Bangladesh has imposed an internet blackout and a nationwide curfew, allowing people out only between 3 pm and 5 pm for essential errands. This follows a Supreme Court ruling on a civil service hiring quota, which has sparked violent protests, resulting in over 100 deaths over the past few days.

Israel experienced more uncertainty Saturday, with the United States saying Iran will have enough weapons-grade material for a nuclear weapon within two weeks and fresh warnings that the Jewish nation would be destroyed by 2040.

A widespread global IT outage impacted cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike, affecting operations across banks, airlines, media companies, and emergency services worldwide. The incident shut down computer systems and highlighted the vulnerability and interdependence of global digital infrastructure.

Moscow warned Thursday that it does not rule out new deployments of nuclear missiles in response to the planned U.S. stationing of long-range conventional weapons in Germany, just days after state-run television made similar threats.

The director of the US Defense Intelligence Agency stated this week that Russia and China have become willing to set aside their historic mutual suspicion in order to develop space-based weapons that could undermine the United States’ ability to defend itself, Voice of America (VOA) reports.

Grieving families recited the names and ages Wednesday of all 298 passengers and crew killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine 10 years ago in one of the worst terror attacks in civil aviation history.

In seeking to “reconstitute,” the Islamic State jihadist terror organization has intensified its attacks in Syria and Iraq to the extent that these war-torn Muslim-majority countries may see twice as many IS attacks this year as they suffered last year, the US Central Command warned Wednesday.

Hungary’s prime minister says if elected in November, U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump is ready to act “immediately” as a peace broker in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Police confronted protesters across Kenya and fired tear gas to disperse crowds demanding the resignation of President William Ruto.

French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal’s government, ushering in a period of political instability ahead of the Olympic Games in Paris.