- — Elon Musk awarded Order of Freedom for helping keep Ukraine online
- U.S. tech titan Elon Musk received a top honor as Ukraine tries to convince him to allow SpaceX's Starlink system to be used in strikes inside Russia.
- — At least 14 newborn babies killed in blaze at hospital in Pakistan
- More than a dozen newborn babies were killed after fire swept through the maternity department of one of the largest public hospitals in Islamabad.
- — Kim Jong Un focuses on economy, silent on Trump overtures
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over a key party meeting, state-run media reported Wednesday, but made no mention of diplomatic outreach by President Trump.
- — U.S. kills 4 in strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean, 2nd in days
- U.S. Southern Command forces killed four people Tuesday in its latest strike targeting an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean.
- — China angered over U.S. sanctions against Iran
- China is angrily pushing back against the President Donald Trump administration on new sanctions against Iran that will harm it.
- — U.S. issues alert over potential armed attack in Mexicali
- The U.S. Consulate General in Tijuana issued a security alert over threats of potential armed attacks by Los Rusos against law enforcement facilities.
- — Colombia orders raids targeting migrants without legal status
- Colombian President Abelardo De la Espriella ordered police and immigration authorities to begin to identify and deport migrants without legal status.
- — Analysis: With UNIFIL set to leave, Lebanon seeks U.N.-backed successor
- Lebanon wants to preservie a United Nations role in the south after the current peacekeeping force leaves, Lebanese and Western analysts said.
- — British police arrest 5 more in fatal weekend crash; 17 now charged
- British police said they arrested five people in their probe of a crash that killed seven people, bringing the number of people arrested to 17.
- — Venezuela oil output reaches highest level since 2019
- Venezuela's oil production has reached 1.23 million barrels per day, its highest level since February 2019, acting President Delcy Rodríguez said.
- — Brazil fines TikTok $29.8 million over processing minors’ data
- Brazil's data protection authority fined TikTok owner ByteDance $29.8 million for unlawfully processing personal data of children and adolescents .
- — Third drone, explosives found at Germany’s Leipzig airport
- For the third time this month a suspicious drone was discovered at the Leipzig-Halle Airport in Germany along with a suspected military explosive.
- — British PM Andy Burnham eyes U.N. meeting as means to get more missiles for Ukraine
- Andy Burnham said he would likely attend an upcoming meeting of the U.N General Assembly in pursuit of a mission to get more interceptors for Ukraine.
- — Norwegian King Harald's condition worsens, says Royal Palace
- King Harald V of Norway's condition has deteriorated as he undergoes treatment in an Oslo hospital for a bacterial infection of his bloodstream.
- — Trial of Lybian accused of making Pan Am Flight 103 bomb postponed
- New evidence caused the trial of a Libyan man charged with building the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland in 1988 to be postponed.
- — British police arrest 12 following fatal weekend crash
- British police said 12 people have been arrested in an investigation following a weekend crash that killed seven people, including two officers.
- — South Korea, U.S. top diplomats agree to coordinate on North Korea
- South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed to maintain close coordination on North Korea and other alliance issues in a phone call late Monday.
- — Pakistani, Iranian officials meet amid stalled talks with U.S.
- Pakistani and Iranian officials have concluded a meeting in Tehran, as Islamabad attempts to resurrect talks between Iran and the United States.
- — Projectile strikes, disables tanker near Strait of Hormuz
- An unidentified projectile struck an oil tanker off the coast of Oman early Tuesday, the latest attack in the war over the Strait of Hormuz.
- — Declining ore grades pressure Chile's copper production
- Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, is preparing to reduce production in Chile as ore grades decline, prompting concern in the industry.
- — World's largest sea turtles return to Panama's Pacific coast
- Leatherback sea turtles, the world's largest marine turtle species, have returned to nest on Panama's Pacific coast after nearly a decade.
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