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An explosion killed Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, chief of Russia's nuclear defense forces, and his assistant in Moscow, Russia's Investigative Committee said.

Tehran's increasingly vulnerable position in the region has energized opposition activists and spurred hardliners to endorse the pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi and Mohammad Abedini are accused of leaking technology information to Iran that allegedly helped that country launch the January attack.

The story has attracted attention as evidence of a potential national security threat from China and as another scandal that involves the prince's relationships.

A new proposal for a 60-day pause in hostilities in Gaza and the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners includes key concessions from Hamas.

As many as 30 have been "killed or wounded" in Russia's Kursk region, Ukrainian military intelligence said, among the heaviest losses for North Korean forces yet reported.

Friedrich Merz is a longtime rival of Angela Merkel who has tried to move their party back to the right.

Chrystia Freeland cited differences with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over how to confront Donald Trump's "America First" policies and threatened tariffs.

The PCC is taking over illegal gold mining in the Amazon and corrupting Indigenous cultures in a spiral of violence in some of Brazil's most remote regions.

Polls suggest that a February election would result in a rightward shift, at a moment when Europe's largest economy is faltering.