Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick mistakenly claimed no Americans died in the US-Israel war on Iran, later saying he was thinking of a Venezuela operation. The Pentagon counts 18 US service members killed in the conflict.

An EU auditor’s report finds the bloc’s defence readiness goal by 2030 faces significant obstacles, including fragmented national systems and continued reliance on US military capabilities.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado questions a major oil deal between Donald Trump and Venezuela’s interim government, arguing the regime lacks legitimacy to negotiate the country’s natural resources.

A Maltese court acquitted businessman Yorgen Fenech of ordering the 2017 murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, leaving her family and the nation searching for answers about who hired the killers.

The Trump administration has launched a dual strategy combining economic isolation with military pressure against Iran, though neither approach has convinced Iranian leadership to negotiate as regional tensions escalate.

At least 14 Serbian civil society members were targeted with advanced spyware earlier this year in what digital rights groups called the largest documented surveillance wave in the country’s history.

Israel’s far-right national security minister has outlined a plan for forced expulsion of all Palestinians from Gaza, proposing removal of 250,000 in the first year and the remaining population over six years.

Two Palestinian teenagers were fatally shot in a West Bank village encircled by settlers and troops, while Israeli forces demolished an entire Palestinian community in the South Hebron Hills.

Carla Jeffery, a US actress known for roles in Disney Channel’s Zombies films and Curb Your Enthusiasm, has died at age 33. No cause of death was disclosed.