Polls have predicted sweeping losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party as millions head to the ballot box in parliamentary elections in Scotland and Wales and local elections in England.

The United States and its partners have burned through an enormous amount of air defense missiles in the Iran war, and production is slow.

The plan would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and give the two countries 30 days to hammer out a comprehensive deal, according to three Iranian officials.

States are recognizing the ecological benefits of ripping out dams and reconnecting rivers.

The police in Britain said that a suspect was in custody after reports he had behaved in an “intimidating manner.”

The strike was the first near the Lebanese capital since a cease-fire that has curbed fighting but not halted it. Washington is pushing for a lasting peace, hoping it will ease diplomacy with Iran.

The Trump administration has slashed funding for infectious disease research and has far fewer employees, including disease detectives, to respond to outbreaks.

An Iranian official said that Tehran would convey its reply through Pakistan, a key mediator. Another Iranian official had earlier dismissed a reported proposal to end the war as a “list of American wishes.”

A report by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board offers new details about the China Eastern Airlines crash in 2022, which killed all 132 people on board.

The spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry, Esmail Baghaei, said late Wednesday that his government was reviewing an American response to a 14-point Iranian proposal to end the war and would give its response to Pakistan, a key mediator.