Romania’s pro-Russia politician Călin Georgescu confirmed Monday he had appealed against the country’s Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) decision to bar him from participating in May’s presidential election, a move that led to riots in the streets of Bucharest.

The British coastguard said Monday it had called off the search for a missing crew member from a Portuguese cargo ship that crashed into a U.S.-flagged oil tanker in the North Sea.

The Trump administration ended a waiver previously issued by the Biden Administration that allowed the Iraqi government to buy Iranian electricity. This move is part of the “maximum pressure” strategy aimed at curbing Iran’s funding of terrorist groups that destabilize the Middle East, compelling Iran to negotiate an end to its nuclear program or face military action.

Preparations were underway Monday for the Iranian, Chinese, and Russian navies to hold military drills off the coast of Iran, adding to anxiety in Israel.

Mark Carney, a former central banker who oversaw financial turmoil in North America and Britain, prepared Monday to become the next prime minister of a nation that he says faces the “greatest crisis of our lifetimes.”

U.S. intelligence-starved Ukrainian forces suffered another setback Sunday as Russian troops walked inside a natural gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian units from the rear in Russia’s Kursk region, Ukraine’s military and Russian sources said.

The United Nations faced a new era Sunday after the United States rejected the U.N.’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes “climate change” and “gender equality” plans that U.S. President Donald J. Trump believes harm the interests of Americans.

Hungary’s prime minister confirmed Saturday that he is working on a “strategic and economic“ alliance with the United States after reports that U.S. President Donald J. Trump wants to move American troops from Germany to Hungary.

More than 1,000 people, including Christians, have been killed in two days of clashes between security forces linked to Syria’s new Islamist rulers and fighters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad, war monitors say.

Undeterred by U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s threat to impose new sanctions and tariffs, Russia struck Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region late Friday, killing four people and wounding 18 others, officials said.