Iran’s armed forces are prepared for any ​renewed U.S. attacks, state media quoted ‌army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia saying on Sunday, after US President Donald Trump said he rejected an ​Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait ​of Hormuz and end fighting.

The Russian defence ministry said on Sunday its ​forces had carried out overnight drone ‌strikes on logistics centres, port and transport infrastructure, as well as communications centres and vessels that ​Moscow said were linked to the ​Ukrainian military.

A strong nor’easter hitting the US East Coast from Washington, D.C. to Maine this ​weekend forced airlines to cancel over 400 flights and ‌knocked out power to more than 100,000 homes and businesses at one point on Saturday.

Crowds stretched the length of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris on Saturday, as Pope Leo urged Catholics to find happiness in faith, ‌not material things, at the biggest event of his visit to France, an outdoor Mass with an estimated 800,000 people.

Bangladesh launched a nationwide measles-rubella vaccination campaign on Saturday, targeting 3.4 million unvaccinated and missed children, amid its worst-ever measles outbreak, which ​has killed more than 1,000 people and infected tens of ‌thousands.

Hurricane Polo regained Category 5 ​strength on Friday as it moved away from Mexico’s Pacific coast and into open ‌waters, while forecasters tracked a separate disturbance to the south that could develop into another tropical cyclone in the coming days.

There have been dozens of cases of artificial intelligence agents wrongfully accessing classified information beyond Australia’s Medicare hack, Anthony Albanese says.

A strong nor’easter is expected to bring flooding, powerful wind gusts, heavy ​rain and rip currents to areas along the East Coast from Maine to ‌Washington, D.C., over the weekend.

Hundreds of truckers took part in a “go-slow” convoy along a motorway in north-central Portugal on Friday, while commuters blared their horns on Lisbon’s ​main bridge to protest against soaring fuel costs.

The US Supreme Court revived on Friday an expanded immigration database that President Donald Trump’s administration said aims to combat voting by noncitizens but critics contend could disenfranchise eligible voters.

The World Health Organization said on Friday that the ​Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of ‌the Congo has spread to two additional health zones, bringing the total number affected to 63 across seven provinces.

Steelmaker ArcelorMittal said it was shutting ​production at Ukraine’s largest steel plant, underscoring the growing economic toll of Russia’s airstrikes that on Friday killed seven people in Kyiv including a 14-year-old boy ‌and injured 58.