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Saudi Arabia launched covert airstrikes inside Iran during the recent Middle East war, according to a Reuters exclusive citing two Western officials and two Iranian officials — a move that, if confirmed, would mark the first known Saudi military action carried out directly on Iranian soil. The reported strikes came in late March after the kingdom suffered Iranian attacks, including missile and drone strikes that exposed vulnerabilities in the U.S.-backed security umbrella protecting Gulf Arab states.

Hungary’s new government signaled Monday it will continue buying Russian energy despite European Union plans to phase out imports of Russian oil and natural gas, raising the prospect of an early confrontation with Brussels.

The United States has been holding regular negotiations with Denmark and Greenland to expand America’s military presence on the strategic Arctic island, according to the BBC citing multiple officials familiar with the talks.

President Donald Trump will arrive in Beijing this week for a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as Washington intensifies pressure on both China and Iran amid a fragile ceasefire the president described as being on “massive life support.”

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced mounting pressure Tuesday to announce his resignation timetable after his ruling Labour Party suffered devastating losses in local and regional elections across the United Kingdom.

British paratroopers and military medics were deployed to the world’s most remote inhabited island after a suspected hantavirus case linked to a deadly cruise ship outbreak triggered international health concerns.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Iran rejected each other’s latest peace proposals aimed at ending the 10-week war, sending the U.S. dollar higher against major currencies as investors sought safety amid renewed Middle East uncertainty.

A tense calm settled over Moscow Sunday after Russia’s annual Victory Day Parade was overshadowed by fears of Ukrainian drone and “terror attacks,” with the Kremlin reportedly increasingly concerned about the security of President Vladimir Putin following a rare strike on the Russian capital.

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar urged the nation’s president to resign immediately in an unprecedented inaugural speech in parliament Saturday, while an estimated 200,000 supporters watched proceedings outside on giant screens in central Budapest.

Satellite imagery appears to show a massive oil slick spreading off the coast of Iran’s strategically vital Kharg Island, raising fresh concerns over environmental damage and growing instability in the Persian Gulf amid ongoing regional tensions.

Indonesia was dealing with the aftermath of several deadly natural disasters Saturday, with authorities saying at least three hikers were killed in a volcanic eruption and three others died after torrential rain triggered a landslide earlier this week.

Outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Friday he is ready to face justice if prosecuted over alleged corruption accusations and defended his record as Hungary’s longest-serving government leader in recent history.

The United States launched retaliatory strikes against Iranian military facilities Thursday night after three U.S. Navy destroyers came under attack while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to U.S. Central Command.

Russian Shahed drones struck a kindergarten in Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast despite a Kyiv-declared ceasefire, killing at least one person, witnesses and officials said Thursday.

Hungary prepared Thursday for what supporters called the “end of the Orbán regime,” with thousands expected to gather in Budapest to celebrate ahead of the swearing-in of incoming Prime Minister Péter Magyar.

An explosion rocked the headquarters of the Dutch ruling center-left party Democrats 66 (D66) in The Hague late Thursday amid mounting tensions over the government’s controversial asylum seekers policies, but there were no injuries, authorities said.