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The Israel-Hamas war spread to the seas Sunday with Yemen’s Houthi rebels seizing an Israeli-linked cargo ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route, taking two dozen crew members hostage.

Up to one million people gathered in central Madrid against Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, after he was sworn in Friday amid anger over his perceived pro-Palestinian views and his deal with separatists to stay in power.

The chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told the world to prepare for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to replace cash, despite concerns that this will increase government control over people’s personal (financial) lives.

Azerbaijani security forces arrested a man armed with a gun who planned to attack the Israeli Embassy in the capital Baku, early Friday, officials say.

U.S. President Joe Biden still believes Chinese President Xi Jinping is “a dictator,” prompting a rebuke from Beijing after the two leaders initially reported progress during their meeting in the United States.

Britain’s The Guardian newspaper has removed Osama bin Laden’s 21-year-old ‘Letter to America’ from their website late Wednesday, following its viral spread on social media outlet TikTok.

Violence broke out in Spain’s capital after Spain’s parliament voted to make Pedro Sanchez prime minister for another term on Thursday, ending a protracted deadlock after an inconclusive general election in July.

As anti-Israel protests rocked London, Britain’s BBC broadcaster made a correction and apology after inaccurately saying that Israel’s army targeted medical staff and Arabic speakers during a raid of Al-Shifa, Gaza’s largest hospital.

The U.S. military confirmed Thursday that the Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner shot down a drone over the Red Sea launched from Yemen but said the ship wasn’t the “intended target.”

Russia’s military prepared to launch a new nuclear supersonic weapon on Thursday as Washington-Moscow relations dropped to their lowest point since the previous Cold War.

Iran’s supreme leader has reportedly told the leader of Hamas that his nation won’t enter the Israel-Hamas war amid fears the armed conflict will spread throughout the Middle East.

German police raided 54 locations Thursday as part of a nationwide crackdown on a group that allegedly supports Iran-backed Hezbollah, viewed by Germany as a terrorist organization, officials confirmed.

A Finnish politician and a bishop who faced years-long legal battles for sharing their Biblical views and related Bible verses on sexuality have been found not guilty of hate speech, Worthy News learned Wednesday.

Confidential reports from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reveal that Iran has accumulated enough uranium enriched to nearly 60% purity, approaching weapons-grade levels, and sufficient to manufacture at least three atom bombs.  Moreover, Iran continues to stonewall the IAEA on critical matters, as reported by Reuters, citing confidential IAEA reports.

The Biden administration has extended a U.S. sanction waiver that could provide $10 billion in energy proceeds to Iran despite its links to a massacre in Israel and attacks against American troops.

One of the men convicted over the 2006 murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been pardoned after fighting in Ukraine. His release comes as many questions remain unanswered about the death of the investigative reporter.

Ukraine has been on top of the agenda alongside the Israel-Gaza war at the summit of European Union ministers in Brussels, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, warned of a brutal winter with more Russian attacks expected against his country’s infrastructure. However, Germany already pledged that its support for the war-torn nation would be “massively expanded” next year.

A terminally ill baby has died after British health authorities and courts denied her further treatment despite pleas from her Christian parents and Italy, a group supporting the family confirmed.

Amid fears of a potentially deadly volcanic eruption, Iceland has declared a state of emergency and has evacuated thousands of people from the fishing village of Grindavik, Sky News reports.

On Sunday, the United States conducted a third round of airstrikes in eastern Syria, confirmed by the Pentagon. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin characterized these strikes as “precision strikes” directed explicitly at an Iran-linked training facility and a safe house.