Elon Musk’s SpaceX has imposed new restrictions on satellite communications used by Ukraine’s military, disrupting drone operations and raising concerns about the country’s ability to defend against Russian attacks, even as Musk says the U.S. government -— not his company -— controls the military system’s operational limits.

Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed responsibility Wednesday for a new wave of missile and drone attacks targeting Saudi Arabia’s airports and critical oil infrastructure, escalating a regional conflict that threatens global energy supplies and could draw the United States into another military confrontation.

Eleven sailors were missing Tuesday after a reported drone attack sank a cargo ship off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, while a second vessel was struck and its 15 crew members rescued, prompting condemnation from European leaders and a response from the NATO military alliance.

Ukraine has accused Russia of violating a proposed ceasefire covering energy infrastructure, just a day after U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced that Moscow and Kyiv had agreed to halt attacks on each other’s energy facilities. The allegations came amid renewed Russian strikes that reportedly killed several people, raising fresh concerns about prospects for peace.

Survivors of the 2002 Bali bombings have renewed calls for justice as Indonesia commemorates the 24th anniversary of the Islamist terrorist attacks that killed 202 people, with an alleged organizer still awaiting trial more than two decades later.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) almost certainly directed a suspected terrorist plot targeting RAF Fairford, a British military installation used by American bombers conducting strikes against Iran.

A dramatic decline in “Free Palestine” and other inflammatory social media content following Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centers is fueling widespread speculation that Moscow may have been operating a massive online influence campaign.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an immediate ceasefire covering attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure, but questions emerged after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy indicated he had not been informed of such an agreement.

Belgium’s interior minister has called for the immediate arrest of masked protesters following violent clashes in Brussels, where demonstrations against government budget cuts were overshadowed by unrest and eight detained youths were released because juvenile detention facilities were full.

Australian engineer Robert Pether and his Egyptian colleague Khaled Radwan have left Iraq after a five-year ordeal involving imprisonment and travel restrictions over disputed fraud convictions that United Nations experts condemned as arbitrary detention.

An Ethiopian Airlines cargo flight bound for Israel was forced to return to Ethiopia after Israeli security authorities discovered that one of its pilots was Indonesian, Israeli media reported.

The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to establish weapons surrender sites in Gaza, despite growing concerns among Israeli security officials that Hamas has no genuine intention of abandoning its armed struggle against the Jewish state.

Colombia officially opened its embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, becoming the 10th nation to establish a diplomatic mission in Israel’s capital, while announcing a major initiative to combat antisemitism at home.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has held multiple discussions with President Donald Trump about launching another major joint U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran, potentially before both countries hold elections later this month and in early November, according to reports published Tuesday.

Israel has unveiled a full-scale model of Sky Sonic, a next-generation missile interceptor designed to destroy hypersonic weapons traveling at more than five times the speed of sound, marking another significant development in Israel’s efforts to defend against increasingly sophisticated missile threats from Iran and other adversaries.

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered a remarkably preserved section of a 2,000-year-old aqueduct that once carried water to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, offering fresh evidence of the engineering achievements of ancient Israel during the Second Temple period.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly seeking Saudi Arabia’s approval to launch military strikes against Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen, a move that could open the door to unprecedented Israeli-Saudi military cooperation as the conflict threatens to engulf more of the Middle East.

Nine of America’s largest banks maintained policies that restricted financial services based on customers’ political beliefs, religious affiliations, or lawful business activities, according to a federal investigation released Wednesday by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).

Federal health officials are warning that a highly contagious bacterial infection increasingly spread through sexual contact is developing resistance to commonly prescribed antibiotics, raising concerns that some strains could become exceptionally difficult to treat.

U.S. federal agents raided the Washington home of influential Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar early Monday as part of a criminal investigation reportedly involving her immigration records, just weeks before crucial midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.

President Donald Trump has amplified warnings from musician Kid Rock about the growing influence of Islamic ideology in Michigan, sharing a video in which the outspoken conservative entertainer expressed fears of a future religious conflict and sharply criticized Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and wounded an illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic during a targeted enforcement operation in New York City on Thursday, sparking protests and renewed controversy over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

U.S. President Donald Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of a former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at a Texas military base in 2009, with the convicted killer scheduled to be put to death on December 3 in what would be the first execution carried out by the American military in more than six decades.

Federal authorities have arrested an 18-year-old Minnesota man accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired mass shooting at the Mall of America, allegedly intending to kill as many as 60 people in an attack motivated by antisemitism and radical Islamic ideology.

More than 1,200 Christian pastors and leaders representing 123 nations gathered at ancient Shiloh in Samaria on Friday, October 9, in a remarkable demonstration of Christian solidarity with Israel, declaring that the Jewish people are not alone amid rising global antisemitism and mounting international pressure against the Jewish state.

A Southern Baptist pastor in the U.S. state of Kentucky faces multiple charges of child sexual abuse, human trafficking and incest after several people came forward accusing him of offenses dating back more than a decade, authorities confirmed.

A Chinese pastor who spent nearly nine months behind bars for leading one of China’s largest underground Protestant churches will receive a prestigious human rights award named after the late Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the U.S. Congress, organizers announced.

An Israeli-born former Muslim-turned-evangelist says his Christian media ministry, which reaches Muslims through television and online broadcasts, has helped more than 100,000 people embrace faith in Jesus Christ amid reports of growing Christianity in Muslim-majority countries despite persecution.

Dozens of Christian families have reportedly fled their village in Pakistan’s Punjab province after a Muslim mob set fire to the home and pharmacy of a Christian father of three accused of blasphemy, religious freedom advocates confirmed Saturday.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a Christian father of three accused of publishing blasphemous material online, while acquitting his younger brother after more than a decade of imprisonment in a case that has raised international concerns about religious freedom in the Islamic republic.

Jim Bakker, the American televangelist who built a multimillion-dollar Christian broadcasting empire before his career collapsed amid sexual and financial scandals, has died at age 86, his family announced.