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Hungary’s only nuclear power plant was operating at just over 10 percent of capacity Tuesday after narrowly avoiding an unprecedented complete shutdown, while neighboring Romania used military explosives to clear a rocky obstruction and improve water flow to its own nuclear station during an intense heatwave.

The United States has expanded its intelligence presence in Cuba as the Trump administration presses Havana’s communist government to accept sweeping reforms or surrender its grip on power, according to a Politico report.

President Donald Trump delivered a stark warning to Iran on Monday, saying its leaders have one final opportunity to reach an agreement with the United States before facing what he described as “decapitation.”

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar urged citizens and businesses to conserve electricity as the country confronted the most critical phase of an unprecedented energy crisis triggered by a severe heatwave and the shutdown of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States as Kyiv sought additional U.S. military assistance and numerous people were killed in the latest Russian and Ukrainian strikes.

President Donald Trump openly questioned whether Senate Majority Leader John Thune should remain in his leadership post as tensions intensified over the Senate’s failure to advance Trump’s election-integrity agenda.

A federal appeals court has upheld the rejection of an attempt by Democratic Party leaders and campaign committees to immediately block President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking tighter citizenship-verification and mail-ballot procedures.

President Donald Trump led tributes Tuesday to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham at Washington National Cathedral, remembering his longtime political ally as a towering figure in the Senate and a “true American original.”

The Senate confirmed Jay Clayton on Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, placing a permanent leader over the nation’s intelligence community after weeks of uncertainty surrounding the post.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said federal investigators spent approximately eight months locating Dr. Anthony Fauci’s private journals, which Kennedy claimed had been scattered across 11 separate government servers.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed for Washington on Monday ahead of a closely watched meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, saying Iran and efforts to expand regional peace agreements would be at the center of the discussions. Netanyahu left Israel from Nevatim Airbase after an unexplained delay under heightened security precautions.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Damascus is seeking a security agreement with Israel that could eventually open the door to broader peace talks, declaring that his government has no interest in entering another military confrontation with the Jewish state.

Archaeologists excavating near Jerusalem’s Tower of David have uncovered a rare clay mold used to produce female figurines during the First Temple period, offering a striking glimpse into the religious struggle that unfolded in the Biblical city during the age of the prophets.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday as the two leaders confront critical decisions over Iran, Gaza and the broader security landscape across the Middle East.

Israel’s Security Cabinet approved in principle Sunday the deployment of an international stabilization force in parts of the Gaza Strip, clearing the way for an initial reconstruction and humanitarian project in Rafah.

Outspoken Christians and other government critics are expected to face mounting pressure after Nicaragua’s long-serving President Daniel Ortega said the Central American nation will no longer hold elections, eliminating any possibility of an electoral challenge when his current term ends next year and further consolidating the power he shares with his wife, Rosario Murillo.

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation that could suspend American assistance to Nigeria unless its government takes measurable steps to protect Christians and prosecute those responsible for religiously motivated violence.

Powerful flash floods have swept away churches, damaged schools and homes, and severed vital transportation routes in a remote border region of northeastern India.

Pakistani Christian advocacy leaders have praised the European Union’s legislature for condemning the persecution of Christians and other violations of freedom of religion or belief in Pakistan and several other countries.

An American aid worker with the Christian charity Samaritan’s Purse who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has arrived in Germany for treatment, the health ministry in Berlin said Monday, amid warnings that the potentially deadly disease is spreading much faster than official figures suggest.