At least 10 people were killed as Ecuador plunged further into civil war Wednesday, a day after gunmen stormed a television station in the country’s largest city.

The United States and Britain confirmed Wednesday that their militaries shot down 21 drones and missiles over the Red Sea launched by Yemen’s Houthis in what London branded the “largest attack” yet by the Iran-backed group.

Hungary, one of Israel’s closest allies within the European Union, has condemned the “legal attack” launched against Israel for alleged “genocíde” at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands.

Ukraine’s president rushed to the Baltics on Wednesday to seek help as his nation faces a barrage of drone and missile attacks that have killed scores of people in recent days.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) warned Wednesday that “false and misleading information” supercharged by artificial intelligence (AI) is a bigger risk to the global economy now than the reported “climate change.”

Marking the 25th anniversary of the euro, the European Union’s unified currency, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), highlighted that the development of their Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is not intended to replace traditional cash, but rather to complement it.

Gunfire interrupted a live television program in violence-torn Ecuador Tuesday as armed men stormed a studio shortly after gangsters vowed a “war” against the president’s plans to reclaim control from “narcoterrorists.”

Denmark has amended its penal code, making it a criminal offense to commit blasphemy, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. The law appears in section 110 of Denmark’s penal code and was passed by the Danish parliament in December 2023.

US security officials have taken seriously a new video issued by the al-Qaeda Islamic terror organization in which the faction calls on Islamists to build homemade bombs and attack Western and Jewish civilian targets, especially airlines, Newsmax reports.

Kyiv says Orthodox Christmas strikes by Russia have killed more than a dozen people, including children, in the east and south of Ukraine. The attacks came as Vladimir Putin vowed on the eve of Orthodox Christmas to back soldiers who, in his words, “with arms in hands,” defend Russia’s interests.

Scientists have presented a discovery expected to change computing and electronics forever.

Iraq’s prime minister is furious about a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed a high-ranking member of the Popular Mobilization Force (PMF) of Iran-backed militias and has pledged to cease the U.S.-led international coalition’s mission in the country.

Millions across Europe are coping with extreme cold, and thousands were left without power in the Nordic countries as floods hit France, Germany, and the Netherlands.

U.S.Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Greece on Saturday as part of his lightning diplomatic mission to prevent Israel’s war against Hamas from escalating into a broader conflict that could potentially impact the world.

Orthodox Christmas has been overshadowed by massive clashes between Ukraine and Russia, with Moscow saying it downed dozens of Ukrainian drones in occupied Crimea and southern Russia. The violence came at a time of Western concerns that Russia reportedly uses ballistic missiles supplied by North Korea to attack Ukraine, which in turn seeks to bring the 22-month war beyond its borders.