Far-right supporters of a controversial Israeli death penalty law were popping champagne corks as it cleared the Knesset on Monday night, but its passage has sparked a global chorus of condemnation.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says talks with Trump envoys Witkoff and Kushner showed progress on Ukraine security guarantees, calling for a leaders' summit to advance peace.

Four astronauts lifted off before sunset Wednesday, starting a historic 10-day journey to fly by the moon and propel people farther into space than they have ever gone before. The Artemis II mission is scheduled to loop around the moon for the first time since the Apollo era.

NATO ​Secretary-General Mark Rutte will visit Washington next ‌week for what a spokesperson for the military alliance called a "long-planned visit" that comes after President Donald Trump blasted European ​allies over differences on the Iran war.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK must deepen its relationship with Europe, as the US-Israeli war with Iran threatens to derail economies across the continent and fracture the transatlantic alliance.

A rally in the $31 trillion Treasuries market stalled after economic data showed steady hiring and consumer spending on goods, offsetting the prospect of an end to the war in Iran that could pave the way for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts.

The Trump administration has lifted sanctions on Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez, according to the Treasury Department, as the U.S. seeks to rebuild ties with the Venezuelan government.

Global leaders have been scrambling to contain the rising cost of oil and gasoline since the start of the Iran war, which took a record amount of oil off the market when tankers full of crude were stranded in the Persian Gulf and military strikes damaged refineries,