Russia secretly assisted Iran in developing advanced supersonic cruise missile technology that could threaten U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and other American military assets in the Middle East, according to a new Financial Times investigation.

Indonesia on Wednesday struggled with a major volcano eruption and massive wildfires impacting millions of people across the sprawling Southeast Asian archipelago.

Iran attacked American military positions across the Middle East on Wednesday after the United States carried out its largest strikes against the Islamic Republic since July, raising fears that their six-month conflict is returning to full-scale regional warfare.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned international airlines and insurers that Russian airspace is becoming increasingly dangerous as Ukraine expands long-range drone and missile attacks in response to Moscow’s invasion.

Germany has accused Russia of carrying out a “hybrid attack” involving an explosives-laden drone found near a Ukrainian cargo aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport, prompting Berlin to close a Russian consulate and cultural center.

Haitians were demanding answers after hundreds of mourners crowded into a church near the capital for the funeral of four of 47 people killed in one of the country’s deadliest recent gang attacks, which also devastated a Christian community and displaced thousands.

The United States launched a new wave of strikes against Iranian targets Tuesday as tensions escalated in and around the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical oil-shipping corridors, according to The Wall Street Journal.

A man was killed and two police officers wounded early Tuesday in an extraordinary shooting involving heavily armed men in the eastern Netherlands that investigators reportedly suspect was a revenge attack tied to the criminal underworld.

An emerging alliance between Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Somalia’s al-Shabaab terrorists is raising alarms among U.S. and regional officials, according to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal.

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $800 million foreign military sale to Iraq, a package aimed at strengthening Baghdad’s ability to move troops, conduct reconnaissance, and strike hostile targets amid continuing instability across the region.

President Donald Trump sought to reassure Israel on Wednesday as renewed fighting between the United States and Iran raised fears of a broader regional escalation, saying Israel “should not worry” and predicting the conflict with Tehran would not last much longer.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Greece to halt the militarization of Aegean islands after Athens signed a major defense agreement with Israel, a move that could reshape the military balance in the eastern Mediterranean.

The Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday it has dismantled more than 26 kilometers, or about 16 miles, of underground terror tunnels in the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire agreement with Hamas went into effect last October.

Israeli special forces captured a senior Hamas internal security chief Tuesday during a rare daylight raid in Gaza City, marking one of Israel’s most significant intelligence operations inside the enclave in recent months.

Israel and Greece have signed a landmark defense agreement worth roughly €3 billion, or about $3.5 billion, under which Israel will help build a multi-layered air defense system for Greece known as “Achilles Shield.”

Israel’s military is raising its readiness level amid growing concern over Turkish naval movements in the eastern Mediterranean, as tensions between Jerusalem and Ankara continue to sharpen over Syria, Gaza, and Turkey’s expanding regional posture.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei called on Muslim nations to close ranks against the United States and Israel, describing them as the “sworn enemies” of Muslim unity and urging regional leaders to identify and confront what he called their “real enemy.”

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its latest executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, marking another legal setback in President Donald Trump’s effort to redefine who qualifies as an American citizen at birth.

Elon Musk told a G20 innovation summit that humanoid robots could become one of the most disruptive forces in the global economy, predicting that at least 1 billion such machines may be operating within the next 10 years.

House Republicans forced Democrats into a politically charged vote Wednesday on a proposed constitutional amendment that would permanently limit the U.S. Supreme Court to nine justices, a direct response to renewed progressive calls to expand the court.

A 32-year-old Bank of America vice president has been identified as the woman killed in an apparently random stabbing attack in New York City’s Times Square that also wounded a 68-year-old man.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a short-term government funding bill Tuesday, sending the measure to President Donald Trump’s desk and averting the immediate threat of a federal shutdown before the November midterm elections.

New York City police say they have shot and killed a female suspect who allegedly stabbed two people in Times Square on Monday, including one woman who died of her injuries.

The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to intensify voter-fraud investigations in nine states ahead of the midterm elections, according to a Newsmax report citing federal guidance.

A young Christian brick-kiln worker in Pakistan’s Punjab province says he was beaten, chained, and threatened after protesting low wages and working conditions, while his wife and children were also assaulted in a case raising fresh concerns about bonded labor among impoverished Christians.

Iranian authorities have killed or imprisoned dozens of Christians amid a widening crackdown on the country’s underground church, according to Iran Alive Ministries, a Texas-based Christian ministry with a network inside Iran.

A new report suggests a surprising shift may be underway in Canada, where younger adults are showing stronger signs of religious interest than many expected after decades of national secular decline.

Christians and rights advocates in Pakistan have expressed mounting concern over reported deadly attacks, intimidation, abductions of girls and alleged forced conversions involving the nation’s Christian minority, with several incidents emerging across the Muslim-majority country.

The 41-year-old man who died after a large wooden sign fell at a major Christian festival in England was identified Sunday as Robert Guanco, a pastor at a church in the coastal town of Eastbourne.

Christians in Myanmar, also known as Burma, have held a memorial service for a veteran Baptist pastor and an associate reportedly killed by government troops amid an ongoing military crackdown, Worthy News learned Sunday.

A Christian-run school caring for hundreds of impoverished and orphaned children as young as 2 near Kenya’s largest garbage dump has been forced from its premises by local authorities, with many youngsters returning to the sprawling dumpsite, its director told Worthy News Saturday.