U.S. Central Command launched a new wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, expanding its military campaign against forces accused of threatening commercial vessels and civilian crews in the Strait of Hormuz.

The U.S. is signaling a significant shift in the Middle East as President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth met with the Iraqi prime minister to announce the end of military operations in Iraq, while shifting focus to Iran.

Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigative team obtained and directly reviewed White House text messages involving 44 current and former members of Congress after apparently bypassing safeguards designed to protect privileged communications, newly released Justice Department records show.

Journalists of The New York Times were summoned to testify before a federal grand jury in New York on Wednesday after reporting alleged safety and security concerns surrounding a Boeing 747-8 aircraft donated by Qatar for use by U.S. President Donald J. Trump.

Bangladesh was struggling Wednesday to cope with the aftermath of devastating floods and landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains that officials said have killed at least 51 people.

The European Union failed to add the head of Russia’s Orthodox Church and a Russian billionaire to its latest sanctions package after Bulgaria vetoed their inclusion.

Hungary faced a potential constitutional crisis Tuesday after Parliament approved a government-backed measure to remove President Tamás Sulyok from office despite protests by the opposition and supporters of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Typhoon Bavi made landfall in eastern China, uprooting trees and forcing more than two million people to evacuate.

An American aid worker with the Christian charity Samaritan’s Purse who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has arrived in Germany for treatment, the health ministry in Berlin said Monday, amid warnings that the potentially deadly disease is spreading much faster than official figures suggest.

Gun-related deaths in the United States declined in 2024, driven by a sharp drop in homicides, but firearm suicides rose to their highest level on record, according to the latest federal data.