The suspected launch on Thursday comes a day after North Korea shrugged off a U.S. decision to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy.

Ousted Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov’s explosive call for wartime national elections meant he had “crossed the Rubicon in his relationship with” his former boss, one Kyiv-based analyst said.

After a deadline extension, the latest U.S. tariff threats seemed headed toward resolution on Wednesday, but questions lingered about what Canada would give up, and what it would get in exchange.

U.S. immigration officials worked with Iran to deport Iranians in 2025, newly released emails show, revealing a working relationship between the U.S. and Iranian governments despite tensions mounting between the countries.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad ⁠al-Shaibani ⁠said he made ⁠clear to Israel there were no plans to ​establish a Turkish military base at Abu al-Duhur airbase, which ‌Israel struck on Tuesday, ‌saying the site was being rehabilitated for use by ⁠the ⁠Syrian Air Force.

Brazil’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Wednesday to significantly expand the scope of the country’s landmark law to protect women from violence. A key legislation that was for two

Israel's military on Wednesday announced its first criminal investigations into troop conduct in Gaza, focusing on the killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family and of 15 Palestinian paramedics.

The new sanctions against members of the ICC fall under the State Department’s professed agenda to “dismantle” its jurisdiction.