The Pentagon estimated that the Iran war has cost $45.1 billion, asthe Defense Department's inspector general reported the conflict has severely depleted U.S. munitions. Amid the mounting military toll, the U.S. House approved a war powers resolution directing President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran,and U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie filed eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing him of conducting the war without congressional authorization.This comes as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis claimed to have struck sites in Riyadh, marking the first direct assault on the Saudi capital since ​the current escalation began, Saudi Arabia reportedly asked China to pressure the Houthis amid the escalating regional tensionsthat also saw Riyadh intercept a Houthi drone near the western city of Mecca,and the U.S. tentatively approved a $24.3 billion sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia.In related developments, Washington reportedly prepared a $2.8 billion arms sale to Israel that includes 40,000 bombs weighing 2,000 pounds each, families affected by Oct. 7 released a dossier attributing the Hamas attack to 15 years of policy lapses,and at least 20 people were left dead after a building collapse in Gaza City.Elsewhere, Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi warned that the country's finances were nearing a "critical point" as wartime funding pressures mounted, the EU pledged an additional 3.3 billion to Ukraine to procure missiles and drones,and NATO jets shot down a drone over Lithuania that officials said likely crossed the border from Belarus.Meanwhile, the Pentagon considered withdrawing 25,000 U.S. troops from Europe, about a third of the 80,000 currently stationed there,NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged the U.K. to increase defense spending to 3.5% of its GDP as alliance members debated military budgets,and the U.K. began talks to join a Canada-led defense bank.In other news, former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi was sentenced to 25 years in prison on war crime charges, Mali's Tuareg militants confirmed contacts with Russia's Africa Corps in pursuit of a political solution to the regional conflict,and the U.N. warned that Sudan's humanitarian pipeline was close to collapse as the civil war continued to strain aid operations.

The U.S. and Denmark reached a deal granting Washington authority over Greenland's security,Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed the European Parliament, saying he "welcomed"a proposal for Ottawa to become the EU's first associate member,and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz canceled his trip to the upcoming U.N. General Assembly in New York,as the U.S. granted visas to a delegation of Iranian officials to attend the summit,but maintained its visa ban on Palestinian representatives.This comes as Washington imposed new visa restrictions on foreign nationals allegedly enabling race-based discrimination in South Africa, Israel and Morocco upgraded their diplomatic relations by establishing full embassies and exchanging ambassadors,and a Seoul court ordered North Korea to pay $32.5 million for destroying the inter-Korean liaison office in 2020.Meanwhile, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson resigned after his bloc's election defeat, Russia held its first State Duma election since the war in Ukraine began,and hundreds of Congolese protested proposed constitutional reforms that could allow President Felix Tshisekedi to seek a third term.In other news, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeared before the International Criminal Court where he faces charges of crimes against humanity,former Georgian Security Chief Grigol Liluashvili received a 13-year sentence after being convicted of bribery, Brazil's Supreme Court postponed its decision on whether to investigate Justice Alexandre de Moraes,and Donald Trump Jr. confirmed that a Russian tycoon paid for his post-wedding celebration, prompting scrutiny of the arrangement.Elsewhere, Irish, Scottish and Welsh leaders signed a self-determination pact to coordinate their constitutional campaigns,and an English village voted to declare independence in protest of a proposed asylum plan.

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked new postal rules for mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterm elections, a whistleblower accused Homeland Security of conducting a potentially illegal probe into suspected noncitizen voting, claiming that federal employees were directed to misrepresent themselves on state voter lookup tools,and a coalition of cities and states sued the Trump administration over its public-charge visa rule.This comes as a court ruled against the White House's third-country deportations, saying detained migrants must be given a chance to contest their removal to third countries, over 300 Korean workers filed claims over a 2025 immigration raid in Georgia that saw them detained at a Hyundai-LG battery plant, a watchdog concluded that Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" confined migrants in small metal cages, raising concerns about detention conditions,and Mahmoud Khalil sued Columbia University over alleged anti-Palestinian discrimination.Meanwhile, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would not run for president in 2028 if Kamala Harris entered the race, clarifying his political plans,former CIA Director John Brennan was subpoenaed to testify in Florida's "grand conspiracy" investigation,FBI Director Kash Patel testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, defending his staffing decisions and use of government travel,and a report estimated that paid leave for U.S. federal employees reached $9.5 billion in 2025, renewing debate over government workforce costs.In other news, the Kennedy Center board voted to close the main performing arts building after a judge ruled it could not add Trump's name to the facade,and a judge set a 30-day required notice period before any demolition of the Kennedy Center.

Trump barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, alleging they publish "fake news," a group of scientists sued the U.S. National Institutes of Health, claiming the agency unconstitutionally screens research grants,and hackers accessed and removed a Flock surveillance camera and publicly shared the data they uncovered.Meanwhile, Amnesty International accused Iran of committing crimes against humanity during the 2022 "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests, China enacted new rules allowing entry and exit bans on national-security grounds, expanding officials' authority to prevent people from leaving the country, Turkey jailed dozens of LGBTQ+ activists under its "My Family is Safe" operation,and the EU proposed banning social media access for children under 13 as part of stricter online-safety rules.

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ally Alex Saab pleaded guilty in a $195 million U.S. corruption case, the U.S. House held Leon Black in contempt after the billionaire investor refused to comply with two subpoenas in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation,and Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman declined to seek the death penalty for Nick Reiner in the murder of his parents, American filmmaker Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.Meanwhile, a U.K. inquiry found that some infant deaths in the Lucy Letby case were preventable,as two experts resigned from the nurse's defense team, citing concerns over the scientific credibility of some of its evidence,and a U.K. man pleaded guilty to 60 counts of drugging and raping his wife over more than two decades.This comes as South African authorities searched for a suspect after nine women were found dead,and a Malaysian teenager was acquitted of a girl's murder on grounds of insanity.

Carney opened Canada's four largest airports to private investors, with the government retaining ownership of the land and assets, the U.S. approved up to $414 million in financing for a uranium project in Niger,and Elon Musk's X and SpaceXAI dropped their claims against Apple in a lawsuit alleging it conspired to monopolize markets for smartphones and generative AI chatbots.

The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates to 4% despite Trump's calls for cuts, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield reached 5% for the first time since October 2023,and the U.S. Senate blocked a bill to regulate the cryptocurrency market.Elsewhere, the Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate to 1.25%, reaching its highest level in 31 years.

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles announced she was cancer-free after being diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer earlier this year, Mitch McConnell returned to the U.S. Senate following a three-month health-related absence,and New York City ordered the cleaning of 10 cooling towers after preliminary testing detected Legionella bacteria.This comes as Pennsylvania sought emergency federal support amid its ongoing measles outbreak, at least 48 people died in Nigeria after reportedly consuming methanol-contaminated drinks,and Fiji declared HIV a national crisis, as infections placed growing pressure on the country's health system.Meanwhile, the number of centenarians in Japan reached 107,677, surpassing 100,000 for the first time, a study found that women were less likely than men to receive active medical treatment when diagnosed with the same medical condition,and the U.K. unveiled a new microscope to help researchers study conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease.

The U.S. repealed greenhouse-gas limits for power plants in what was described as the largest deregulatory package in the power sector in the country's history,and Trump signed two executive orders expanding hunting and fishing access on federal lands.Meanwhile, a study found that Greenland and Antarctica lost 11.3 trillion metric tons of ice since 1979, illustrating the scale of long-term melting, the World Meteorological Organization reported that 2025 was among the driest years for the world's rivers in 35 years,and a report found that heat and drought destroyed an estimated 3.1 million tons of potatoes in the EU, highlighting the effects of extreme weather on agriculture.

The non-profit Future of Life Institute hosted a "Pro-Human Assembly" rally in Washington to discuss the risks of AI,U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar pushed to ban AI superintelligence, seeking to prevent the development of systems beyond human control, King Charles III hosted an AI summit in Scotland, bringing together leaders to discuss the technology,and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Europe must develop its own AI capabilities in order to maintain its autonomy.Meanwhile, Canadian computer scientist Yoshua Bengio said concerns over AI were approaching a "COVID moment" and called for safeguards comparable to nuclear arms controls,British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton said U.S. Congress had one year to act on AI risks while urging lawmakers to introduce safeguards, over 170 Democratic staffers signed a letter urging party leaders to reject AI Super PAC cash,and an AI error reportedly nearly prompted a U.S. raid on a Chinese ship, raising concerns about the use of automated intelligence in military decisions.This comes as Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warned that Anthropic's method of training Claude could have disastrous consequences amid debate over advanced-system safety,OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the public is right to fear AI but pushed back against third-party oversight,and Trump called the backlash against AI a "sick conspiracy," while defending the technology's development.In other news, OpenAI disclosed six cases of system misalignment and introduced a reporting framework to improve transparency around AI failures, OpenAI reportedly paid contractors to read and rate users' private conversations, raising concerns about privacy and data handling, researchers reportedly hacked OpenAI systems using Anthropic's Claude in a demonstration of AI-assisted cybersecurity threats,and Anthropic launched a version of Claude for financial advisers, expanding the system into professional financial services.

Stanford researchers grew mice with brains composed partly of human cells in an experimental biomedical study,and scientists identified a new wild-cat species in Bolivia's cloud forest, expanding knowledge of the region's biodiversity.

The U.S. confirmed that it had deployed weapons in space, marking an expansion of military activity beyond Earth.

Australia's Fitzroy River was approved as the 2032 Olympics rowing venue, advancing preparations for the Brisbane Games,and Japan announced a new policy requiring off-season Mount Fuji climbers to pay for their rescues if they fail to submit a climbing plan in advance.

A migrant boat sank off a Greek island, killing at least one person,and Indonesian rescuers continued their search for 129 people missing after a ferry capsized in the Java Sea.

Singapore began paying citizens to log 15 minutes of reading each day as part of a literacy initiative.