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Russia has rehearsed its ability to deliver a “massive” nuclear strike, the Kremlin says.

Leaders of the terrorist groups Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, all groups funded by Iran, the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, met on Wednesday in Lebanon, where Hezbollah is located.

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said Thursday that he wants to amend global health regulations as part of an international response to “protect the world” from the next pandemic.

Ukraine says it has begun the forced evacuation of around 1,000 children from areas near the front line as Russia intensifies attacks. However, invading Russian troops also struggle to remain in their positions.

German rescuers halted a search for four missing crew members of a British cargo ship that sank in the North Sea early on Tuesday morning following a rare crash in Europe’s busy waters.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres indirectly lashed out at Israel Wednesday, saying he is “shocked” at the reaction to remarks he made Tuesday about the war between Israel and Hamas.

Britain’s government has warned four foreign nationals that they face having their visas revoked for anti-Semitic behavior following the Hamas terror attack on Israel, Britain’s The Telegraph newspaper reported Wednesday.

The Biden administration announced Monday that Iran actively facilitated a number of rocket and drone attacks by Iranian-backed proxy groups on US military bases in Iraq and Syria in the last week, Reuters reports.

The digital yuan was used for the first time to finalize a cross-border oil deal when, on October 19, PetroChina International bought 1 million barrels of crude from an undisclosed seller using only the Chinese central bank digital currency (CBDC), Coin Telegraph reports.

French President Emmanuel Macron proposed on Tuesday that an international coalition fighting against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria be widened to include the fight against the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza.

The United States government plans to evacuate hundreds of thousands of Americans from the Middle East amid fears that the Israel-Hamas war will escalate into a broader armed conflict, U.S. officials confirmed Tuesday.

The Biden administration announced Monday that Iran actively facilitated a number of rocket and drone attacks by Iranian-backed proxy groups on US military bases in Iraq and Syria in the last week, Reuters reports.

A Czech Catholic priest has apologized for smashing Halloween pumpkins designed by children near his village church, saying he had been upset about growing satanic influences in his nation.

British commercial insurance market Lloyd’s of London warned Wednesday that a massive cyber attack on a financial services payments system could lead to global losses of $3.5 trillion, with much of it not covered by insurance, Reuters reports.

China’s military is building up forces for an attack on Taiwan that could take place in the coming years as part of a campaign by President Xi Jinping for “national rejuvenation,” according to the latest Pentagon’s annual report on the Chinese military.

Pakistan has test-fired a potentially nuclear Ababeel missile with a range of up to 2200 kilometers (1,367 miles) on the same day the United States conducted a nuclear test, several defense sources confirmed Monday.

Kyiv fears that China’s move to place restrictions on exports of drones could hit supplies at a time when Ukraine steps up its counter-offensive against invading Russian troops despite deadly strikes.

The US State Department on Sunday ordered the departure of all non-emergency embassy personnel and their families from its Baghdad and Erbil embassies in Iraq, “due to increased security threats against US personnel and interests.”

Fears were mounting Sunday that the Israel-Hamas war will grow into a broader armed conflict in the Middle East, centered around the Jewish nation, with the U.S. and its allies on one side and China and its partner Russia on the other.

A U.S. Navy destroyer intercepted several missiles fired near the coast of Yemen on Thursday, though it is unclear what the missiles were targeting, Pentagon officials said.