At least 30 people were killed in a Russian strike on a commuter bus in the country’s east, officials said, a day after an attack on an apartment building far behind the combat zone killed 22.

Just over 150 high schools were closed, and France’s education minister invited three major student groups to meet with him on Thursday afternoon.

Saudi-led forces in Yemen said they intercepted two missiles targeting Riyadh. The kingdom is on edge after the authorities said strikes killed three people on Wednesday.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine revealed last month that two POWs defected to South Korea. South Korea accused him of breaking a confidentiality agreement.

The new runway in Ban Keun is currently used by only small jets. Neighboring nations are watching warily to see if Beijing expands it for larger aircraft.

After trading his military uniform for civilian clothes, Myanmar’s strongman president, U Min Aung Hlaing, is in Malaysia, his ninth stop on a search for international legitimacy.

Middle-of-the-night evacuations and fears about death have become the norm for workers at Russian e-commerce companies targeted by Ukraine.

A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.

The diplomatic facility, in East Jerusalem, was under threat of being shut but will remain under a new name, the British foreign secretary said.

Abhijeet Dipke started the movement as a joke. But after ousting a minister over a dysfunctional college entrance exam system, India’s youth say they now want to save democracy.