U.S. President Donald J. Trump says he is prepared to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin as early as next week, despite Moscow’s refusal to include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in peace discussions.

The Iranian judiciary announced Wednesday that it has executed Rouzbeh Vadi, a prominent nuclear scientist accused of spying for Israel and providing intelligence that led to the assassination of Iranian nuclear personnel during the 12-day war with Israel in June.

Pakistan’s Senate has voted to remove the death penalty for two crimes in what officials admit is a bid to safeguard $3 billion in annual trade benefits from the European Union, while maintaining controversial blasphemy laws that have sent dozens of Christians to death row.

Switzerland was hours away from facing the highest U.S. tariff on imports of any developed country after its president left Washington without a deal, upsetting the Alpine nation’s business elite.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump claimed Wednesday that “great progress” had been made during high-stakes talks in Moscow between his special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin, aimed at ending the ongoing war in Ukraine. However, Trump did not offer specifics about the outcome of the three-hour discussions.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump is seeking a direct, face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin as early as next week in a bold move to end Moscow’s war against Ukraine, officials confirmed Wednesday.

Russia and China conducted joint anti-submarine warfare drills Wednesday in the Sea of Japan, just days after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered two nuclear submarines to reposition near Russian waters following incendiary remarks by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

President Donald Trump has doubled tariffs on Indian imports to 50%, accusing New Delhi of propping up Russia’s war effort by continuing to import and resell Russian crude oil.

Italy’s government has officially approved a €13.5 billion ($15.6 billion) plan to construct the world’s longest suspension bridge, connecting the island of Sicily to the mainland over the Strait of Messina. Long debated, often canceled, and frequently politicized, the project is now being fast-tracked with a new justification: national security.

Moscow was pondering options in its war against Ukraine on Wednesday, including a pause on air strikes, ahead of the arrival of U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff.

One of Pakistan’s main courts has suspended an independent commission that would investigate the misuse of the country’s blasphemy laws after pressure from Islamic hardliners, sources told Worthy News.

In a major shift from the Biden-era approach to arming Ukraine, four European nations have announced the purchase of $1 billion worth of U.S. weapons under a new NATO-led initiative spearheaded by President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to be placed under house arrest on Monday, escalating a high-stakes legal battle over accusations that he attempted to orchestrate a military coup to block the transfer of power following the 2022 election. The move comes after Bolsonaro allegedly violated a court-imposed social media ban and curfew while his trial looms.

Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony, accused of helping organize a banned LGBTQ+ Pride rally, said Saturday he would be proud if his grandchildren someday read that he was prosecuted for speaking out against the “authoritarian system” of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

With much of the world focused on Gaza, hundreds of thousands of people under siege in Sudan’s western Darfur region cried for attention Tuesday as they are running out of food and come under constant artillery and drone barrages.