A Russian-American woman arrested earlier this year while visiting family in Russia went on trial for alleged treason after authorities accused her of raising money to send to the Ukrainian army.

Slovakia’s parliament approved the government’s planned revamp and leadership change at public broadcaster RTVS.

Plenaries in Colombia’s lower house and Senate both approved a request from the leftist government of President Gustavo Petro to increase the debt ceiling to $17.6 billion to finance its development plans and comply with payment terms.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced a set of measures to protect Ukraine’s energy system, including protection for plants coming under Russian fire and the development of alternative renewable energy sources.

The Biden administration will award nearly $110 million in security and police assistance to Haiti.

Several Israeli air strikes in the central and northern Gaza Strip overnight and into Thursday killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens of others, according to medics, while tanks deepened their invasion into Rafah in the south, residents said.

North Korea and Russia have agreed to provide immediate military assistance if either faces armed aggression, according to the full text of a landmark pact released by Pyongyang after a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wanted to build a “reliable security architecture” in the Asia-Pacific region during a state visit to Vietnam, part of a trip to Asia seen as show of defiance to the West.

The Canadian Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador imposed a partial fire ban after an out-of-control blaze forced the evacuation of a town close to a huge underground power plant.

Deadly heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marks the first day of summer.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia might supply weapons to North Korea in what he suggested would be a mirror response to the Western arming of Ukraine.

Urgent action must be taken in the Red Sea to stop attacks on merchant shipping by Yemen’s Houthis, leading industry groups said, after the sinking of a second ship.