Trump hailed a cease-fire between the two sides ahead of the parade, as Zelensky issued an apparently tongue-in-cheek decree permitting the event.

Thursday’s U.K. election results showed voters’ frustration with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, as they voted out Labour officials and rewarded Reform UK.

The UK will deploy one of its warships to the Middle East as part of planning for a European-led mission to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz once there’s a stable ceasefire.

President Trump announced last week that the United States will remove 5,000 troops from Germany, possibly as the beginning of a larger drawdown. Pentagon planners anticipate a phased reduction over the next 12 months that could see the total U.

A Labour Party lawmaker threatened to trigger a leadership contest to replace Keir Starmer, casting a shadow over the UK prime minister’s efforts to shore up his party after heavy election losses by appointing Gordon Brown as special envoy on global finance.

Australia has charged three women linked to ISIS with crimes against humanity and slavery after they returned home from Syria.

Geopolitical tensions spilled over into the Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition, which opens its most chaotic and contested edition in memory Saturday with no Golden Lions after the jury quit in protest of Israel’s and Russia’s participation and loud protests outside their pavilions.

Two activists arrested last month when Israeli forces intercepted ‌the Gaza-bound flotilla they were travelling on are expected to be deported in the coming days after being released from security detention on Saturday,