Iran launched a previously undisclosed second wave of ballistic missile attacks against U.S. Navy vessels in the Middle East, targeting an American aircraft carrier, destroyers and at least one Marine ship as the confrontation between Washington and Tehran sharply escalates.

A Russian court has sentenced Nikolai Shcherbakov, 48, to 14 years in a strict penal colony for treason after authorities accused him of photographing Russian soldiers’ graves and sending the images to Ukrainian intelligence services, Worthy News learned Wednesday.

Elderly British citizens, including a widow and a man suffering from dementia, face removal from Sweden despite their longtime ties to the Nordic nation.

Austria’s controversial ban on Islamic headscarves for girls under 14 has entered its first school week, prompting protests and preparations for a constitutional challenge by the country’s main Muslim organization.

Fourteen men have gone on trial in Paris over their alleged roles in the deaths of more than 30 migrants in the English Channel, nearly five years after the worst recorded migrant disaster in the narrow seaway separating France and Britain.

Two senior aides to Nigel Farage, the populist Reform UK leader and close ally of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, have stepped down after an undercover investigation alleged the party sought to circumvent British electoral law by arranging for a foreign donor to fund political polling.

Indonesia reopened all eight airports closed by volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatau, including Jakarta’s main international airport, but concern remained as rescuers searched Wednesday for at least seven people, including five journalists who disappeared while reporting on the eruption.

Spanish police have helped dismantle what authorities described as one of the world’s largest criminal financial networks, known as the “Dubai Bank,” an underground banking system supporting major cocaine shipments and laundering proceeds for some of the biggest drug trafficking organizations.

Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen launched a major wave of ballistic missile and drone attacks against energy and military targets across southern Saudi Arabia Tuesday, setting fires at oil facilities, temporarily halting operations and wounding at least 73 people.

Syria’s former Bashar Assad regime was secretly constructing a nuclear reactor designed in a configuration capable of efficiently producing fissile material for nuclear weapons, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi revealed Monday.

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.