Hundreds of National Guard soldiers in military fatigues and combat boots mingled with tourists, posed for selfies, and treated themselves to ice cream from food trucks on Thursday along Washington’s National Mall, one of the safest parts of America’s capital.

A referendum to push for the re-opening of Taiwan’s last nuclear plant failed on Saturday to reach the legal threshold to be valid, though the president said the island could return to the technology in the future if safety standards improve.

Syria’s first parliamentary election under its new Islamist administration, scheduled for September, will not include the southern province of Sweida and two other provinces because of security concerns, the electoral commission said on Saturday.

Brazil’s government ruled out the idea of subsidizing all delegates’ hotel fares at the United Nations climate summit it will host in November, Brazilian officials said on Friday, after what they described as a tense meeting with U.N. officials.

U.S. President Donald Trump renewed a threat to impose sanctions on Russia on Friday if there is no progress toward a peaceful settlement in Ukraine in two weeks, showing frustration at Moscow a week after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

The hunger crisis in Gaza is at a tipping point, with critically low supplies of fortified milk and special nutritious pastes exacerbating food shortages and pushing greater numbers of children into starvation, according to aid agencies, malnutrition experts and the United Nations.

A tour bus carrying about 50 people rolled over when the driver lost control on a western New York highway, causing multiple fatalities and dozens of injuries, police said on Friday.

Britain summoned Israel’s ambassador in London on Thursday following Israel’s approval of a widely condemned settlement plan that would cut across land which the Palestinians seek for a state.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would patrol the streets of Washington, D.C. on Thursday night with the police and military, after deploying National Guard troops in the nation’s capital last week.

Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab will raise the price of streaming service Apple TV+ by $3 starting Thursday, following a similar move by Comcast-owned (CMCSA.O), opens new tab NBCUniversal’s Peacock.

An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, injured at least 34 people on Thursday, police said, causing panic among residents.

Allied talk of sending European peacekeeping forces to protect Ukraine as part of a possible peace deal with Russia has sparked a backlash in Germany, a country still scarred by its militaristic Nazi past, even if the prospect remains remote.