The Israel Defense Forces said Thursday it had completed clearing a strategic Hezbollah underground facility beneath the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon and was preparing the tunnel complex for demolition.

Syria has begun destroying chemical weapons materials left behind by the Assad regime, marking the first known destruction process of its kind in the country in roughly a decade, officials told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday.

U.S. lawmakers are raising fresh concerns that China, Russia and other American adversaries could use electromagnetic pulse weapons to cripple the nation’s electrical grid and critical infrastructure, potentially plunging large portions of the country into darkness.

The Pentagon is turning to the Cold War-era Defense Production Act to accelerate missile manufacturing and rebuild U.S. weapons stockpiles strained by months of combat operations and years of military assistance to American allies, according to a Washington Times exclusive.

Tens of thousands of Spaniards poured into streets and public squares across the country Wednesday, protesting the government’s handling of the migrant crisis in Ceuta and demanding stronger protection of Spain’s borders.

Members of a Christian family of nine say they fear for their lives after being freed through court intervention from a brick kiln in eastern Pakistan following 11 years of alleged forced labor, beatings, threats and severely reduced wages.

Slovakia’s government of Prime Minister Robert Fico has approved joining an international commission assessing compensation claims stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, despite Moscow reportedly warning that such a move would be considered a “hostile act.”

More than a dozen members of Serbia’s influential student movement and opposition figures were targeted with sophisticated spyware ahead of parliamentary elections, according to investigators, fueling concerns about government surveillance in what researchers call the country’s largest documented wave of such spying.

Estonia’s parliament has elected constitutional lawyer and human rights ombudsman Ülle Madise as the Baltic nation’s next president as the country sharply increases defense spending amid concerns about Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Hungary’s new government plans to impose an annual wealth tax on the country’s richest residents from next year as authorities widen investigations into billions of Hungarian forints in spending under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.