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A suspected Islamic extremist armed with a knife stabbed three men in front of schoolchildren at a train station near Zurich, Switzerland’s financial capital, officials said Thursday.

The Pentagon has spent months positioning warships, aircraft, surveillance assets, and Marines around the Caribbean as President Donald Trump weighs possible military action against Cuba, according to a Politico report.

President Donald Trump is weighing whether to approve a 60-day memorandum of understanding with Iran that would extend the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East, reopen the Strait of Hormuz to unrestricted shipping, and launch a new round of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.

Authorities in Bangladesh came under pressure Thursday after preventing the Eid-ul-Azha sacrifice of a rare albino buffalo nicknamed after U.S. President Donald J. Trump.

The world’s wealthiest families are reducing their exposure to the U.S. dollar amid growing concerns about the long-term outlook for the world’s dominant reserve currency due to rising American debt levels and geopolitical tensions, according to reports released Thursday by UBS and JPMorgan Asset Management.

A heated parliamentary clash between Hungary’s new Prime Minister Péter Magyar and allies of former leader Viktor Orbán has added to divisions among evangelical Christians following the country’s dramatic political transition.

A Chinese dissident who fled his country in a rubber boat has been detained in South Korea after spending over a day at sea in what supporters described as his fourth attempt to reunite with his family.

European Union Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius is urging European governments to expand weapons production, open military stockpiles to Ukraine, and adopt a “peace through strength” strategy to deter Russia.

Somaliland’s emergence as a potential U.S. and Israeli partner marks a major strategic shift in the Red Sea region, offering Washington and Jerusalem a new foothold near the vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait as Iran-backed Houthi threats continue to menace global shipping.

President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that Iran is running out of leverage in nuclear negotiations, accusing Tehran of trying to delay talks in hopes of outlasting him politically while its military and economy weaken.

Syria’s transitional leadership has uncovered remnants of former President Bashar al-Assad’s secret chemical weapons program, including undeclared munitions, raw materials, and equipment linked to the production of deadly nerve agents, according to officials cited by Reuters and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

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.