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Canada imposed tariffs of 15% to 50% on roughly $20 billion worth of American goods just after midnight Tuesday, September 8, escalating its trade dispute with President Donald Trump after negotiations broke down last month. The duties cover products ranging from steel and furniture to clothing and electronics.

In a major turnaround, Hungary announced Tuesday it would expel 10 Russian diplomats over alleged espionage after the country’s new government described Russia as a threat to national and European security.

The United States and Indonesia have launched joint military exercises featuring tactical airborne jumps, missile firing, jungle training, cyber defense, naval maneuvers, and humanitarian aid operations, despite Indonesia’s close ties with China.

Former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladić, who became known as the “Butcher of the Balkans” for his role in mass killings and other atrocities, was buried with military honors in Serbia’s capital Monday despite warnings from the European Union against glorifying convicted war criminals.

Russia is leaving the door open to new peace talks with Ukraine following a weekend of intense American diplomacy, but major obstacles remain to ending the war, now in its fifth year.

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) scored its biggest electoral success to date Sunday, winning about 44 percent of the vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt and inflicting a crushing defeat on Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives.

A crowd gathered outside Hungary’s parliament over the weekend for a right-wing anti-government rally, underscoring efforts by conservatives to regroup after longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orbán lost power to Péter Magyar amid public outrage over reported widespread corruption and mounting economic challenges.

At least 10 people have been killed and 64 injured, including children and two priests, after stored fireworks exploded during a Catholic festival in central Mexico, officials said.

U.S. peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday as the Trump administration intensified efforts to restart negotiations aimed at ending the nearly five-year war between Russia and Ukraine.

Indonesia halted operations at six airports Sunday, including the main international airport near Jakarta, the capital, disrupting hundreds of flights after the Anak Krakatau volcano spewed ash high into the atmosphere.

Two of U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s top envoys arrived in rainy Moscow on Saturday carrying what he described as a proposal to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, following another round of deadly Russian missile and drone strikes.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has called the war with Iran “small potatoes,” despite reports that thousands have been killed across the Middle East, including 18 American military personnel.

President Donald Trump warned Friday that the United States may soon strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain, a deeply fortified underground site near the Natanz uranium enrichment complex, as tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program continue to sharpen.

The United States, Britain, France, and Germany are pressing the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council, accusing Tehran of violating its nuclear obligations and refusing to fully account for its enriched uranium stockpile.

A new U.S.-Saudi civilian nuclear agreement could eventually give Riyadh a pathway to enrich uranium up to 20%, raising fresh concerns in Washington over nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, according to a Wall Street Journal exclusive.