The Trump administration has formally designated the Juárez Cartel and Los Viagras as foreign terrorist organizations, expanding the federal government’s effort to dismantle criminal networks accused of flooding American communities with illegal drugs and terrorizing populations on both sides of the southern border.

The United States has approved a proposed $1.96 billion weapons sale to Saudi Arabia as fighting intensifies across the Middle East and the kingdom faces renewed missile threats from Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement.

Ukraine faced mounting political turmoil Thursday after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, triggering rare wartime protests as Russian forces intensified attacks across the country.

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune expressed sorrow Thursday after a fire swept through a state-run child welfare home in the eastern suburbs of the capital, Algiers, killing at least 11 people and injuring 19 others.

The United States carried out two waves of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, marking the fifth consecutive day of American attacks on military assets belonging to the Islamic regime as the battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz widened across the Middle East.

A majority of House Democrats casting a yes-or-no vote Wednesday supported cutting off funds designated for Israel, marking one of the clearest signs yet that the Democratic Party is shifting away from its longstanding support for the Jewish state.

Syrian security forces have intercepted a large shipment of advanced weapons near the Iraqi border that authorities said was intended for the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon.

Israel and Lebanon concluded two days of U.S.-brokered negotiations in Rome on Wednesday, reporting progress toward establishing two pilot security zones in southern Lebanon as part of a broader ceasefire framework requiring the disarmament of Hezbollah.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) destroyed four Hamas weapons storage facilities in central Gaza overnight and eliminated a senior terrorist commander accused of directing attacks against Israeli troops, the Israeli military announced Thursday.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation requiring the Trump administration to develop and implement a plan to dismantle the United Nations agency responsible for Palestinian refugees while transferring its humanitarian responsibilities to more accountable organizations.