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Guards from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) withdrew Tuesday from the sprawling al-Hol detention camp in northeast Syria, triggering accusations from Damascus that the move allowed Islamic State-linked detainees to escape, as fighting between the two sides pushed the country closer to renewed instability.

Greenland’s prime minister has warned residents and authorities to prepare for possible disruptions and security risks as U.S. President Donald J. Trump continues to threaten to takeover the Arctic island, despite mounting concern within the United States Congress.

The number of abortions in the United States continues to rise despite stronger state protections for unborn life following the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, with pro-life advocates pointing to mail-order abortion pills as the primary driver. Pro-choice researchers estimate the nation averaged nearly 99,000 abortions per month in early 2025, a trend conservatives say reflects regulatory loopholes rather than public rejection of pro-life laws.

A commuter train derailed late Tuesday near the city of Barcelona after a containment wall collapsed onto the track during heavy rain, killing the train’s driver and injuring around 20 people, Spanish authorities said.

Rescue workers continued recovery operations Tuesday after a devastating fire tore through a crowded shopping mall over the weekend in Pakistan’s largest city, killing at least 28 people, including a firefighter, according to officials.

As many as hundreds of additional Danish troops arrived in Greenland late Monday after U.S. Donald J. Trump made clear he wants to annex the territory by buying it from Denmark, while not ruling out using force.

The era of foreign missionaries in Turkey is drawing to a close as authorities increasingly detain, deport, or bar Christian workers from reentering the Muslim-majority nation, according to church leaders and human-rights advocates.

Iran’s Islamic regime has effectively erected a modern-day Berlin Wall — not of concrete and barbed wire, but of cables, servers, and state-controlled silence — as it plunges the country into a near-total internet blackout to crush nationwide protests and shield its violence from global scrutiny.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Monday that no Turkish or Qatari soldiers will be allowed to operate in the Gaza Strip, acknowledging a “certain dispute” with the United States over the composition of a U.S.-backed body intended to oversee Gaza’s postwar governance.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been invited to join a Board of Peace for Gaza proposed by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, to oversee post-war reconstruction in the Palestinian enclave, Hungary’s foreign minister said.