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.

NATO leaders received more than they bargained for during last week’s summit of their military alliance in Turkey, leaving with an unusual diplomatic gift: a personalized Turkish-made revolver complete with live ammunition, courtesy of host President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Péter Magyar accused former Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó on Wednesday of serving foreign interests, including those of communist-run China, after the longtime diplomat resigned from parliament to join Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD.

A crash that killed more than a dozen wedding guests on Indonesia’s main island of Java has renewed concerns about road safety in the world’s fourth-most populous nation, where fatal traffic accidents claim thousands of lives each year.

French legislators have approved a controversial assisted dying bill, despite strong opposition from churches and sections of the medical profession, who warn the law could fundamentally alter the country’s approach to caring for the elderly and the seriously ill.

More than 10,000 people died above expected levels across Europe during the record-breaking late-June heatwave, according to official mortality monitoring data.

Ukraine said its air defenses intercepted five Russian ballistic missiles during a sweeping overnight assault that nevertheless struck multiple locations in Kyiv, damaging warehouses and a school.

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.

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.