World Desk

Death row inmate Christa Pike is conscious and speaking in a hospital nearly a week after surviving a botched lethal injection attempt in Tennessee.

President Trump faces condemnation from California officials after suggesting Iran could "take out" Los Angeles and San Diego during a rally in Nebraska.

Drone strikes in Bulgaria's Black Sea exclusive economic zone have sunk one commercial vessel and left its crew missing, while 18 sailors were rescued from a second ship.

A drone strike in Bulgaria's Black Sea exclusive economic zone sank a merchant vessel and left its crew missing, drawing sharp international condemnation.

US President Donald Trump has authorized the execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad, marking the first military death sentence carried out since 1961.

Turkiye, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia have triggered their mutual defense pact to deploy military forces in response to escalating Houthi attacks.

Caleb Flynn, an Ohio music pastor, has been sentenced to life in prison after a jury found he murdered his wife and attempted to frame an intruder.

The Norwegian government is seeking a temporary ban on camera-equipped smart glasses in high-privacy zones, including healthcare facilities and schools, to prevent unauthorized filming.

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their pioneering research on optogenetics.

A Saudi-led air campaign aims to reclaim strategic Yemeni territory from Houthi rebels, while the rebels make gains near Taiz and displace 184,000 people.

Saudi-backed Yemeni forces claim to have recaptured the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait from Houthi rebels, though the Houthis deny the advances amid a rising humanitarian crisis.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called a snap general election for November 29, 2026, following the parliamentary rejection of two housing decrees.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Kyiv during a surge of Russian aerial assaults to announce a massive aid package focused on air defense and energy resilience.

Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard has been arrested in Naha on suspicion of robbery and murder, sparking formal protests from the Japanese government.

A 20-year-old U.S. Marine was arrested in Okinawa for the alleged robbery-murder of a local woman, sparking a diplomatic outcry and protests from Japan.

Incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro are locked in a statistical dead heat in a polarized election.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv during a Russian bridge strike to pledge €1 billion in military aid and €350 million for energy repairs.

Search crews located a debris field off the coast of Massachusetts after a medical aircraft reported electrical issues and descended sharply before vanishing.

The U.S. Coast Guard has launched an air and water search near Nantucket for a medical evacuation plane carrying six people that vanished from radar.

UAE authorities have officially classified a mid-air cockpit attack by a Flydubai co-pilot as a terrorist act after an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.