Middle East war live: Trump says Iran war could end in 'two weeks, maybe three'

Chatter and fear about US military draft emerge as Trump’s Iran war drags on

<p>Though the US is almost certainly not going to have a draft, media commentary and online anxiety have surfaced</p><p>The United States is almost certainly not going to have a military draft to fight Iran. That hasn’t stopped the chatter, and anxiety, across the country.</p><p>In recent weeks, Donald Trump has ordered a number of marines and army paratroopers to head to the Middle East, gesturing toward a possible ground war to reopen the strait of Hormuz or secure nuclear weapons material. The provocative military activity has led to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/30/how-could-us-forcibly-reopen-strait-of-hormuz-iran-what-are-the-risks">speculative conversation</a> about what it would take to invade a country twice the population and three times the territory of Iraq.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/31/us-military-draft-fears-trump-iran-war">Continue reading...</a>

Middle East crisis live: Trump claims war will end in ‘two or three weeks’; Rubio says US should ‘re-examine’ Nato relationship - The Guardian

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy says US has linked security guarantees to ceding of Donbas

<p>Ukrainian president says peace deal proposed by US included ceding land to Russia. What we know on day 1,492</p><p><strong>The US is making its offer of security guarantees for a peace deal in Ukraine conditional on Kyiv ceding all of the country’s eastern region of Donbas to Russia, </strong>president Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Reuters in an interview. With the US focused on its own conflict with Iran, Donald Trump is applying pressure to Ukraine in an effort to bring a quick end to the four-year war triggered by Russia’s 2022 invasion, Zelenskyy said. “The Middle East definitely has an impact on President Trump, and I think on his next steps. President Trump, unfortunately, still chooses a strategy of putting more pressure on the Ukrainian side,” he told Reuters. “I would very much like the American side to understand that the eastern part of our country is part of our security guarantees,” he said.</p><p><strong>Russia sought to blackmail the US by offering to stop sharing milit...

Trump administration sidelines, threatens Europe in Iran war: EU flounders in new world order

After Greenland and trade tariffs, US President Donald Trump is threatening European countries once again. If they fail to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, "it will be very bad for the future of NATO", Trump has said. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has made it clear that the US will make its own security decisions, whatever Europe thinks. Admittedly, Europe's own standing has been diminished by its inability to speak with one clear voice on this crisis, as on previous ones. Our guests evaluate the EU's response as US-Israeli strikes on Iran continue.

Taiwan wary that China could exploit US distraction over Middle East war - Reuters

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMi0AFBVV95cUxOQndmcm1TYkZ2Q1JZemNrcTFBR21FQmtseU56a29rTXNlRG4zXzBpaDMtbXhxZnkybEt6VXVMYjVQbDVHOUotY3h3WGhueEdPNkVGcmRvbW5JRURybndGWkRoNjdVS21iX0xPVkpTcmZ4eUVLd3F3dGRZWlQzbUt2MmQ0alB4WF80QVpKN2ZOem12dmZGN1lqTWVCbzRtVXZPM0x4QnEwODQzMTJvX1p4ZHUzZTAtS3lRbzJ1ZFBVZUNKQlptUUF5cHlPY0E2Mll5?oc=5" target="_blank">Taiwan wary that China could exploit US distraction over Middle East war</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters</font>

Jerusalem heads into a subdued Passover and Easter under the shadow of the Iran war - AP News

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiowFBVV95cUxQTWluVjYzYU9rVllsaHhENWxlVlZzLU83RzkxeXl1Y3VXcnptZEtxMjcwM3hJc2ZxX0I0LUlKekdEN0p5UUxwRThKc1ZJSkd1czBYQlRZQnZGb2dlbEhnQUxRa3dlSk5tUzJNb0s3NjJzcjNvek9VQjJ0SGhETE40dUVqZ2dsMlR5RE5sWFVBVVZLTkk0SUdFeGc3cVZ5R1N6bkRr?oc=5" target="_blank">Jerusalem heads into a subdued Passover and Easter under the shadow of the Iran war</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">AP News</font>