Far-right supporters of a controversial Israeli death penalty law were popping champagne corks as it cleared the Knesset on Monday night, but its passage has sparked a global chorus of condemnation.

NATO ​Secretary-General Mark Rutte will visit Washington next ‌week for what a spokesperson for the military alliance called a "long-planned visit" that comes after President Donald Trump blasted European ​allies over differences on the Iran war.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK must deepen its relationship with Europe, as the US-Israeli war with Iran threatens to derail economies across the continent and fracture the transatlantic alliance.

Artemis II is designed to have four astronauts loop around the moon in a risky, technically challenging 10-day mission.

A rally in the $31 trillion Treasuries market stalled after economic data showed steady hiring and consumer spending on goods, offsetting the prospect of an end to the war in Iran that could pave the way for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts.

The Soviet-designed military transport turboprop aircraft crashed into a cliff, sources at the scene told state news agencies.

Global leaders have been scrambling to contain the rising cost of oil and gasoline since the start of the Iran war, which took a record amount of oil off the market when tankers full of crude were stranded in the Persian Gulf and military strikes damaged refineries,

The Iranian-aligned militia, Kataib Hezbollah, is pressing for the release of members detained by the Iraqi government in exchange for freeing the journalist, Shelly Kittleson.