British counterterrorism police arrested five men Sunday near RAF Fairford on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack close to the strategically important air base used by U.S. forces in operations against Iran.

Saudi Arabia issued emergency warnings for Mecca and several other cities amid a potential missile or drone threat, as military chiefs from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey convened urgent talks to strengthen their collective defense against escalating attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis.

As communities were grieving, South African police hunted suspects Sunday following two separate shootings that killed 27 people within hours of each other, just days after another mass shooting left 11 dead.

Diplomatic relations between Hungary and neighboring war-torn Ukraine have again deteriorated, though Budapest called the current standoff a “cold peace, not a cold war.”

Moldova began imposing a 60-day state of emergency Saturday on its energy and water sectors due to severely low water levels on the Dniester River and global armed conflicts that are driving up its energy costs. Yet the nation, wedged between war-torn Ukraine and Romania, won’t join the NATO military alliance, Prime Minister Vasile Tofan announced.

Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump Thursday that the United States and China must avoid military confrontation, arguing that the world’s two largest economies can compete without allowing their rivalry to spiral into war.

Kosovo’s former President Hashim Thaçi and three other former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) say they are preparing to challenge their war-crimes convictions by a special court in the Dutch city of The Hague.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s decision to invite his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to attend the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Miami in December has triggered concern and criticism among European allies as Russia’s war against Ukraine continues.

As President Donald Trump presses Chinese leader Xi Jinping over trade, security and Iran, customs records analyzed by The Wall Street Journal show Chinese suppliers sent roughly 1,300 shipments of dual-use components to Iran’s Defense Ministry during the first half of 2026—an expanding air-cargo pipeline that raises serious questions about Beijing’s conduct.

President Donald Trump personally welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews Wednesday evening, beginning a three-day state visit expected to focus on some of the most consequential disputes between the world’s two largest economies — including Iran, artificial intelligence, trade, Taiwan and energy.

Residents in Ukraine’s capital were awakened Thursday as Russia pounded Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones, killing at least two people, including one in a parking lot beside a damaged maternity hospital, Ukrainian authorities said.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has pardoned French-British businessman Martin Ryan, who was serving a 10-year prison sentence on espionage charges, a day after a French push to have a Russian-Uzbek billionaire removed from the European Union’s sanctions list.

The European Union is moving to unblock 4.2 billion euros ($4.8 billion) in funding for Hungary, saying the country’s new government has strengthened the rule of law, despite controversy over the president’s choice for chief prosecutor.

China is rapidly expanding its nuclear weapons infrastructure across at least seven major sites, according to a Telegraph investigation based on satellite imagery and expert analysis, offering new evidence of Beijing’s accelerating nuclear buildup under President Xi Jinping.

President Donald Trump called on members of the Shield of the Americas initiative Tuesday to formally designate narco-terrorist organizations as shared threats to regional stability and impose sweeping sanctions against 24 groups designated by the United States.