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A Hong Kong court sentenced three pro-democracy activists to 5-7 years in prison Friday for organizing annual Tiananmen Square vigils, convicting them of inciting subversion under Beijing’s national security law.

Tornado researchers drive toward storms to gather data that could improve warnings and building safety, but funding cuts threaten their work as the tornado map shifts eastward.

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner faced criticism over their ceasefire negotiation attempts in Ukraine, as Russia escalated attacks on Ukrainian officials and showed little interest in a settlement.

Ecuadorian fishermen report being attacked by US military forces at sea, with some vessels destroyed and crews detained. The incidents coincide with the Trump administration’s intensified campaign against suspected drug-trafficking in the Pacific Ocean.

UK lawmakers voted against legalizing assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and Wales on Friday, with 286 opposing and 270 supporting the measure.

U.S. health authorities declared an end to the nation’s largest recorded cyclosporiasis outbreak, which sickened nearly 13,000 people across 21 states linked to contaminated iceberg lettuce.

Iran will meet with Gulf states and Iraq in Oman on Monday to discuss management of the Strait of Hormuz, which has been disrupted by Tehran since late February.

Houthi forces advanced down Yemen’s Red Sea coast this week, consolidating control over a strategic shipping route and undermining the Yemeni government’s recently projected military unity and momentum.

Declassified British documents from 2002 reveal UK diplomats documented systematic Israeli human rights abuses in the occupied West Bank, yet successive governments continued arming Israel for over two decades.