Russia test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile as part of efforts to modernize its nuclear forces. The nuclear-armed Sarmat missile would enter combat service at the end of the year.

Pakistan denies allowing Iranian aircraft to use its airfields amid U.S.-Iran tensions. President Donald Trump says Pakistani mediation efforts have been "great."

Britain has pledged drones, fighter jest and a warship to the multinational mission to protect shipping vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

Former Philippines police chief Ronald dela Rosa, who oversaw former President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly drug war, locked himself in his Senate office after the ICC unsealed a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity.

A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung. The outbreak has now reached 11 total reported cases, 9 of which have been confirmed.

The suspected oil spill covering many square miles of sea near Iran’s main oil hub of Kharg Island has been seen on satellite imagery.

French President Emmanuel Macron is facing backlash after interrupting a panel at the Africa Forward Summit in Kenya

Israeli bulldozers tore into Palestinian shops on the edge of a town southeast of Jerusalem, clearing land ahead of a settlement-linked road project.