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Europe is on the front lines of a growing water crisis, as climate change accelerates drought conditions and threatens water security for millions across the continent. With over 50% of European and Mediterranean territory experiencing drought in mid-May — the highest level since monitoring began in 2012 — experts warn that the situation demands urgent, coordinated action.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Donald Trump on Wednesday that Moscow will retaliate for Ukraine’s surprise drone strike deep inside Russian territory, while also offering to assist U.S. efforts to bring Iran to the negotiating table over its nuclear ambitions.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected a revised U.S. proposal to limit and eventually end uranium enrichment in the country, declaring it a direct affront to Iran’s sovereignty and independence. The rejection throws U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations into renewed crisis, as the Trump administration considers its next move.

President Donald Trump’s trade team sent letters to foreign nations facing reciprocal tariffs seeking their best trade offers by Wednesday as the administration looks to make deals.

The United States will drastically scale back its military presence in Syria, consolidating forces into a single base, part of a sweeping policy overhaul declared by newly appointed U.S. Special Envoy Thomas Barrack.

Oklahoma has appealed to the US Supreme Court to prevent the federal government from withholding Title X federal funding to its family planning services over the state’s refusal to refer women for abortions following its ban on the procedure, the Washington Times reports.

Highest number of Jews outside Israel, New York City has continued to see an alarming surge in antisemitic incidents since the Oct.7 Hamas attack on Israel triggered the ongoing war in Gaza, the Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA) reports.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz spent their first full day as running mates, vying for attention with ex-President Donald J. Trump’s running mate, who was also in the area.

In an important victory for federal authorities taking on Big Tech market control, a district judge in Washington DC has ruled that Google violated antitrust law by creating an illegal monopoly to become the world’s default search engine, Reuters reports.

Five states declared a state of emergency in response to Tropical Storm Debby, which brought record-setting rain to some of America’s most historic Southern cities. The storm was expected to cause prolonged downpours and flooding throughout Tuesday, prompting the rescue of hundreds from flooded homes.

At least five people, including three Israeli Arab tourists and two Egyptian hotel workers, have been injured after clashes near Egypt’s busiest border crossing with Israel, Egyptian and Israeli sources said Friday.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, in a meeting with Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi and other defense officials, announced his intention to “expand the goals of the war” to include the safe return of residents who had evacuated from the north back to their homes.

Archaeologists excavating in the Old City of Jerusalem have uncovered an exceedingly rare, highly artistic 2,700 stone seal that was probably made by a local Judahite craftsman, World Israel News (WIN) reports.

While still engaged in a war with Hamas in Gaza, and battling Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday carried out a targeted drone strike in Syria and killed Firas Qasem, a senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) organization, who was reportedly on his way to attack Israel, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.

The administration of outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden still believes it can broker a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia before the November U.S. presidential election.

A pastor in Nepal is seeking to be given a fine instead of the one-year prison sentence he has received for proselytizing, despite being ordered by the Nepalese Supreme Court to begin his jail sentence pending appeal, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

Continuing its crackdown on house churches and censorship of Christian materials, China’s ruling Communist Party has now blocked a popular prayer and Bible and app from being available to mainland Chinese citizens, CBN News reports.

Attacks against American churches have skyrocketed over the last decade due to growing anti-Christian sentiments in the United States, says a leading research and advocacy group in a new report.

Suspected Islamic terrorists murdered 15 people in an attack on a Catholic church in Oudalan province, northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, Christian Today (CT) reports.

Eleven members of the US-founded international Youth With A Mission (YWAM) evangelistic ministry were among those killed in a devastating traffic accident in the city of Arusha, northern Tanzania on Saturday, the Christian Post reports. The names of those involved in the accident have not yet been disclosed for security reasons.