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U.S. President Donald Trump approved military strikes on June 21 against Iran in retaliation for the downing of an unmanned $130-million surveillance drone, but pulled back from launching the attacks, the New York Times said.

"The sanctions of Turkey are coming," Teneo Intelligence's director of research, Wolfango Piccoli, told Bloomberg television on Wednesday after the agency reported that Washington is mulling strict measures against the country if it persists with plans to purchase a Russian missile defense system despite American objections.

President Donald Trump launched his 2020 reelection campaign on June 18, whipping up a crowd of at least 20,000 with a nationalist boast about the U.S. economy being the "envy" of the world and warning that opposition Democrats want to "destroy" the country.

Next week, immigration authorities begin a process of deportation of millions of illegal foreigners who have reached the United States illegally.

Turkish tourists visiting Cuba have been affected by U.S. President Donald Trump's recent decision to ban cruise ships sailing to the largest island in the Caribbean, tour operators said on June 18.

Israel approved in principle on June 16 a new community named after U.S. President Donald Trump on a contested frontier zone with Syria - but construction looked likely to lag given Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political stumbles.

U.S. President Donald Trump may be reevaluating his nomination for Secretary of Defense, a report by NBC News said on June 11, citing four sources familiar with the matter.

The academics, however, say it is simply the latest move in a Fidesz strategy to rein in Hungary's intellectuals and stifle free, particularly critical, thought.

The battle over the academy began a year ago, and is nearing its denouement.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Britain's Prince Harry was a terrific guy and denied casting his American-born wife, Meghan, as a nasty person, claiming media had distorted his words as he actually felt she was very nice.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said June 2 that the Trump administration is ready for unconditional discussions with Iran in an effort to ease rising tensions that have sparked fears of conflict. But the United States will not relent in trying to pressure the Islamic Republic to change its behavior in the Middle East, America's top diplomat said.