- — Indian Prime Minister Modi arrives in United States to head off potential trade spat
- Averting frictions that could lead to a trade war with the United States will be top of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's agenda as he arrives in Washington ahead of a meeting with President Donald Trump.
- — Russia launches aerial attacks across Ukraine killing at least 3 people and injuring 16
- Russia launched ballistic missiles and more than 100 drones in a wave of attacks across Ukraine overnight that killed three people and injured at least 16, including a child, authorities said.
- — North Korea condemns ‘brutal and ruthless usurper’ U.S. over Trump’s Gaza takeover plan
- North Korea on Wednesday slammed the United States over President Trump's announced aim to take control of the Gaza Strip and permanently displace its residents, calling it "slaughter and robbery" in state-run media.
- — Israeli PM Netanyahu warns Hamas to free all hostages by Saturday or face 'intense fighting'
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Hamas that if the rest of the hostages are not released by Saturday at noon, the "cease-fire will be terminated" and Hamas will be "decisively defeated."
- — Jordan's King Abdullah tells Trump his nation to accept 2,000 sick, displaced Palestinian kids
- President Donald Trump met Tuesday with King Abdullah II as the Jordanian leader says his country will take in thousands of sick Palestinian kids displaced in the Gaza Strip.
- — U.S., Britain decline to sign Paris AI summit communique
- The United States and Britain declined to sign a final communique at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris on Tuesday evening, opposite of some 70 governmental and organizational leaders who did sign on.
- — Teacher in South Korea fatally stabs 8-year-old student
- A teacher in South Korea is in recovery after fatally stabbing an 8-year-old girl to death this week then attempting to take her own life.
- — Corruption report: Denmark tops list of 'cleanest' nations but graft on rise globally
- Denmark topped the rankings of 180 countries globally with the lowest levels of public-sector corruption for the seventh year straight in 2024, closely followed by Finland and Singapore.
- — BP executive promises 'reset' after profits fell in 2024
- BP Chief Executive Murray Auchincloss promised a "reset" for the company, including dialing back climate commitments, on Tuesday after a dip in annual profits and a threat from an influential activist investor.
- — Trump calls on Hamas to release all hostages from Gaza or see 'all hell break out'
- U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel should terminate its cease-fire agreement with Hamas and "let all hell break out" if all the remaining hostages being held in Gaza are not freed by noon Saturday.
- — Shark attacks 2 American tourists in Bahamas
- Two American women visiting the Bahamas over the weekend were attacked by a shark, local authorities said, with at least one of the victims sustaining serious injuries.
- — Bus plunges into ravine in Guatemala, killing at least 54
- A bus plunged into a ravine early Monday in Guatemala City, killing at least 54 people and injuring at least 20 others.
- — Hamas frees 3 Israeli hostages in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners
- Hamas militants released three frail and abused Israel hostages in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners, some also emaciated, on Saturday.
- — U.S., South Korea hold live-fire drills near tense border with North Korea
- The United States and South Korea held live-fire drills Monday near the demilitarized zone as tensions remain high with nuclear-armed North Korea.
- — Hamas suspends hostage releases, claiming Israel violated cease-fire
- Hamas said on Monday that it was suspending the next round of hostage releases on Friday until further notice because of what it called violations by Israel of the cease-fire agreement.
- — France announces $112.6B AI investment ahead of Paris summit
- French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that his country will receive $112.6 billion in private investments to boost its artificial intelligence sector.
- — Japanese crews shift search for truck driver swallowed by sinkhole to nearby sewer pipe
- Saitama Prefecture officials said the search for a missing 74-year-old truck stuck in a large sinkhole shifted to an underground sewage pipe on Sunday.
- — Sudan releases post-war roadmap, calls on int'l community to support it
- Sudan's foreign ministry has unveiled a post-war roadmap toward establishing democratic elections in a country ravaged by nearly two years of civil war.
- — U.S. Marine killed in Philippines plane crash identified as California native
- A U.S. Marine from California has been identified as one of four people killed last week in an airplane crash in southern Philippines.
- — Arab nations condemn Netanyahu's call to relocate Gazans to Saudi Arabia
- The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, the first Gulf countries to normalize relations with Israel under the 2020 Abraham Accords, have condemned recent Israeli proposals to relocate Palestinians to Saudi Arabia.
- — Palestinian prisoners show frailty and abuse, like Israeli hostages
- While many expressed outrage over the frail appearance of Israeli hostages released Saturday, human rights groups raised concerns about the lack of similar indignation over the conditions faced by Palestinian prisoners.
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