The United States is in talks with allies about the possibility of creating a naval task force to escort commercial ships in the Red Sea after Houthi Islamic jihadist militants in Yemen fired ballistic missiles at three vessels in the region on Sunday, the Associated Press reports.

In an apparent effort to shore up support in the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to make a rare one-day trip to both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and to host Iran’s president in Moscow this week, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.

Australia’s central government has unveiled a digital identity document (ID) scheme that it hopes will be rolled out nationwide by July next year.

The Philippines experienced aftershocks Wednesday of powerful earthquakes that impacted the capital, Manila, and other areas of the Asian nation, killing at least three people.

Christians urged prayers after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a bomb blast at a church service in the southern Philippines that killed at least four people and injured dozens.

The United States is one of more than 20 countries which issued a declaration of their aim to triple nuclear energy production to achieve net-zero carbon emissions and limit climate change by 2050, CNBC reports.

A computer program that could provide digital identification for the entire world population is expected to be used by 1 billion people within 18 months, Worthy News learned.

Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano erupted again Monday, forcing rescuers to end the search for 12 missing climbers and raising the number of confirmed or presumed dead to 23.

Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels launched missiles and drones, hitting three commercial ships in international waters in the Red Sea on Sunday. In a defensive move, a U.S. warship successfully intercepted three drones, as confirmed by the U.S. military.

In a Sunday referendum in Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro’s government achieved the sought-after victory, with Venezuelan Election Authorities claiming that 95% of voters approved the territorial claims over a region located in the neighboring country of Guyana.

In response to the Ukraine war and threats by NATO, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree last Friday to increase troop numbers by 15%, bringing the total number of active personnel to over 1.3 Million Russian troops.

Ukraine has launched a probe into allegations that Russian forces shot surrendering Ukrainian troops, and Kyiv reportedly prevented an ex-president from meeting Hungary’s pro-Moscow prime minister.

A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been detained on charges of serving as an agent of Cuba’s government, Worthy News monitored.

Maritime attacks rapidly escalated Sunday with a U.S. warship opening fire in self-defense while commercial vessels faced drones and missiles in the Red Sea amid an hours-long assault by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said.

French authorities confirmed Sunday that a radical Islamist with mental health troubles stabbed a German tourist to death and wounded two people in central Paris before being arrested.