The pro-Israel lobbying group and influential political donor announced it would no longer endorse candidates or give directly to campaigns, instead mobilizing its members to give individually.

Steve Witkoff hailed the Russian leader as a “humanitarian” during talks in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, while the Kremlin said it is ready to resume trilateral peace talks with the U.S. and Ukraine.

Extreme weather events already being reported are expected to "multiply – and cascade," the World Meteorological Organization warned.

The U.S. State Department has ordered non-essential personnel and family members to leave its embassy in Saudi Arabia amid an increased Houthi threat.

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele says he has launched a military operation to rescue four Salvadoran aviation technicians kidnapped by gangs in Haiti.

Russian ⁠forces ⁠attacked ⁠the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with ​ballistic missiles on Wednesday ‌evening, damaging homes ‌and a ⁠petrol ⁠station and causing injuries, officials said. The ​city's military administration said missiles hit some ​private homes,

U.S. Democratic congressional nominee Brad Lander was detained along with about 80 American and Israeli rabbis and activists by Israeli security forces as they helped Palestinian olive harvesters.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have driven up costs for American families and upended a decades-old trade relationship as he unveiled a multibillion-dollar plan to shield Canada’s manufacturing heartland from the trade war.