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The head of the European Central Bank defended its June 11 rate hike as justified to ward off real inflationary pressures and said it wasn't just a mere "insurance hike."

Strategic bombers and warplanes from China and Russia conducted a joint strategic patrol over the Sea of Japan, East China Sea and western Pacific on Saturday, drawing scrambled U.S. and allied intercepts and protests from Japan and South Korea.

The U.S. and Iran are set to meet for another round of diplomatic talks on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, President Trump announced on Monday after a series of retaliatory strikes in the Strait of Hormuz threatened to upend the peace process.

Russian missiles and drones killed at least 11 civilians and injured 40 others in Ukraine on Monday in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as "horrific attacks."

America's nuclear arsenal was built to counter only one international adversary during the Cold War, but as new nuclear powers emerge and global conflict increases, some argue for a revamped system.

As Israeli troops and vehicles entered the town of Abdin in southern Syria, residents blocked the roads with rocks, and some young men and boys threw stones to push back the military patrol.

The Israeli government has approved a proposal to designate the mass extermination of Armenian Christians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I as a genocide.

Five people were killed in a shooting on Monday at a youth welfare facility in the northern German town of Stade, police said. Two people were arrested, including the suspected shooter.

President Trump said Monday that Iran requested a meeting in Qatar to resume peace talks after a volley of strikes near the Strait of Hormuz threatened to unravel the ceasefire in recent days.

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed at least four Palestinians, including a 13-year-old girl, local health officials said.