The Trump administration is launching an effort to dismantle what it calls the threat ‌to U.S. sovereignty by the International Criminal Court, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday.

Ukraine and key Western allies on Monday announced an air-defence coalition that would include jointly developing a new anti-ballistic missile system as an alternative ​and cheaper solution to the U.S. Patriot system.

Ukrainian lawmakers were getting ready to vote on another government this week after the president dismissed his prime minister in a ​move he said would bring fresh thinking, but critics warned could stoke disorder at a key point in the war.

A U.S. judge on Monday found that President Donald Trump improperly used a $10 billion lawsuit he ​filed against the IRS to extract personal benefits from the government he oversees, preventing the terms of a settlement agreement from taking legal effect.

Yemen’s Houthi movement fired missiles at Saudi ​Arabia after accusing the kingdom of bombing an airport under their control on Monday, breaking a four-year truce in the conflict between ‌the kingdom and the Iran-aligned group.

Oil prices settled up more than 9% on Monday at a one-month high.

An explosive fire at a pub in Thailand’s capital Bangkok ​killed 27 people and injured dozens, officials said on Monday, with police investigating possible negligence including obstructed emergency exits as people scrambled to flee the burning venue.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to two more ​northeastern provinces, Haut-Uele and Tshopo, the country’s public health institute ‌said in its latest report.

U.S. and Iranian forces have exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults, with Tehran targeting U.S. facilities in states across the Gulf ​on Sunday and saying it had again closed the vital Strait of Hormuz.

A British woman has died of injuries sustained in wildfires that swept ‌through Spain’s southeastern Almeria province starting on Thursday, bringing the total number killed to 13, the regional government said on Sunday night.

European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heatwave that engulfed the west of the continent in late June, official data showed.

The US insists the Strait of Hormuz is open, despite Iran saying it has closed the waterway amid renewed strikes.