The chief of Russia’s general staff Valery Gerasimov told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Russian forces had taken control of the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk.

Talks at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil were disrupted on Thursday after a fire broke out in the venue, triggering an evacuation just as negotiators were hunkering down to try to land a deal to strengthen international climate efforts.

India’s anti-terrorism agency said on Thursday it had arrested four more people, including three doctors, in connection with last week’s deadly car blast in Delhi, the first such attack in the heavily-guarded capital in more than a decade.

President Donald Trump on Thursday assailed Democratic lawmakers who told members of the U.S. military they must refuse any illegal orders, calling them traitors who could face execution.

Turkey would host next year’s UN climate summit while Australia would lead the conference’s negotiations among governments, under a compromise deal that three sources familiar with the matter said was taking shape in talks.

Brazil’s president was meeting with key negotiators at the COP30 summit as part of a drive to land an early deal on some of the most divisive issues in the global climate talks, including fossil fuels and climate finance.

Spain’s Supreme Court ordered the provisional release from jail of a former senior official in the ruling Socialist Party, citing a reduced risk of evidence tampering amid an ongoing corruption investigation.

A U.S. judge said he was resuming his long-stalled court proceeding to determine whether Trump administration officials willfully violated a court order by deporting hundreds of men to El Salvador in March.

Germany will not hit its own 3.5% defence spending target in 2029, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said, as the country ramps up spending in the wake of Russia’s war with Ukraine.

Cuba’s imports of crude and fuel in the first 10 months of the year fell more than a third compared with the same period of 2024 as key allies Mexico and Venezuela slashed supplies, according to shipping data and documents seen by Reuters, preventing the Caribbean country from easing daily power cuts.

At least 25 people were killed in a Russian drone and missile attack overnight that hit apartment buildings in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil, Ukrainian officials said.

Members of Congress hosted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the U.S. Capitol, on the second day of a visit to Washington that has aimed to tout stronger-than-ever economic and security ties while brushing off scrutiny of his human rights record.