Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed hope Thursday that a security agreement between Kyiv and the European Union would lead to “peace and prosperity” across the continent.

The United States, Japan, and South Korea began the first trilateral “Freedom Edge” military exercise on Thursday, just shortly after nuclear-armed North Korea claimed it successfully test-fired multiple warheads.

Bolivia’s embattled President Luis Arce on Thursday denied being behind an attempted coup against him to boost his popularity. He said the general who led it “acted on his own.”

Eighteen journalism and press freedom groups have urged U.S. President Joe Biden to ensure that Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva of the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) network is declared “wrongfully detained” by Moscow.

The leader of the Dutch nationalist right-wing Party for Freedom (PVV) called Islam “disgusting, reprehensible, violent and hateful” Wednesday, just days before his group will lead the next government.

A Christian evangelist and farmer in Nigeria urged prayers on Wednesday after authorities declared a health emergency due to a cholera outbreak that killed scores of people.

The NATO military alliance appointed outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general after Hungary and Romania withdrew their opposition.

Army troops led by a general stormed the presidential palace in Bolivia in an apparent coup attempt after President Luis Arce warned Wednesday that an “irregular” deployment of troops was taking place in the capital, Worthy News established.

The International Court of Justice (ICC) has indicted Russia’s former defense minister Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov, chief of the staff of the Russian Armed Forces, for alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

Julian Assange, the founder of the secrets-leaking website WikiLeaks, was freed by a court on the U.S. Pacific island territory of Saipan on Wednesday after pleading guilty to violating U.S. espionage law in a deal that will see him return home to Australia.