Gunshots have been heard in the Philippine Senate building, Senate authorities said on Wednesday, as a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court is holed up in the building to resist arrest.

Israel expanded its attacks on Lebanon, carrying out drone strikes on vehicles along the coastal highway south of Beirut and killing at least 12,

U.S. President Donald Trump heads to Beijing this week insisting he doesn't need China's help to end the war with Iran. "We'll win it one way or the other, peacefully or otherwise," he told reporters before departing from Washington.

Spc. Mariyah Symone Collington, 19, of Taveres, Florida, is the second U.S. soldier who fell off a cliff during a recreational hike in Morocco. The remains of 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr. were recovered last week.

Senate Republicans on Wednesday again blocked Democratic legislation that would halt President Donald Trump's war with Iran, but the number of GOP senators voting against the war grew. Republican Sen.

Nickolay Mladenov, who is overseeing the U.S.-led truce in Gaza, has tried to convince the militant group to give up its arms, but it has so far refused amid Israeli cease-fire violations.

The King's Speech by Charles III to MPs and Lords at the State Opening of Parliament was eclipsed by plotting and intrigue amid efforts to force Starmer out.

The Trump administration is suspending a requirement for visitors from certain countries to post bonds of as much as $15,000 to obtain a visa, an effort aimed at easing the financial burden for foreign soccer fans attending the World Cup.