The Israeli government has unanimously approved a proposal to recognize the mass killing of Armenian Christians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I as genocide, a historic step that acknowledges one of the darkest chapters of Christian suffering in the modern Middle East.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that states may count mail-in ballots received after Election Day, so long as they were sent on or before Election Day, handing a major defeat to the Republican National Committee and President Donald Trump’s administration in a closely watched election-law battle.

Residents of Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, awoke Monday to a fresh aftershock as rescuers raced to find survivors four days after twin earthquakes devastated parts of the country, killing nearly 1,500 people and injuring more than 3,000.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) destroyed a major underground Hezbollah complex in southwestern Lebanon on Sunday, uncovering hundreds of weapons, rocket launch silos, and infrastructure the military said was built with Iranian technology and expertise.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is pressing for Turkey’s full integration into Europe’s defense and security framework, arguing that Ankara’s military strength and NATO role make it indispensable to the continent’s future security.

Denmark’s immigration minister wants to ban the Islamic public call to prayer, saying “Islamization” has taken up “too much of the public space” and that parts of the Nordic nation resemble “a suburb of Islamabad.”

Britain’s King Charles III’s official job description has effectively changed from stressing his role as “Head of the Church of England and Defender of the Faith” to describing the monarch as Supreme Governor of the Church of England who “protects the space for Faith” within Britain’s “multi-faith nation.”

Walking on eggshells, conservative Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar allowed the Budapest Pride march to proceed over the weekend despite keeping in place legislation that had barred last year’s event.

More than 1,300 people died as an extreme heatwave gripped Europe, shattering temperature records across several countries on Sunday, officials said.

Billionaire Democratic donor George Soros and his son Alex Soros have poured $102.8 million into the 2026 midterm election cycle, according to a New York Post review of federal campaign finance filings, placing the family among the most powerful financial forces shaping Democratic politics.