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Russian legislators have voted to raise the maximum age at which men can be conscripted from 27 to 30, making more of them liable to serve in the army as the nation struggles with its ongoing invasion in Ukraine.

Tragedies struck several nations as a European heatwave was blamed for violent storms and wildfires in Greece as well as in Sicily, Italy, Algeria, and Tunisia, killing several people.

Ukrainian authorities say one person was killed and 22 wounded, including four children, in Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, which also damaged a cathedral. The reported attack came ahead of a separate drone strike in Russia’s capital Moscow that the Kremlin blames on Ukraine.

A recent report from the United Nations shows that the Al Qaeda and Islamic State terror groups have been gaining more ground and influence in Afghanistan than ever before, CBN News reports. The US State Department stated recently that both the Trump and the Biden administrations failed to adequately prepare for the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.

Iran on Sunday began an annual air force drill in the central part of country, state media reported, as the US sends more fighter planes to the region to deter the Islamic Republic from seizing commercial vessels in the Persian Gulf area.

The center-right Popular Party (PP) beat Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialists in Spain’s parliamentary elections. Still, it will need several junior parties to govern, official results showed. The outcome of Sunday’s vote was likely to spark weeks of political uncertainty in the European Union nation, analysts said.

China sent dozens of warplanes, including fighter jets and bombers, toward Taiwan, the island’s Defense Ministry said Saturday, marking a forceful display days before the democracy plans to hold military exercises aimed at defending itself against a possible invasion.

Thousands of people have been evacuated from homes and hotels on Greece’s island of Rhodes due to wildfires as the nation deals with its most prolonged deadly heatwave on record, officials said Saturday.

Hungary says it is willing to mediate between Russia and war-torn Ukraine after Moscow walked away from a deal that allowed Kyiv to export grain through the Black Sea more safely. The announcement came after Hungary and four other European Union nations signaled that they would extend their import ban on Ukrainian grain “to protect local farmers.”

Russia has accused Ukraine of a massive drone attack on an ammunition depot in the Crimea peninsula amid heightened tensions around Black Sea ports following the collapse of a grain deal between the two countries. The alleged attack came amid concerns that one journalist was killed and several other reporters were injured in a separate attack in Ukraine.

The European Union’s climate chief Frans Timmermans said Friday that he wants to become the next prime minister of the Netherlands.

The leader of a U.S.-based artificial intelligence laboratory says he raised $115 million to tempt billions of people to have their irises scanned for a “World ID” in exchange for cryptocurrency.

Ukraine’s European Union neighbors have rejected an EU-imposed September 15 deadline to lift a ban on Ukrainian grain imports, the Hungarian agriculture minister confirmed.

Satellite images and video footage suggest that the founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group and fellow soldiers are at their new base in Belarus after they challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authority.

Kyiv says Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast have destroyed 60,000 tonnes of grain and damaged storage infrastructure, raising further doubts about the world’s food security.

At least two people were killed and six others injured when a gunman opened fire in a building under construction in the center of Auckland, New Zealand, just hours before the city was to open the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

The Pentagon announced a new $1.3 billion package of long-term military aid to Ukraine on Wednesday, including four air defense systems and an undisclosed number of drones.

Russia launched a massive strike on Ukrainian grain and export infrastructure after pulling out of an international grain deal that allowed Ukraine to export across the Black Sea.

Taiwan’s defense ministry announced at the weekend that China sent a record 16 warships to circle the island nation on Friday, the Global Times reports. While Taiwan is an independent democratic country, China has long maintained that the island is part of its mainland which has caused the Taiwanese to live under the constant threat of invasion.

Italian researchers have published a new report showing that the highly popular Espresso coffee beverage can help to protect against neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer′s and Parkinson’s disease.