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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Signed a Mutual Defense Pact in Mecca
The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement binds an oil power, a nuclear-armed state and NATO's second-largest military — signed as the Iran war reshapes the region.
WorldHouthi Missiles and Drones Hit Yemeni Government Army Camps in Marib and Hadramout, Killing at Least 30 Troops
It is the sharpest escalation since the de facto truce of April 2022. A Houthi commander claimed 'hundreds' of casualties and told followers to strike Saudi positions 'wherever they may be.'
WorldIran's Parliament Wants to Charge Ships 7% of Their Cargo to Cross Hormuz — and Bar American and Israeli Vessels Entirely
The draft would keep 'hostile' ships out until Tehran is compensated for war damage and fine violators a fifth of their cargo. A U.S. official told NPR the strait is international water and 'no party controls the lanes.'
WorldFuego Has Been Erupting for Four Days
Lava fountains reached 1,000 feet above the crater and pyroclastic flows poured into six ravines. Officials raised red alerts in three departments and closed the highway that runs past the volcano.
WorldUkraine Got One-Third the Air-Defense Missiles This Year That It Got Last Year, and Zero of 24 Ballistic Missiles Were Stopped Wednesday
Zelensky said allied interceptor deliveries have collapsed across the whole first half of 2026, blamed the Middle East war, and would not rule out that the squeeze is meant to push Kyiv toward a deal.
WorldThe U.S. Just Put $25 Million on a Man Born in Santa Ana, California. He Runs Mexico's Most Powerful Cartel
The State Department raised the bounty on Juan Carlos Valencia González fivefold and announced $102 million in total rewards for leaders of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, six months after Mexican troops killed his stepfather.
WorldWashington Revoked the Visa of Brazil's Ambassador Because Brasília Won't Accept a Florida Politician
The State Department pulled Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti's credentials after Brazil declined to approve Daniel Perez, the speaker of Florida's House and a Rubio ally, as the next U.S. ambassador — two months before a presidential election.
WorldEbola Has Killed 1,707 People in Eastern Congo in 12 Weeks
The Bundibugyo strain, which has no approved vaccine or treatment, has produced 3,802 cases since May 15 — the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded. Patient zero has still not been identified.
WorldItaly Is About to Put All 27 of Its Monitored Cities on Red Heat Alert for the First Time Ever
Twenty-five cities were already at the health ministry's maximum warning level this week, with Messina and Reggio Calabria projected to join by Thursday. Nights that never drop below 25°C are what makes this wave dangerous.
WorldA North Korean Missile Unit Is Moving Into Voronezh With as Many as 120 Ballistic Missiles Aimed at Ukraine
Ukrainian military intelligence says roughly 90 North Korean personnel will be embedded in Russia's 112th Missile Brigade with six launchers. Ukraine's thinnest defensive layer is exactly the one those weapons are built to beat.
WorldRussia Fired 24 Ballistic Missiles at the Kyiv Region and Ukraine Shot Down None of Them
Zelenskyy said the casualties were a direct consequence of Ukraine running out of Patriot interceptors, the only weapon in its arsenal that can stop a ballistic missile.
WorldIsrael's Defense Minister Ordered the Army to Take Another West Bank Refugee Camp
Israel Katz told the military to follow "the Tulkarem, Nur Shams and Jenin model." Human Rights Watch says that model, applied in 2025, amounted to war crimes.
WatchWorldA Drone Came Down on a Crowded Russian Beach and Killed Seven, Including Three Children
Video verified by Reuters shows the aircraft veering hard and diving into sunbathers near the Black Sea resort of Gelendzhik. Russia calls it a deliberate attack on civilians; Ukraine says Russian air defense shot the drone down onto the crowd.
WorldA Bulk Carrier Was Hit by a Projectile in the Strait of Hormuz Hours Before Washington Said a Deal to Reopen It Was Close
One crew member is missing from the Liberian-flagged Minoan Pioneer, struck 23 miles off Oman. On the same day, an Indian-flagged ship sank in the Red Sea after an explosive-laden boat rammed it.
WorldA Ukrainian Drone Strike on an Industrial Park Outside Moscow Killed Five, as Kyiv Keeps Hitting Russia's Answer to Amazon
Drones struck three warehouses across Russia overnight, two of them run by e-commerce giant Wildberries. Russian bombs killed two children and an elderly woman in Sumy the same night.
WorldWestJet's 4,400 Flight Attendants Walked Out Over Unpaid Ground Work, Grounding More Than 300 Flights
The strike hit Canada on a three-day holiday weekend and shut down the airline's entire Boeing 737 and 787 schedule. At issue is whether time spent working on the ground counts as work.
WorldSotomayor Refuses to Pause a $656 Million Judgment Against the PLO and the Palestinian Authority
Palestinian officials argued the payout would destabilize government services in the West Bank. The case dates to attacks in Jerusalem in the early 2000s that killed 33 people.
WorldA Ferry Carrying 271 People Caught Fire Off Indonesia. Five Are Dead and 41 Are Still Missing
The Mutiara Sentosa 2 was hours into an overnight run from Surabaya to Makassar when flames broke out at dawn. Rescuers pulled 225 people from the water and from passing ships.
WorldA Sudanese Army Drone Hit a Village Court Held Under a Tree in Darfur, Killing at Least 35
Civilians had gathered in Garra al-Zawaya to hear local disputes when the strike came just after midday Sunday. Among the dead were four tribal leaders, a rights group and witnesses said.
WorldPolish and Ukrainian Teams Have Dug Up More Than 50 Bodies From a Massacre the Two Countries Still Argue About
Between 30% and 40% of the remains recovered in two abandoned villages in western Ukraine belonged to children. None have been identified yet.
WorldThe Last Kremlin Critic Who Stayed Recorded a Video in Front of the Eiffel Tower: 'I'm Alive and Free'
Boris Nadezhdin, barred as a 'foreign agent' from September's parliamentary elections, announced Monday that he has left Russia for France.
WorldCuba's Grid Collapsed for the Sixth Time This Year, Shutting Off Power to the Entire Island
The state electric utility said the national system went down late Sunday, leaving about 10 million people in the dark. Crews began reconnecting circuits on Monday.
WatchWorldTwo Firefighting Helicopters Collided in Midair Over a Greek Wildfire. A Bystander Caught It on Video
A Greek coordinator and a Danish pilot were killed when two Bell helicopters struck each other above the Psatha fire west of Athens. Two other crew members were pulled out alive.
WorldIsrael Finally Answers on the Hamas Disarmament Deal: 'Nothing Less' Than Physically Handing Over the Weapons
Netanyahu's office says it has serious concerns about the sequencing of Trump's 20-point plan, warning that a withdrawal before Hamas actually gives up its arms would let the group expand again.
WatchWorldSpain Says 67 Died in the Rush on Ceuta, and Now Almost Everyone Who Made It In Has Been Sent Back
About 60,000 people breached the border of the Spanish enclave in North Africa over two days. By Saturday the government said most had returned to Morocco, and it began building a 500-meter barrier into the sea.
WorldA Woman Carrying a Bomb Was Stopped at the Door of a Moscow Restaurant. The Device Went Off Anyway
The explosion outside Balzi Rossi on Kudrinskaya Square killed the security guard who blocked her, a customer, and the woman herself, and injured 21 others during a private banquet.
WorldThe Danube Is So Low That Hungary Is Shutting Down Its Only Nuclear Plant for the First Time in 44 Years
Paks supplies nearly half of Hungary's electricity. Prime Minister Péter Magyar says the river no longer carries enough water to cool the reactors, and the plant may stay off for weeks.
WatchWorldRussian Ballistic Missiles Kill 9 in Kyiv, and the Mayor Told the City to Run for Shelters
More than ten explosions rolled across the Ukrainian capital overnight. At least 27 people were wounded, four of them children, in the second deadly barrage on Ukraine in two days.
WorldTruck Bomb Rips Through a Colombian Police Station Six Days Before the New President Is Sworn In
Eight police officers and three civilians were injured in Cucuta, near the Venezuelan border. President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella said terrorism "will not intimidate Colombia."
WatchWorldNirmal Purja, Who Climbed All 14 of the World's Highest Peaks in 189 Days, Is Dead in a Broad Peak Avalanche
Pakistani officials confirmed Friday that the British-Nepali mountaineer known as 'Nims Dai' was killed along with three teammates when an avalanche swept their camp on the 26,401-foot Karakoram giant. Six members of the 10-person expedition are still missing.