Amid the smoldering wreckage of an Air India passenger jet that crashed moments after taking off from the Indian city of Ahmedabad, all but one of the 242 people aboard miraculously survived, while dozens of others died on the ground, police and witnesses said.

Scores of people have been confirmed dead as devastating floods ravage South Africa’s poorest provinces, amid ongoing search and rescue efforts.

An Air India plane bound for London crashed shortly after taking off from India’s western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, killing 242 people on board in the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade, officials confirmed.

Iran on Thursday vowed to dramatically escalate its uranium enrichment efforts in direct response to a formal censure by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), sharply raising the stakes in an already volatile standoff with the West and fueling fears of imminent military conflict.

The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog formally declared Iran in violation of its non-proliferation commitments on Thursday, marking the first such resolution in nearly two decades and igniting fears of renewed nuclear escalation in the Middle East.

Britain and Spain have agreed to mend fences over the future of the contested tiny, rocky territory of Gibraltar at the tip of the Iberian Peninsula, following years of tense negotiations.

The United States has ordered the evacuation of non-essential diplomatic personnel from Iraq, Bahrain, and Kuwait amid rising fears of a regional military escalation over Iran’s advancing nuclear program and threats against U.S. forces.

President Donald Trump voiced deepening skepticism this week over the likelihood of securing a revised nuclear agreement with Iran, even as his administration pushes ahead with diplomatic talks aimed at halting Tehran’s uranium enrichment program.

The United States is prepared to strike Iran’s nuclear infrastructure if necessary, according to Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East, who confirmed Tuesday that President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have been presented with a full range of military options.

The United States and China have reached a tentative agreement to ease tensions over critical minerals and export controls, following two days of high-level trade talks in London. The handshake deal, announced June 11, now awaits final approval from President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Israeli negotiators believe there is now “close to zero” chance of agreeing a phased hostage-ceasefire agreement with Hamas that would see the return of 101 captives who were kidnapped to Gaza by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports. Similarly, having worked to secure a new hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, the US Biden administration is understood to be “sad, upset and frustrated” at the stalling of talks.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Tuesday that Hamas no longer exists as a military formation, shortly after Hamas-linked authorities said a massive Israeli strike killed dozens in southern Gaza.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Gen. Michael Kurilla met with Israeli Defense leaders to discuss “threats from Lebanon and Iran”, the Israeli military says.

Syrian media reported that at least 16 people were killed overnight between Sunday and Monday in what is described as the “most extensive” attack since the Gaza war began last year. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, six sites across four provinces—Damascus, Homs, Hama, and Tartus—were targeted.

At the MEAD Conference in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, former War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz stated that Israel should consider launching an offensive against Hezbollah within “days or a few weeks” if negotiations for a hostage deal with Hamas fail.

An estimated half a million people took to the streets of Tel Aviv, Israel on Saturday night, demanding that the Israeli government agree to a ceasefire deal with Hamas that would ensure the return of 101 hostages taken to Gaza during the October 7, 2023 attack, MediaLine reports.

The Palestinian Authority, which has limited government over parts of the Judea and Samaria also known as the West Bank, has submitted a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly requesting that Israel be forced to comply with recent International Court of Justice decisions by withdrawing some 500,000 Jewish Israeli citizens from settlements built on West Bank land that the PA wants for a Palestinian state, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports. The draft resolution is expected to be voted at the annual UN General Assembly which opens in New York on September 10.

The Ohio Senate passed legislation Wednesday afternoon that would ban transgender students from using restroom facilities that align with their gender identity and multi-sex bathrooms at schools across the state.

President-Elect Trump confirmed his plans to declare a national emergency, aiming to manage the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants with the assistance of the U.S. military.

A 28-year-old man in Houston, Anas Said, has been indicted and arrested on charges he attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a federally designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO).

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary.

The United States Supreme Court is soon to hear a case challenging a Tennessee law that prohibits sex-change treatments for minors, CBN News reports. The Republican-led Tennessee legislature last year passed the law that bans minors from receiving hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and sex-change surgery.

President-Elect Donald Trump named two more high-profile figures to his administration Wednesday afternoon, the latest in a flurry of presidential picks.

President-Elect Donald Trump continues to fill out his cabinet today by announcing Florida Senator Marco Rubio as the next Secretary of State.