A Kenyan court on Tuesday extended for another three weeks a suspension of a proposed U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine facility that has sparked deadly protests and fierce public debate, while ordering the government to disclose its agreement with Washington.

Hungary’s government plans to amend the constitution to remove President Tamás Sulyok after he refused to resign, Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced Monday during a tense press conference outside the presidential palace.

Russia has sent a sanctioned cargo ship to resupply its air base in Syria, signaling that Moscow intends to preserve one of its most important military footholds in the Middle East despite the fall of longtime ally Bashar al-Assad, according to U.S. officials and satellite images reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

Hungary has plunged into an unprecedented constitutional and political crisis after President Tamás Sulyok refused to resign following the expiration of an ultimatum issued by Prime Minister Péter Magyar.

Conflicting messages from Washington and Tehran left the future of the Iran war uncertain Monday, as President Donald Trump said talks with the Islamic Republic were still moving forward even after Iranian state media reported that Tehran had suspended indirect negotiations over Israel’s expanding offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The United States and Iran exchanged new strikes over the weekend, raising fresh concerns across the Gulf even as negotiators continue working toward a deal aimed at winding down the fighting.

Ukraine said Sunday that its drones struck several Russian energy targets deep inside Russia, including an oil refinery and a key pumping station, while denying Moscow’s claim that it also targeted Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.

Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is reportedly considering seeking a senior United Nations position as investigations expand into alleged financial irregularities linked to institutions established during his years in power.

Paris police detained dozens of people as celebrations of Paris Saint-Germain’s UEFA Champions League football (soccer) triumph descended into violence late Saturday, while authorities in Budapest, which hosted the final, also dealt with clashes and security incidents involving supporters.

The European Union and Hungary said Friday they had reached a landmark agreement that could eventually unlock up to 16.4 billion euros ($18.8 billion) in previously suspended funding if Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s government completes sweeping anti-corruption and rule-of-law reforms.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to launch forceful attacks against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group following repeated violations of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire along Israel’s northern border.

Former Israeli prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid announced Sunday that they will merge their political factions into a unified list ahead of upcoming Knesset elections, signaling a major realignment within Israel’s center-right political landscape.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry is facing mounting criticism after promoting a large-scale LGBTQ+ festival set to take place this June along the shores of the Dead Sea—an area long associated in biblical tradition with the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Lebanon is seeking to extend a fragile ceasefire with Israel as officials from both nations prepare for a second round of U.S.-brokered talks in Washington, D.C., marking a rare moment of direct engagement after decades of hostility.

The U.S. State Department confirmed that Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is returning to Washington to participate in a second round of ambassador-level talks between Israel and Lebanon set for Thursday.

Hungary’s incoming prime minister Péter Magyar has signaled a sharp turnaround toward Israel, warning that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu could face arrest if he enters Hungarian territory after previously inviting him to visit Budapest, citing obligations to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Israel entered one of its most solemn national observances Monday evening as sirens sounded across the country, marking the beginning of Memorial Day with a unified moment of silence to honor fallen soldiers and victims of terror.

President Trump’s proposed Golden Dome missile shield could cost as much as $1.2 trillion over 20 years, according to a new Congressional Budget Office study that offers one of the most detailed public estimates yet of the ambitious national missile-defense project.

The U.S. Senate, in a 54-45 vote, confirmed Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve on Wednesday.

A CIA whistleblower told Congress on Wednesday that agency scientists repeatedly concluded COVID-19 most likely originated from a Chinese laboratory, only to have those findings softened, delayed, or suppressed by higher-level officials before the agency later acknowledged the lab-leak theory as its leading assessment.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily allowed the Trump administration to continue collecting its 10% global tariff, pausing a lower-court ruling that found the import duties unlawful for three plaintiffs who had won relief last week. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a short-term administrative stay while it considers whether to keep the tariffs in place during the government’s appeal.

U.S. federal prosecutors announced criminal charges Tuesday against the operator of the cargo ship that struck and destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in 2024, killing six construction workers.

Inflation increased 0.6% in April, with an overall rate of 3.8% over the last 12 months, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Federal authorities have charged more than 25 members and associates of Tren de Aragua, the violent Venezuelan-born criminal network recently designated by the Trump administration as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, in a sweeping nationwide crackdown aimed at dismantling the gang’s expanding footprint inside the United States.

Concerns remained Friday over the whereabouts of more than a dozen Christians who were reportedly detained during a recent gathering in the authoritarian-ruled East African nation.

A Christian teenager was shot and killed in Pakistan’s volatile Punjab Province on Wednesday shortly after another person died when a truck rammed into a crowd of roughly 200 Christians, sources told Worthy News.

Christians in Pakistan demand justice after police allegedly tortured and killed a Catholic father of four while elsewhere a 16-year-old Christian girl was abducted, “forcibly converted to Islam and possibly married to a Muslim prayer leader,” Christians said.

A Nigerian church group has denied army claims that troops rescued dozens of Christians abducted during a deadly Easter attack, as conflicting reports emerged about the number of victims in northwestern Kaduna State.

At least five worshipers were killed when suspected Islamic “terrorists,” also known locally as “bandits,” attacked Easter services at churches in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna State, authorities said, with dozens of abducted worshipers later rescued by troops.

At least seven worshipers were killed, and several others abducted when suspected Islamic “terrorists,” also known locally as “bandits,” attacked two churches during Easter services in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna State, authorities and sources said.

Christians in central Syria faced a tense Easter weekend after their town was targeted by armed Muslim men, with residents watching in horror as church property, homes, shops, a café, and cars were damaged, residents said.