Australians voted Saturday in a national election that polls show will likely favor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party over the conservative opposition amid worries about U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s policies such as imposing tariffs on goods.

Authorities say Russia launched a massive drone attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, hitting a high-rise residential block, triggering fires, and injuring 46 people. The strike, one of several in recent days, has underscored calls for peace in the more than three-year-long war.

Tens of thousands of people rallied across European cities Thursday to commemorate International Labor Day with demands ranging from higher pay, greater equality, and workers’ rights to more democracy, but riots marred the May 1 events.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday delivered a stern warning to Iran over its ongoing support for Yemen’s Houthi rebels, amid rising tensions in the region and the collapse of planned nuclear negotiations.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin admitted Wednesday that Ukrainian soldiers were still fighting in Kursk, just days after Moscow claimed it “regained full control” over that Russian region.

Ukraine’s president has urged the world to pressure Russia to stop continuing attacks on his war-torn nation after authorities said at least two people were killed and 15 injured in a Russian drone strike on the Black Sea port city of Odesa.

The United States imposed a sweeping set of sanctions Wednesday targeting an international network of companies and vessels accused of facilitating the illicit trade of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products. The move, announced just days ahead of renewed U.S.-Iran nuclear talks, marks the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Tehran.

Russia and North Korea have begun constructing a road bridge to strengthen their “strategic partnership” despite reports that hundreds of North Korean soldiers have died fighting for Russia.

U.S. national laboratories and Pentagon-funded universities are reportedly using Chinese supercomputers in ways that jeopardize American national security

The United States and Ukraine have signed a landmark agreement creating the United States–Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund, granting the U.S. access to Ukraine’s valuable rare earth minerals in exchange for long-term economic and military support.

Hezbollah said Wednesday it had launched 100 rockets and missiles at Israeli military positions “as part of the response to the assassination” of one of its senior commanders.

In an exclusive report Wednesday (July 3), i24News said Israeli security officials are increasingly concerned that Israel will have to face a new war front as Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen expand their influence across North Africa, Sudan, Egypt, and Morocco in order to attack the Jewish state from these regions.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted that the Israel was on the verge of defeating Hamas’s military wing. At the same time, the United States cautioned against a power vacuum in the Gaza Strip, emphasizing that chaos must be avoided as Israeli government leaders debate a post-war administration for Gaza.

There was concern Monday that Israel would face difficulties defending itself against a massive attack by Hezbollah because U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is reportedly holding up seven weapon systems to the Jewish state.

Citing official mediators working to prevent a full-on war between Israel and the Hezbollah Lebanese terror group, the Associated Press reports that the US, the EU, and Arab states are warning Hezbollah it does not have the capacity to crush a full-scale offensive by the Israeli army in Lebanon and that it should not count on any assistance in trying to do so.

As the region seemed to prepare for an all-out war between Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Israel, numerous countries want their citizens to leave Lebanon, but perhaps from the same airport where the group has allegedly stored weapons.

Israel’s national carrier, El Al, announced Sunday that its flight from the Polish capital, Warsaw, to Tel Aviv in Israel was not allowed to refuel in Turkey after an emergency landing there to evacuate a passenger for medical reasons.

“I stand before you this evening with a message of confidence, strength, and hope,” Trump said to begin the speech. “Four months from now, we will have an incredible victory, and we will begin the four greatest years in the history of our country.”

Donald J. Trump thanked “almighty God” for saving his life when an assassin’s bullet pierced the upper part of his right ear and pledged to be the leader of all Americans while accepting the Republican nomination for president of the United States.

A new report from a Federal Reserve branch says 2024 could see millions of illegal border crossings.

The running mate of Donald J. Trump told the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee that he would help the former U.S. President make America great again.

Pressure was mounting on the U.S. Secret Service chief to resign after revelations that the gunman who shot and injured former U.S. President Donald J. Trump in an assassination attempt had been on the radar of security for three hours before the attack.

The frail 81-year-old U.S. President Joe Biden slowly left Las Vegas after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and earlier saying he would drop his reelection bid if doctors found he had a medical condition.

President Joe Biden plans to propose major reforms to the US Supreme Court, including term limits and an ethics code, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing two sources familiar with the plans.