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More than 1,000 suspected human traffickers have been arrested and over 2,000 victims identified in one of the world’s largest coordinated crackdowns on modern slavery, the international police organization Interpol announced.

Italy says it will stop responding to what it called provocative remarks by U.S. President Donald J. Trump in an effort to avoid further tensions between the NATO allies.

Hungary’s state-owned public news broadcasters, long criticized for their close ties to former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, went off the air Tuesday after apologizing for what they described as years of lying to the public in an unprecedented move launched under the current government.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump ordered an “immediate” halt to trade with Spain on Wednesday, sharply escalating tensions with the NATO military alliance ally over defense spending and its refusal to support U.S. military operations against Iran.

China faced mounting challenges Wednesday after flooding killed at least 17 people and injured hundreds in the country’s south and center, while scientists warned the devastation could spread to other provinces with the approach of Super Typhoon Bavi.

At least seven children and a teacher were killed Wednesday when heavy monsoon rains triggered a landslide at the world’s largest Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, officials said.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that a preliminary memorandum of understanding with Iran is effectively “over” after Tehran’s latest attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, even as he left open the possibility that U.S. negotiators could continue talks if they choose.

The United States launched a new wave of military strikes against Iran on Tuesday after three commercial tankers were struck by projectiles in or near the Strait of Hormuz, sharply escalating pressure on Tehran and placing an already fragile ceasefire under one of its most serious tests.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired missiles at commercial vessels near the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday, escalating tensions just hours after massive funeral processions for slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei featured chants of “Death to Trump” and “Death to Bibi.”

A Paris appeals court on Tuesday cleared a path for Marine Le Pen to potentially run in France’s 2027 presidential election, while upholding her conviction for misusing European Parliament funds and requiring her to serve one year under electronic monitoring.

China’s test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile across the Pacific has drawn condemnation from the United States and several Indo-Pacific governments, intensifying concerns over Beijing’s expanding military reach and lack of transparency.

NATO allies unveiled a sweeping package of new arms agreements Tuesday as President Donald Trump arrived in Ankara for a two-day summit expected to focus heavily on defense spending, burden-sharing, and the alliance’s continued support for Ukraine.

China and Russia launched joint naval exercises this week in Chinese waters before expanding operations into the Pacific Ocean, underscoring the deepening military cooperation between Beijing and Moscow as tensions continue to rise across the Indo-Pacific.

Multiple explosions struck central Damascus on Tuesday near the Four Seasons Hotel, where French President Emmanuel Macron was staying during his landmark visit to the Syrian capital, highlighting the fragile security situation in a country emerging from years of war.

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Monday that the United States would either reach a deal with Iran or “finish the job,” prompting fresh threats from Tehran as negotiations over a permanent ceasefire and broader agreement are expected to resume.

Cuba suffered its third nationwide blackout of the year Monday after the island’s national power grid collapsed, leaving nearly 10 million people without electricity and intensifying the country’s deepening economic and social crisis.

Sri Lanka’s deadliest prison unrest in years reached its deadliest point Monday, with authorities confirming that at least 25 people were killed and about 100 injured as security forces struggled to contain two days of clashes involving rival groups of inmates.

Russia launched one of its largest combined missile and drone assaults on Ukraine’s capital early Monday, killing at least 15 people in Kyiv and wounding 77 others across the country, Ukrainian officials said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared to urge NATO, the Western military alliance, to provide additional air-defense systems.

Wildfires raged across southern Europe on Monday, forcing mass evacuations as temperatures climbed again following a June heatwave linked to thousands of excess deaths.

Funeral ceremonies for slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei turned into a charged display of rage against the United States, Israel, President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as massive crowds gathered in Tehran and called for revenge.