Hospitals across the Gaza Strip say their backup generators are close to shutting down and suffering permanent damage because of a severe fuel shortage. Medical staff warn the equipment keeps essential wards, including intensive care units, running.

Iran's navy said four vessels were struck simultaneously while transferring oil cargo ship-to-ship in the northern Persian Gulf and continued burning. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy did not say who was responsible for the strikes.

Chinese artificial-intelligence company DeepSeek has completed a new fifteen-billion-dollar funding round. The company is now preparing for one of China's most closely watched market debuts in years, as it positions itself as a serious rival to leading US AI labs.

Australia and East Timor signed a new defence agreement on Thursday to strengthen cyber and maritime security cooperation. Canberra will provide roughly $44 million and expand joint military exercises, part of an effort to limit Beijing's growing influence among Pacific and Southeast Asian neighbours.

Burkina Faso's ruling junta has restored the death penalty, years after the West African country abolished it. Human Rights Watch says the move sends a troubling signal to critics amid a widening crackdown on dissent under military rule.

Students from across Serbia flooded the streets of Belgrade for a final rally ahead of this weekend's snap parliamentary elections. Thousands arrived in the capital waving flags, in one of the largest gatherings yet in a months-long anti-government protest movement.

Russian strikes overnight killed at least 7 people across Ukraine, as the country's air force warned of ballistic missiles heading toward Kyiv and told residents to take shelter. The barrage came just days after US envoy Steve Witkoff met with President Vladimir Putin.

Former Mexican prosecutor César Jáuregui Moreno has been charged with treason over allegations he allowed US agents to take part in a raid on a suspected drug lab in April. The case rests on Mexican law restricting any operational role for foreign officials inside the country.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has raised the flagship Bolsa Família welfare payment by 15% days before Sunday's presidential runoff. The increase, reaching roughly 20 million families this week, anchors a wider package of aid, subsidies and tax cuts Lula unveiled in the campaign's final stretch.

The fact that Trump made a comment that Israel has been “very helpful” to Saudi Arabia reveals a strategic dilemma facing Mohammed bin Salman: either to align himself with Israel and thereby offend the Arab and Muslim worlds, or to embrace regional collective security and accept the prospect of a Middle East in which Washington […]

Saudi Arabia's energy ministry says two people were killed and two others wounded in an attack on the Shaybah oil field in the kingdom's Eastern Province. TRT Haber reports that the strike comes amid a broader rise in attacks on Saudi Arabia. The field is one of the kingdom's largest oil-producing sites.

An attack on King Fahd International Airport near the eastern Saudi city of Dammam killed one person and injured eight others. Al Jazeera reports the injured were immediately taken to hospitals, with the aviation authority saying further updates would follow. The attack comes amid a rise in Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia.

China's coast guard said Wednesday that it allowed the Philippines to resupply a grounded warship at the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. The delivery to the BRP Sierra Madre came even as tension between Manila and Beijing remains elevated over a recent remark from China's ambassador. Beijing said it carried out checks and kept the resupply mission under close watch throughout.

A new dispute has opened between Beijing and Taipei over commemorations for Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary leader honored on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Beijing criticized Taipei's decision to bar Taiwanese officials from traveling to the mainland for events marking the 160th anniversary of Sun's birth on November 12. The disagreement adds another flashpoint to already strained cross-strait relations.

Robert Kabera, a former Rwandan soldier who had become a vocal critic of President Paul Kagame, was found decapitated near Kampala this week. Ugandan police have opened a murder investigation, while rights groups say the killing fits a pattern of violence against Kagame's exiled opponents. Rwanda's government has not commented.

Irish lawmakers voted 79-71 on Wednesday to scrap a long-standing rule requiring UN Security Council approval before deploying troops on international peacekeeping missions. Opposition politicians warned the change threatens Ireland's traditional military neutrality, a cornerstone of its foreign policy for decades.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the release of jailed American Stephen Hubbard during talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff. The Kremlin said Moscow is now willing in principle to resume three-way negotiations with Washington and Kyiv as early as next month.

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña travelled to Washington on Wednesday for a brief visit that includes a meeting with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and a keynote address at the Inter-American Dialogue's annual gala. The trip underscores Paraguay's position as one of Washington's closest allies in South America amid growing US security concerns in the region.

Argentine President Javier Milei said in Madrid that his government is confident of recovering the Falkland Islands through diplomatic means rather than force. He repeated three times that Argentina 'does not believe in military solutions', as a dispute with the United Kingdom over the Sea Lion offshore oil project escalates.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed the military to prepare plans for potential strikes on Iran, the Financial Times reported, citing three sources. The report said US President Donald Trump opposed resuming hostilities ahead of the midterm elections.