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Iran’s supreme leader again called for “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” after U.S. strikes in southern Iran, even as President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet for high-level discussions while negotiations with Tehran entered a decisive stage.

The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to sharply reduce the number of U.S. military assets available to NATO allies in the event of a major crisis in Europe, a move that would place fresh pressure on European governments to shoulder more of their own defense burden.

Armed youths stormed a hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where Ebola patients were being treated, forcing medical staff to evacuate patients amid rising tensions over strict burial rules during the outbreak, officials said Monday.

France was left in shock Monday after police detained two teenagers following the discovery of the body of an 11-year-old boy near a river in the western city of Rennes.

An Austrian couple died in Indonesia after plunging about 20 meters (65 feet) when a suspension bridge collapsed beneath them near a popular waterfall on the island of Flores, officials confirmed Monday.

The U.S. military confirmed late Monday it carried out “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran, including against missile launch sites and boats placing naval mines, despite an ongoing ceasefire and President Donald Trump saying negotiations with Tehran were “proceeding nicely.”

Russia warned diplomats and foreign residents Monday to leave the Ukrainian capital Kyiv amid indications Moscow is preparing more massive attacks following one of the most devastating missile and drone assaults on war-torn Ukraine in recent years.

Pope Leo XIV warned Monday that Artificial Intelligence (AI) threatens humanity, comparing the rapidly advancing technology to “a new Tower of Babel” that must be “disarmed” to prevent “digital slavery,” “digital colonialism,” manipulation, and devastating wars.

President Donald Trump pushed back Monday against sharp criticism from Republicans and former administration officials over a potential U.S.-Iran agreement, insisting that any final accord must prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon or it will not be signed.

President Donald Trump said Monday that countries involved in negotiations over Iran should be required to join the Abraham Accords, signaling that the White House is seeking to turn a possible Iran agreement into a wider regional realignment that includes normalization with Israel.

Tensions remained high in Serbia’s capital Belgrade on Sunday after at least tens of thousands of people demanded elections and rallied against what they view as the increasingly authoritarian rule of President Aleksandar Vučić, with violence erupting after the protest and more than 20 people arrested.

Oil prices fell to their lowest levels in two weeks Monday amid growing optimism that the United States and Iran were moving closer toward a potential peace agreement despite ongoing disputes over key issues, including restrictions affecting the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Sunday that his “entire nation stands in solidarity with the people of Balochistan” after at least 20 people were killed and 70 others injured in an explosion targeting a train carrying military personnel in the western region.

Ukraine’s Pentecost Sunday was overshadowed by mourning after Russia used its hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile in one of the heaviest assaults on Kyiv and surrounding regions since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, killing at least four people and injuring about 100 others, officials said Sunday.

Iran has denied agreeing to surrender any of its enriched uranium stockpile under a proposed U.S.-brokered ceasefire framework, raising fresh questions over whether a broader peace deal can survive its most difficult issues: Tehran’s nuclear program, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran’s continued support for Hezbollah.

President Donald Trump said Sunday that his administration is in “no hurry” to finalize an end-of-war agreement with Iran, signaling caution after earlier indications that Washington and Tehran were nearing a framework deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and preserve a fragile cease-fire.

A drone strike targeting the Middle East’s largest nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates has heightened fears of a broader regional conflict involving Iran, its allied militias, Israel, and the United States.

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar said Saturday that negotiations on suspended European Union funds were “progressing well” and that he expects to sign an agreement in Brussels next week aimed at unlocking billions of euros for Hungary.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signaled Friday that the NATO military alliance could become involved in the Iran crisis if negotiations fail to end the war involving Iran, Israel, and the United States.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Friday that President Donald Trump’s growing frustration with the NATO military alliance will dominate what he called “one of the most important summits in the history of NATO” in Ankara, Turkey.