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Intensifying Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports and commercial vessels have effectively revived a Black Sea blockade, threatening Ukraine’s agricultural economy and raising concerns over global food supplies.

Iran has deployed regular army special forces into northern Iraq, carrying out a series of ground raids against Iranian Kurdish opposition groups as Tehran moves to eliminate forces it views as a potential threat to the Islamic Republic.

Hungary’s only nuclear power plant was operating at just over 10 percent of capacity Tuesday after narrowly avoiding an unprecedented complete shutdown, while neighboring Romania used military explosives to clear a rocky obstruction and improve water flow to its own nuclear station during an intense heatwave.

The United States has expanded its intelligence presence in Cuba as the Trump administration presses Havana’s communist government to accept sweeping reforms or surrender its grip on power, according to a Politico report.

President Donald Trump delivered a stark warning to Iran on Monday, saying its leaders have one final opportunity to reach an agreement with the United States before facing what he described as “decapitation.”

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar urged citizens and businesses to conserve electricity as the country confronted the most critical phase of an unprecedented energy crisis triggered by a severe heatwave and the shutdown of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States as Kyiv sought additional U.S. military assistance and numerous people were killed in the latest Russian and Ukrainian strikes.

Russian authorities launched a terrorism investigation after a bomb exploded at the entrance to an upscale Italian restaurant in central Moscow, killing at least three people and wounding 21 others, officials said.

President Donald Trump called off a planned military attack against Iran over the weekend, saying Tehran and several Middle Eastern governments had asked Washington to give diplomacy another chance after negotiators agreed on the broad outlines of a possible deal.

Hungary was racing Saturday to avert the first complete shutdown in the 44-year history of its only nuclear power plant after record-low Danube water levels threatened the country’s electricity supply, prompting sweeping emergency measures amid an ongoing heatwave.

Spain and neighboring Morocco reinforced security around the Spanish enclave of Ceuta after tens of thousands of migrants entered the territory illegally in recent days, while at least 34 people died attempting the dangerous crossing, authorities said Friday.

Hungary’s only nuclear power plant could be forced to shut down within days after record-low water levels on the Danube River sharply reduced its cooling capacity, raising fresh concerns over Europe’s energy security amid an intense heatwave.

Senior U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that China’s alleged acquisition of American voter-registration data falls within the government’s definition of foreign election interference, according to information released Thursday by the White House.

The widening war between the United States and Iran entered a dangerous new phase Wednesday as American and Saudi forces carried out coordinated strikes against Iran-backed militias across Iraq, marking the first publicly acknowledged joint combat operation of its kind between Washington and Riyadh.

Spanish authorities warned Wednesday of an “extraordinary, exceptional situation” after hundreds of migrants swam from Morocco to the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta, overwhelming reception facilities and prompting renewed concern over migration pressures on Europe’s southern border.

The United States unleashed a heavy wave of airstrikes against Iran early Thursday after President Donald Trump vowed severe retaliation for Tehran’s surprise ballistic missile attack on American forces stationed in Jordan.

Antisemitic violence worldwide reached its deadliest level in more than three decades during 2025, according to a new report documenting a sharp escalation in threats and attacks against Jewish communities.

Ukraine said Wednesday it struck two of Russia’s largest oil refineries in overnight long-range drone attacks, intensifying pressure on Moscow as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met U.S. President Donald J. Trump in Washington.

Japan’s prime minister warned Wednesday that “every second counts” after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country’s southern Kumamoto Prefecture, killing more than a dozen people.

A scientist working for China’s military supplied coronavirus materials that were secretly carried into the United States more than a year before the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to newly released federal records.