Continuing a years-long reign of terror, suspected Islamic jihadist insurgents murdered 22 civilians in Burkina Faso on July 7, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. The government of Burkina Faso was overthrown during a military coup led by Capt. Ibrahim Traoré in September last year, following accusations that then-President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was ineffectual in dealing with Islamic terrorism gripping the West African country.

Tensions are emerging between NATO and war torn Ukraine, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticizing delays in his nation’s membership of the alliance. Zelensky expressed his frustration Tuesday at the start of a two-day NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The death of a young woman in Belgium who received euthanasia “due to unbearable psychological suffering” has revived a debate about the world’s most liberal law on physician-assisted suicide.

Heavy rains that caused flooding and landslides left a trail of destruction across northern India, killing at least 23 people, officials said Monday.

Chinese police said Monday they had detained a young man suspected of attacking a kindergarten in China’s Guangdong province, killing six people and injuring one.

The Netherlands has decided to return some 478 pieces of stolen art and cultural artifacts to the former colonies of Indonesia and Sri Lanka, Worthy News learned Friday.

In a major turnaround, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed Monday to support Sweden’s entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization putting pressure on Hungary, the only other military alliance state not yet ratifying the Nordic nation’s membership.

Dutch conservative-liberal Prime Minister Mark Rutte, one of Europe’s longest-serving government leaders, said Monday he would leave politics after his cabinet collapsed over the weekend.

U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Britain on Sunday amid controversy over his plan to send cluster bombs to Ukraine.

Dutch Liberal Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s coalition government collapsed after just a year and a half in office on Friday in a row over measures to curb the massive flow of asylum seekers in the Netherlands. New elections will now be held, probably in the autumn.

The US regularly updates its military options for threats from Iran’s evolving nuclear facilities, US Lt. Gen. and CENTCOM Air Force Chief Alexus Grynkewich told The Jerusalem Post in an exclusive interview.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sudan was on the brink of a “full-scale civil war” as fierce clashes between rival generals continued unabated Sunday in the capital, Khartoum.

A U.S. drone strike killed an Islamic State group leader in Syria hours after the same MQ-9 Reaper drones were harassed by Russian military jets over the western part of the country, according to the Defense Department.

The Biden administration on Friday announced plans to provide cluster munitions for Ukraine as changing battlefield conditions prompted yet another reversal over sending weapons once deemed too sensitive.

Ocean Gate, the company that owned a submersible that imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the sunken Titanic ship killing all five onboard, has suspended its operations ahead of possible lawsuits.

Eighty-five years after Adolf Hitler ordered the destruction of the German city of Munich’s main synagogue, construction workers have discovered that it wasn’t lost to history.

Survivors praised rescuers after an overnight fire in a retirement home in the Italian city of Milan reportedly killed six people and injured around 80, including three who are in critical condition.

The fate of Russia’s rebellious Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin remained unclear Thursday, with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko saying he was no longer in Belarus.

The United Nations reported this week that Iran is continuing to carry out “chilling” executions on citizens suspected of involvement in nationwide anti-government protests that were sparked last year after young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in police custody in September, i24News reports.

Hungary pledged to continue cooperation with Moscow while hosting the Russian health minister despite Western condemnation over Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine.