South Korea said Wednesday that joint military exercises currently underway with the United States were being scaled back after President Donald Trump, citing his “very good” relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,

Israel struck an air base in northwest Syria early Tuesday, saying it aimed to prevent Turkish troops from deploying there. Turkey, which has close ties with the Syrian government and has been providing assistance to Syria's military.

A Ukrainian man was arrested Wednesday in Croatia in connection with the 2022 undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany, Germany’s federal prosecutor said.

Pakistan’s government will challenge part of a court ruling allowing former Prime Minister Imran Khan to be transferred to a private hospital from prison, where he’s been held for more than three years without much public visibility.

Shipping through the ⁠Strait ⁠of Hormuz slowed, data ⁠showed on Wednesday, as most shipowners avoided the key ​waterway because of a lack of clear signalling on its reopening ‌from a blockade during the ‌Iran war.

The 1,200 deportees will include Africans as well as nationals from North America, South America and the Caribbean, with the first batch of 20 expected on Thursday.

The race for Nigeria’s top job began Wednesday as the West African nation’s electoral commission formally opened the campaign season

The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold spent four days without power last month after a problem with its engineering, according to a spokesperson for the Navy's 7th Fleet.