US President Donald Trump on Thursday evoked the death penalty for Democratic lawmakers who urged the military to refuse illegal orders, calling them traitors and accusing them of sedition.

Ukraine said Thursday it had received a US "draft plan" with proposals to end its war with Russia and was ready to engage with Washington on the contents.

Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed, said that Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus will not be able to kill his mother.

Indigenous protesters at UN climate talks in Brazil have zeroed in on a major grievance: A planned railway that would stretch almost the distance from London to Berlin and cut through the Amazon rainforest.

British-American journalist Mehdi Hasan sharply criticised US President Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump, after he made sweeping allegations about New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, accusing him of anti-Indian and antisemitic attitudes.

The United States has presented a plan to Ukraine with a list of sweeping concessions Kyiv could make to potentially end the war with Russia, a proposal that appears to echo many of Moscow's maximalist demands.

Voluntary assisted dying, also known as medical aid in dying (MAID), is legal across all Australian states for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.

India and Japan are preparing among the most ambitious space missions of this decade - a joint lunar exploration that could change the way humanity looks at the Moon.

Iran has asked Saudi Arabia to persuade the US to revive stalled nuclear talks, underlining Tehran's anxiety over a possible repeat of Israeli airstrikes and its deepening economic issues, two regional sources with knowledge of the matter said.

Pope Leo XIV called on the Italian Church to develop a "culture of prevention" on clerical child sex abuse, after criticisms that it has been slow to respond to the global crisis.

The fate of Wall Street's staggering bets on artificial intelligence will rest squarely on Nvidia on Wednesday when the chipmaker reports results, with investors seeking signs that bubble worries are overblown.

Trump rolled out an opulent reception for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Washington, extending both a security pact featuring warplanes and a public defence of the royal's alleged role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday highlighted President Vladimir Putin's meeting with China's Premier Li Qiang, calling the current phase of the partnership between the two nations the strongest in their history.

Greene, who has been one of the most prominent voices in the MAGA movement, has not shirked from criticising her own party or taking on Trump directly over the Epstein scandal, foreign policy, healthcare costs or the government shutdown.

Tesla's gaudy $1 trillion executive-compensation package for CEO Elon Musk has obscured a more pressing concern: Musk's 2018 pay package, still tied up in court, could eat up years' worth of the electric vehicle maker's future profits.

Ukraine said Thursday it had received from Russia the bodies of 1,000 people that Moscow said were killed Ukrainian soldiers, in the latest repatriation between the two sides.

Gaza health authorities said fresh Israeli air strikes killed four people Thursday as Qatar, a mediator of the weeks-long ceasefire, warned that renewed attacks threatened to undermine the fragile truce between Israel and Hamas.

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not use artificial intelligence tools himself, but officials who work for him do, the Kremlin said on Thursday.

US Mayoral Election 2025 LIVE: In the United States, New York City, New Jersey, Virginia, and California are voting in the first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

A court in Spain said Thursday it has ordered Facebook owner Meta to pay local media outlets 479 million euros ($552 million) in compensation for "unfair competition" plus 60 million euros in interest.