The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter.

Britain’s defense minister ‌said he and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed the restoration of the Starlink service in Ukraine in talks on Thursday, and he stressed the need to move forward in supporting Kyiv following renewed discord between the US and Ukrainian leaders.

US President Donald Trump scrapped plans to livestream the execution of the former ​Army major who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, overruling Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Thursday after the proposal drew opposition from Republicans, religious leaders and the public.

A shooter opened fire on Thursday at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon and ​was promptly shot dead, and at ‌least two people were taken away by ambulance, officials said.

Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery on Thursday, after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv was “done” ​supporting a ceasefire on energy targets announced by US President Donald Trump and ignored by Russia.

At least 34 schoolchildren and a female teacher were killed on Thursday ​when the roof of a school collapsed during morning classes in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, police and rescue officials said.

A ​container ship and a dry bulk carrier have both sunk near the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours after being hit by projectiles in separate incidents, maritime officials said on Wednesday.

The Trump administration ​has rejected a government watchdog’s recommendation, opens new tab that US immigration officials should use technology that would ‌automatically activate body-worn cameras when an officer pulls their weapon or sets off a car siren.

Fiji is enlisting New Zealand’s intelligence agency to help overhaul its fragmented security sector, the government said, as US warnings of suspected ​China-linked cyber intrusions highlight concerns about vulnerabilities in the Pacific island ‌nation.

Yemen’s Houthis ​vowed on Wednesday to press on with attacks on airports and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, a day after a strike ‌that sources said caused extensive damage to the headquarters of oil giant Saudi Aramco(2223.SE).

Pope Leo’s recovery from surgery is progressing as expected and ​he has begun walking in his hospital room and eating normally, the Vatican said on Wednesday, after doctors announced the 71-year-old pontiff was being ‌treated for lung cancer.

A ​container ship and a dry bulk carrier have both sunk near the Strait of Hormuz in the past ‌24 hours after being hit by projectiles in separate incidents, maritime officials said on Wednesday.