The cost of the United States’ war in Iran has risen to $37.5 billion ​so far, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, as he faced skeptical lawmakers for the first time since heavy ‌bombings resumed to seek urgent funding for the unpopular conflict.

A teenage boy has been charged with murder after he allegedly killed his mother with a knife and stabbed his little sister, who managed to flee to get help.

The United States’ war in Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, an increase of nearly $8 billion since ​the last public estimate.

Australia has raised its concerns with China over its nuclear-capable missile test in the South Pacific, noting many of the region’s nations also shared the same view.

A 60-year-old man attacked two Greek-American tourists with a ​knife in the Acropolis ‌area, near the archaeological site which hosts Greece’s famed ancient monuments, before being ​arrested by police.

The Papua New Guinea Government has announced the closure of the Taipei Economic Office in Port Moresby, reaffirming its commitment to the One China policy.

Global ​hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, with improvements recorded across every continent, although mounting risks from climate ‌shocks and trade disruption could threaten further progress, a United Nations report said.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he would cut taxes on electricity bills, the first of several early moves to signal his intent to ease a cost-of-living ​crisis and quell anger over successive governments’ failure to bring change.

Philippine ‌President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will summon China’s ambassador in Manila, his office said, hours after Manila’s envoy in Beijing was similarly summoned following accusations by both sides of provoking tensions in the contested South China Sea.

An Israeli ​airstrike killed a father, his wife and their four children in Gaza City, while setting ‌their home ablaze, health officials said, in the latest deadly attack since a U.S.-backed ceasefire was agreed more than nine months ago.

U.S. President Donald Trump is poised ​to unleash fresh tariffs ‌on dozens of countries as soon as ​this week, the ​Financial Times reported, ⁠with his temporary ​10% global tariff scheduled ​to expire on Friday.

At least six people were ​killed and 21 injured after two earthquakes struck ‌a mountainous region of Peru, the country’s civil defense chief said on Sunday.