Russians were voting in a three-day parliamentary election, the first since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago, amid continuing fighting and reported attacks on Russia’s electoral infrastructure.

President Donald Trump announced a sweeping security agreement with Denmark and Greenland that would grant the United States permanent military rights on the strategically important Arctic island. The agreement strengthens America’s northern defenses without transferring ownership of Greenland to the United States.

Major General Viktor Nikoliuk has resigned as commander of Ukraine’s Eastern Operational Command amid a broader military personnel shake-up, as Kyiv seeks to strengthen its air defenses against intensifying Russian attacks.

The State Department has approved a possible $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, bringing the kingdom closer to acquiring one of America’s most advanced warplanes.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has welcomed an unprecedented proposal for Canada to become the European Union’s first “associate member” despite threats of economic retaliation from U.S. President Donald J. Trump.

A Hungarian television and radio presenter has been fired after failing to immediately cut off a live caller who suggested using a sniper to “eliminate” Prime Minister Péter Magyar, amid wider concerns over violent political rhetoric in Hungary.

Russia’s attack drones are getting faster, and Ukraine’s defenders are being forced to adapt. New Geran models use turbojet engines instead of the propellers carried by earlier drones, shortening the time between an air-raid warning and a possible strike.

The Trump administration is looking to Venezuelan oil and domestic production as the war with Iran strains global fuel supplies. Its most immediate test is diesel: the fuel that moves freight, runs farm equipment and helps determine what businesses pay to get goods to market.

Ukraine says its forces have pushed back Russian troops threatening a key chain of fortified cities in eastern Ukraine.

The U.N. Security Council met Tuesday for the second time in less than a week as Houthi forces pushed toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the narrow passage connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. The fighting threatens a vital shipping route and has driven more Yemeni families from their homes.

Vice President JD Vance says the United States may soon change how it confronts Iran, though he offered no firm date for an end to the fighting.

Sabotage disrupted rail traffic across the Netherlands on Tuesday while protesting farmers set fires near highways as King Willem-Alexander opened the parliamentary year with warnings about threats to democracy and national security.

Iranian attacks have damaged or destroyed hundreds of structures at American military bases across the Middle East, according to the Pentagon inspector general’s first broad accounting of the war’s toll.

Saudi authorities issued emergency warnings Tuesday in Mecca, Jeddah and Taif as expanding Houthi missile and drone attacks pushed the Yemen war deeper into the kingdom.

Hungary’s new government is moving to dismantle key restrictions affecting homosexual and transgender people introduced under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, including rules that effectively prevented gay people from adopting children.