China has officially opened the 134-kilometre Pinglu Canal, providing landlocked regions with direct sea access and slashing transport distances to Southeast Asia.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has dismissed reports that Ottawa is seeking European Union membership, opting instead for a bespoke strategic alliance as trade tensions with the United States escalate.

Recovered from a water well in 1889, the Nampa figurine continues to spark debate over archaeological methodology, pseudoscience, and historical hoaxes.

Alex Saab pleaded guilty in a Miami federal court to money laundering tied to a Venezuelan food subsidy scheme, agreeing to forfeit $195 million and cooperate with federal authorities.

Saudi-led coalition forces intercepted and destroyed a drone south of Mecca. Houthi officials rejected allegations of targeting the holy city.

Former Venezuelan businessman Alex Saab has pleaded guilty to money laundering and agreed to cooperate with U.S. authorities, forfeiting $195 million tied to a food-subsidy scheme.

Chancellor John Healey is in talks with Ottawa for the UK to join a Canada-led multilateral defence bank, despite Treasury resistance over costs.

A Malaysian court has acquitted Muhyiddin of four charges in the Jana Wibawa graft case as the prosecution formally closed its case.

Russia and Ukraine have declared competing, unilateral ceasefires as their protracted war stretches into its fourth year, setting the stage for a tense standoff.

UN human rights chief Volker Türk warned that the recovery of hundreds of bodies from Gaza's rubble could signal potential war crimes amid severe logistical hurdles.

A report faults the Countess of Chester Hospital management for systemic failures and delayed police involvement during neonatal nurse Lucy Letby's crimes.

A Pentagon inspector general report reveals that heavy munitions expenditures during the military campaign against Iran caused severe U.S. inventory shortfalls.

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink announced that the United States has placed on-orbit space control weapons in Earth's orbit to defend against adversaries.

Veteran US Senator Mitch McConnell has returned to the United States Senate in a wheelchair following a three-month absence sparked by a serious fall.

A Stockport husband in his sixties has admitted to a campaign of abusing his wife over two decades, pleading guilty to 60 criminal counts including rape.

Following a chaotic race in Beijing where an athlete won despite suffering bowel incontinence, Hyrox has issued an apology and overhauled its rules.

The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration's attempt to enforce new mail-in voting restrictions for the upcoming midterm elections, preserving existing voting procedures.

Lawmakers face a crowded legislative agenda focusing on military funding, AI regulation, and fraud prevention as Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate.

Italian Typhoon jets operating under NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission intercepted and destroyed an unmanned aircraft that breached Lithuanian airspace from Belarus.

A diplomatic crisis erupted at the IAEA after the US blocked Iran's nuclear chief from attending the annual conference in Vienna using UN snapback sanctions.