President Donald Trump has invoked the Cold War-era Defense Production Act to accelerate the production of U.S. munitions, missiles, interceptors, and critical defense components as American stockpiles face mounting strain from the war with Iran and years of heavy weapons transfers to allies, including Ukraine and Israel.

Fulani herdsmen killed five Christians at a mining site in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, highlighting continuing attacks on Christian communities in Africa’s most populous nation, Christians say.

Hundreds of employees have reportedly been dismissed from media outlets aligned with former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, highlighting growing turmoil within the country’s right-wing media landscape following his election defeat and the subsequent loss of political influence.

Journalists jailed, attacked, or otherwise targeted across several countries marked fresh setbacks for press freedom this month, with media advocates highlighting cases ranging from Azerbaijan and Iran to Russia and Armenia.

A new Canadian parliamentary committee report recommends that people with mental illness should be “indefinitely excluded” from eligibility for assisted dying, a recommendation that could set a precedent for other liberal countries dealing with this issue.

President Donald Trump has signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war with Iran, U.S. officials said, launching a 60-day diplomatic test that could determine whether the Middle East moves toward a fragile ceasefire or back toward confrontation.

In a rare instance of congressional unity, the House and Senate reached a bipartisan, bicameral agreement over legislation to boost housing supply and home ownership across the country.

The central bank would implement new task forces to aid in deciding monetary policy, Kevin Warsh, the new chairman of the Federal Reserve, said Wednesday.

Poland was investigating Thursday the killing of a Russian artist and outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin after Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the murder bore the hallmarks of a political assassination.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has sentenced Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, to four years and two months in prison after finding him guilty of seeking U.S. intervention in legal proceedings involving his father.