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Lingering tensions between Hungary and neighboring Ukraine escalated into a verbal war Monday, with Budapest accusing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of threatening its energy security after his forces attacked the Druzhba (”Friendship”) pipeline in Russia.

The Trump administration announced Monday that U.S. sanctions on Syria have been formally revoked, implementing President Donald Trump’s June 30 executive order “Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions.” The sweeping step marks the first time in over two decades that Washington has fully dismantled its sanctions framework against Damascus.

Russian forces on Saturday claimed control over two additional settlements in Ukraine’s embattled Donetsk region, as the Kremlin pressed its slow but steady advance in the east while President Donald Trump renewed efforts to broker a direct meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Indonesian security forces fired tear gas Monday near the Parliament building in Jakarta as thousands gathered to demand the resignation of legislators, accusing them of heavy taxation and corruption.

The murder of 17-year-old Lisa has shocked the Netherlands and reignited debate over migration policy after police confirmed that the 22-year-old suspect was an asylum seeker living in a government-run reception center.

The Netherlands was without a functioning full government Sunday after numerous ministers and state secretaries resigned amid tensions over the war in Gaza, a conflict that has shaken Dutch politics and unsettled the Jewish community.

The Pentagon has for months been blocking Ukraine’s use of U.S.-made long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia, sharply limiting Kyiv’s ability to employ one of its most powerful weapons against Moscow, according to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has threatened to impose new sanctions on Russia if relentless drone and missile strikes against Ukraine continue, as the war increasingly impacts neighboring countries, Hungary and Slovakia.

An air raid siren sounded in Kyiv during NATO military alliance Secretary-General Mark Rutte’s unannounced visit, ironically while he discussed future security guarantees for wartorn Ukraine amid intensified Russian missile and drone attacks.

Hungary reacted angrily after Ukraine struck a key pumping station on the Druzhba pipeline, cutting Russian oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia, the only EU countries still receiving Russian crude.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Ukraine would have to continue attacking targets inside Russia if it hoped to win the war, even as Moscow unleashed a massive new bombardment on Ukrainian cities, including a strike that destroyed an American-owned electronics plant.

The United States and European Union (EU) on Thursday unveiled a sweeping trade framework that both sides cast as a reset for the world’s largest economic relationship, averting a damaging tariff escalation that had threatened to spiral into a trade war.

President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to deploy three Navy guided-missile destroyers off the coast of South America, expanding the U.S. military’s role in combatting drug cartels and intensifying tensions with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

The Ukrainian Air Force says Russia has launched one of its biggest aerial attacks of the year on Ukraine, firing 574 drones and 40 ballistic and cruise missiles overnight. The reported deadly strikes came despite fresh diplomatic efforts to end the three-year war.

Iran and Belarus signed a wide-ranging package of agreements Wednesday aimed at boosting cooperation in defense, industry, and trade while presenting a united front against Western sanctions.

Two German fighter jets were scrambled overnight from Romania as Russia unleashed one of its largest missile and drone attacks in weeks on Ukraine, with strikes landing less than a mile from NATO territory.

Europe’s church leaders have warned of a “world in crisis” as wildfires, floods, melting glaciers, and deadly heatwaves devastate communities across Europe and Asia. Their concern comes ahead of the 2025 Season of Creation, the annual period of prayer for the environment running from September 1 to October 4.

The United States is considering organizing a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, according to several U.S. sources familiar with the plan.

China is preparing to unveil powerful new underwater drones during a major military parade in Beijing on September 3, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

President Donald Trump announced Monday night that he has begun arranging a trilateral meeting between the United States, Russia, and Ukraine following high-level talks with European leaders at the White House.