Iran says it struck navigation systems on Oman’s Didamar Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Three sources confirmed an attack; Oman disputes the damage.
Xi Jinping said Taiwan’s complete reunification must happen, pledging peaceful reunification. Taipei dismissed the remarks as nothing new. Here is what he said.
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow on Thursday for talks with Vladimir Putin, the latest push to end the war in Ukraine.
An Israeli airstrike hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis early Thursday, killing at least six and wrecking the surgery and intensive care wards.
Scott Colom has defeated Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, becoming the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction and its first Democratic senator since 1982.
Indonesia’s Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has resigned after two courts ruled his school credentials invalid, shaking the Prabowo alliance.
Éric Zemmour has confirmed a second run for the French presidency in 2027, promising two million fewer immigrants and the expulsion of foreign offenders.
Russia and Ukraine agreed a large prisoner-of-war exchange as two days of US-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi ended, with numbers to be finalised on Thursday.
House Republicans chose Jim Jordan as their next leader in a 106–73 secret ballot over Steve Scalise, handing the combative Ohioan a shrunken conference.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has moved from his Washington home to a military base after reported Iranian threats, as his sanctions campaign intensifies.
House Republicans voted 211–204 to shelve eight impeachment articles against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but Democrats vow to try again in January.
A 41-year-old US Army soldier has been arrested near Gloucester on suspicion of spying for Russia, British counter-terrorism police said on Tuesday.
