Iran’s president warned Israel on Wednesday that his Islamic Republic will have an even “stronger response” if Israel retaliates to its missile attack on Tuesday.

A day before Iran launched a ballistic missile attack against Israel on Tuesday, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the United Nations General Assembly to recommend force against the Jewish state if the UN Security Council cannot convince the Israelis to stop attacking Iranian-backed Hamas and Hezbollah targets in Gaza and Lebanon, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.

The new chief of the NATO military alliance has declined to say whether Ukraine is winning the war against Russia, which invaded the country in February 2022.

Amid concern that Iran may retaliate against Israel for killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a bombing campaign in Lebanon last week, the United States announced Monday that it is sending “a few thousand” additional military personnel to the Middle East along with multiple US Air Force jet fighter squadrons to defend Israel as well as American citizens and interests if necessary.

Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen were reeling Monday from Israel’s biggest air raid to date against the Iran-backed Islamic group after it fired three ballistic missiles at the Jewish nation this month.

The United States killed 37 militants associated with Islamic State and al-Qaeda during two airstrikes carried out this month against terrorist targets in northwest Syria, US Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced.

Iran-backed Hezbollah has confirmed its Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Friday, but Tehran vowed revenge.

The Freedom Party (FPÖ), known for its anti-migration and far-right views, has won the parliamentary election in Austria, beating the center-right conservatives for the first time, projections showed.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been taken to a secure location inside Iran amid fears he might be next on Israel’s target list after Israel killed the head of Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah in a strike on Beirut, Worthy News monitored late Saturday.

Ukraine’s Western allies have condemned Russia’s proposed nuclear doctrine changes, which could classify a “massive” aerial attack by a non-nuclear state backed by a nuclear-armed state as a “joint attack,” potentially justifying a nuclear retaliation by Russia.

Chinese officials scrambled to cover up the sinking of a new nuclear-powered submarine at a shipyard near Wuhan in the spring, U.S. officials told the Wall Street Journal.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, has accused Russia of plotting potentially catastrophic attacks on Ukrainian nuclear plants after Moscow rejected his peace plan.

Argentina’s president has condemned the United Nations’ policies toward Israel and warned Wednesday that the U.N. is turning into a dictatorial monster pushing its will or ideology on the world population.

Ahead of an expected call between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden, China test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, the Associated Press reports.

U.S. President Joe Biden has told the United Nations General Assembly that the United States “will not let up on our support for Ukraine” in its fight against Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022, and he also warned of all-out war between Hezbollah and Israel.