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WATCH: Pentagon speaks on U.S. raid in Syria, North Korea tensions

By Associated Press

Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder is expected to hold a news briefing on Thursday, a day after the U.S. announced its providing an additional $625 million in military aid to Ukraine.

U.S. hits Iran with more sanctions in response to Mahsa Amini’s death

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control on Thursday designated seven high-ranking leaders for financial penalties due to the shutdown of Iran's internet access, repression of speech and violence inflicted on protesters and civilians.

Myanmar court sentences Japanese journalist to prison after filming anti-government protest

By Grant Peck, Associated Press

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese journalist to prison after he filmed an anti-government protest in July.

Israel army says it not responsible for death of 7-year-old Palestinian boy

By Associated Press

The Israeli military says it committed no wrongdoing in the death of a 7-year-old Palestinian boy whose family says he "died of fear" after an encounter with Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank.

Russian missiles hit apartment block in Ukrainian city near nuclear plant, local leaders say

By Adam Schreck, Associated Press

A regional leader says Russia launched two missile attacks that hit apartment blocks in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Thursday, killing three people and wounding at least 12 in the city close to Europe's biggest nuclear power plant.

Global economy ‘likely to get worse before it gets better’ warns IMF

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

The International Monetary Fund is once again lowering its projections for global economic growth in 2023.

North Korea flies warplanes near South Korean border after launching missiles

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

Tensions have risen sharply on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea’s recent barrage of missile tests prompted South Korea, the United States and Japan to conduct joint drills in response.

Brittney Griner afraid she will be ‘left and forgotten in Russia,’ wife says

By Associated Press

Cherelle Griner said the basketball player told her in a phone call that she felt “like my life just doesn’t matter.”…

Former police officer attacks Thai day care center, kills at least 36

By Tassanee Vejpongsa, Associated Press

A former policeman burst into a day care center in northeastern Thailand, killing dozens of children and teachers and then firing on more people as he fled.

22 dead and dozens missing after 2 migrant ships sink near Greece

By Thanassis Stavrakis, Srdjan Nedeljkovic, Associated Press

Bodies are floating amid splintered wreckage in the water off two Greek islands as the death toll from the sinking of two migrant boats in Greek waters has risen to 22, with many still missing.