Hope of finding additional survivors was fading early Wednesday after a pontoon boat sank near Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, killing one person and one dog and leaving three others missing, authorities said.

The Israel Defense Forces announced Wednesday that it killed a Hamas terrorist who helped abduct the bodies of an Israeli brigade commander and two soldiers during the October 7, 2023, massacre.

Israel’s High Court of Justice on Wednesday temporarily froze a newly enacted law shielding tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men from arrest and prosecution for avoiding military service.

Cuba’s national electrical grid collapsed Tuesday, plunging roughly 10 million people into darkness in the communist island’s third major blackout in nine days.

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.

Senate Democrats blocked the advancement of the annual National Defense Authorization Act on Tuesday, halting debate on a sweeping $1.15 trillion defense package amid sharp disagreements over the renewed war with Iran and federal spending priorities.

House Republicans are moving forward with a third budget reconciliation package following a closely guarded strategy meeting at Camp David involving congressional leaders, White House officials and selected members of the House Budget Committee.

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.