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Russia launched 42 drone attacks across Ukraine—striking Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Sumy, and Odesa—injuring at least a dozen people, despite both countries agreeing to meet for peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday, officials said.

Iran and Russia conducted a joint naval exercise on Monday in the Caspian Sea, marking the beginning of “CASAREX 2025,” a three-day maritime security and rescue drill aimed at enhancing cooperation and coordination between the two nations’ naval forces. The drill comes just weeks after Iran’s conflict with Israel and U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities–an episode that has tested the strength of Iran’s alliances with Moscow and Beijing.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled a series of sweeping trade deals with Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines, touting them as landmark achievements in his administration’s drive to rebalance global trade before new tariff levels take effect August 1.

In a defiant stance likely to heighten global tensions, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Fox News on Monday that Iran will not abandon its nuclear enrichment program, describing it as a matter of national pride and scientific achievement.

President Donald Trump has issued a fresh warning to Iran, vowing further military action if Tehran attempts to rebuild or expand its nuclear program. His remarks followed a televised interview with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who admitted the regime’s uranium enrichment efforts had been halted due to extensive damage from last month’s U.S. airstrikes under Operation Midnight Hammer.

Poland has “permanently withdrawn” its ambassador to Hungary because its government committed a “hostile act” by granting asylum to an ex-Polish deputy minister facing corruption charges, Poland’s foreign ministry announced.

Kyiv was shrouded in smoke from fires in several districts, including an apartment building, early Monday, after Russia unleashed a renewed deadly attack on Ukraine.

Bangladesh plunged into mourning after fire fighters confirmed that at least 19 people were killed and scores injured when a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a college and school campus in the capital city of Dhaka.

Iran and the European powers known as the E3–Britain, France, and Germany–have agreed in principle to resume negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program in the coming week, amid mounting international pressure and a looming deadline that could trigger a full reinstatement of United Nations sanctions.

The Trump administration announced Friday that the United States is formally rejecting a series of controversial amendments to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Health Regulations (IHR), saying the changes would grant sweeping new powers to the UN health body and undermine American sovereignty.

Hungary has become the first European Union member state to ban three top Ukrainian military officials from entering its territory, accusing them of orchestrating forced conscription campaigns against ethnic Hungarians and others in Ukraine.

Britain and Germany signed a landmark treaty Thursday to provide each other defense assistance and closer cooperation on migration, amid European concerns over U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s “America First” stance.

Moroccan community leaders in the southeastern town of Torre Pacheco have called for calm after four nights of violent clashes between North African migrants and far-right protesters.

A new U.S. intelligence assessment reveals that last month’s airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure largely succeeded in destroying the heavily fortified Fordow enrichment facility, while only partially damaging two other sites–Isfahan and Natanz–raising concerns over Iran’s ability to resume uranium enrichment within months.

A series of deadly lightning strikes has claimed lives in the United States and Europe, officials said Thursday, underscoring the dangers of ongoing extreme weather across the Northern Hemisphere.