat at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, Saturday, April 25, 2026, as acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI director Kash Patel listen. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
President Donald Trump speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House after an unspecified threat at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, Saturday, April 25, 2026, as acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI director Kash Patel listen. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

US President Donald Trump said Saturday a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner would not deter him from the Iran war, although he believed the incident was unlikely linked to the conflict.

"It's not going to deter me from winning the war in Iran. I don't know if that had anything to do with it, I really don't think so, based on what we know," Trump told reporters in a briefing at the White House after the shocking security incident.

Trump had earlier said, however, that "you never know" if it could be linked to the Iran war, and said investigators were working on the motive of the shooter whom he described as a "lone wolf."

The US leader earlier Saturday canceled his envoys' trip to Pakistan for peace talks with Iran, after being unimpressed with Tehran's negotiating position following nearly two months of war.
The shooting suspect accused of storming the gala will be arraigned in the US capital on Monday, the federal prosecutor said.

The suspect -- who exchanged gunfire with Secret Service agents but was not shot himself -- will appear before a US district judge on Monday.

According to US Attorney Jeanine Piro, the suspect will be charged with using a firearm during a crime of violence, and assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon.

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Russian Attack Sets Ablaze Ukraine's Izmail Port infrastructure

A firefighter works at a compound of a port which was hit during overnight Russian drone strikes in the town of Izmail, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine, May 19, 2026. (Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters)
A firefighter works at a compound of a port which was hit during overnight Russian drone strikes in the town of Izmail, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine, May 19, 2026. (Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters)
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Russian Attack Sets Ablaze Ukraine's Izmail Port infrastructure

A firefighter works at a compound of a port which was hit during overnight Russian drone strikes in the town of Izmail, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine, May 19, 2026. (Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters)
A firefighter works at a compound of a port which was hit during overnight Russian drone strikes in the town of Izmail, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine, May 19, 2026. (Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters)

Russia struck the area around Ukraine's largest Danube port of Izmail overnight, causing damage and setting off a fire, regional authorities said ‌on the ‌Telegram messaging app.

Izmail, ‌near ⁠the Romanian border in ⁠the southern region of Odesa, handles grain and other commodities, and the attack ⁠comes a day after Ukraine ‌hit ‌Novorossiysk, a major ‌grain export hub in ‌Russia's part of the Black Sea, reported Reuters.

Romania, a member of NATO ‌and the European Union, scrambled two fighter jets, ⁠its ⁠defense ministry said on X, adding that an aerial target spent about 10 minutes in national airspace before leaving for Ukraine.

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Zelensky: Ukraine Needs 5% of US Patriot Stocks to Get Through Winter

08 August 2026, Serbia, Belgrade: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic following their meeting at the Palace of Serbia. Photo: Marko Dimic/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
08 August 2026, Serbia, Belgrade: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic following their meeting at the Palace of Serbia. Photo: Marko Dimic/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
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Zelensky: Ukraine Needs 5% of US Patriot Stocks to Get Through Winter

08 August 2026, Serbia, Belgrade: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic following their meeting at the Palace of Serbia. Photo: Marko Dimic/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
08 August 2026, Serbia, Belgrade: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic following their meeting at the Palace of Serbia. Photo: Marko Dimic/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Ukraine needs five percent of the United States' Patriot interceptor missiles to get through the winter and 10 percent to destroy all of Russia's ballistic projectiles, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview published on Thursday.

Russia has recently been firing mass barrages at the Ukrainian capital Kyiv roughly once a week, killing civilians and damaging or destroying homes, said AFP.

In one attack, Ukraine failed to intercept any of the 28 ballistic missiles launched at it.

Speaking to CNN, Zelensky said Ukraine this year "had two-and-a-half times less interceptors than we had in 2025".

"Russia has two times more ballistic missiles per month than they had before," he said in English.

"This year, I'm asking American partners to sell me five percent of missiles (that) they have in their stocks.

"If they sell us five percent, we will go through the winter and save people's lives.

"If they can sell us 10 percent, we will destroy all the Russians' ballistic missiles."

Ukraine has reported an acute shortage of Patriot interceptors since the United States and Israel went to war with Iran in February, diverting supplies of the advanced systems.

Ballistic missiles are much harder to intercept than cruise missiles or drones because they move faster and follow steep trajectories.

Asked if the United States had responded to his requests, Zelensky said: "The answer is, for today is next. I have one percent."

"From one percent to five percent, I have some months and millions (of) phone calls and anything else.

"I do some things which I can't even share. It doesn't mean that it's out of the law. But I can't speak about it."

Ukraine's air force said on Wednesday it would stop publishing detailed figures on Russian ballistic missile strikes.

The restrictions will concern "the number of targets launched, shot down, suppressed or those that failed to reach their targets", communications chief Yuriy Ignat said on Facebook.

Real-time warnings would continue unchanged, and the air force would keep providing generalized figures on Russian missile launches, he said.

Last month, Russia fired more than 450 missiles at Ukraine, nearly 200 of them on ballistic trajectories.

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Russia's Putin Visits Japan-claimed Islands for First Time; Tokyo Protests

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), accompanied by Pacific Fleet Commander-in-Chief Admiral Viktor Liina, visits the Guards missile cruiser Varyag during the final stage of the Pacific Fleet's exercises off the coast of Sakhalin region, Russia, 12 August 2026. EPA/GAVRIIL GRIGOROV KREMLIN / POOL MANDATORY CREDIT
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), accompanied by Pacific Fleet Commander-in-Chief Admiral Viktor Liina, visits the Guards missile cruiser Varyag during the final stage of the Pacific Fleet's exercises off the coast of Sakhalin region, Russia, 12 August 2026. EPA/GAVRIIL GRIGOROV KREMLIN / POOL MANDATORY CREDIT
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Russia's Putin Visits Japan-claimed Islands for First Time; Tokyo Protests

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), accompanied by Pacific Fleet Commander-in-Chief Admiral Viktor Liina, visits the Guards missile cruiser Varyag during the final stage of the Pacific Fleet's exercises off the coast of Sakhalin region, Russia, 12 August 2026. EPA/GAVRIIL GRIGOROV KREMLIN / POOL MANDATORY CREDIT
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), accompanied by Pacific Fleet Commander-in-Chief Admiral Viktor Liina, visits the Guards missile cruiser Varyag during the final stage of the Pacific Fleet's exercises off the coast of Sakhalin region, Russia, 12 August 2026. EPA/GAVRIIL GRIGOROV KREMLIN / POOL MANDATORY CREDIT

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iturup, a Japan-claimed island at the end of the Kuril chain near the island of Hokkaido, Russian media said on Thursday, a day after major naval drills and a missile firing by ally North Korea.

Moscow and Tokyo never ‌signed a ‌formal World War Two peace treaty as ‌the ⁠main hurdle was ⁠the unresolved territorial dispute over the islands, which Japan calls the Northern Territories, said Reuters.

On the trip, which state news agency TASS described as Putin's first in person to the island chain, he visited the Yasny fish-processing plant on Iturup, after overseeing the ⁠navy drills in Russia's far east.

Japan's foreign ‌minister protested against Putin's ‌visit on X.

"The northern territories, including Etorofu, are Japan's inherent territory ‌both historically and based on international law," said ‌Toshimitsu Motegi. "Japan strongly protests this visit."

Vesti TV channel images showed Putin in a dark suit, standing in a room looking at two large tuna and halibut on a table, ‌as two officials spoke about fishing and the migratory behavior of fish. He ⁠also stopped ⁠to try local fish roe.

"What lovely weather you have there, just like a resort!" Putin told a group of Iturup locals. "And we thought you arranged this!" a woman, who appeared to be in her 30s, joked back.

The visit follows Wednesday's firing of a ballistic missile by ally North Korea, towards waters off the east of the Korean peninsula, days ahead of major joint military exercises by Seoul and Washington long denounced by Pyongyang.