"We've been warning about this for a long time," one local resident told CBS News. "It's like a tsunami — you see the smaller waves before the big one hits."

Moscow is reducing the footprint of its foremost annual military parade amid a wave of Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russia.

In southern Lebanon, towns near the border with Israel have been largely destroyed by Israeli demolitions and strikes. Israel says it has been attacking Hezbollah infrastructure, but civilian infrastructure has also been significantly affected.

Myanmar’s military government on Thursday moved the country’s ousted civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, from prison to house arrest, according to state media, as the junta

President Donald Trump has again threatened to pull U.S. troops out of Germany, a key NATO ally and the European Union’s largest economy. Europeans have heard this before. Trump's threats came after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said this week that the U.

U.S. President ​Donald ‌Trump said on ​Thursday ​that he ⁠would ​be removing ​tariffs and restrictions ​related ​to Scotland's ability ‌to ⁠work with the ​state ​of ⁠Kentucky on ​whiskey ​and ⁠bourbon.

Al-Qaeda-linked fighters killed the defense minister, a top Moscow ally, and forced Russian mercenaries to retreat, highlighting the Mali-Russia partnership’s failure.

Israeli forces intercepted and boarded an aid flotilla on international waters near Greece Thursday, blocking it from delivering aid to Gaza.