The launch came after senior U.S. and South Korean officials met this weekend and agreed to incorporate nuclear operation scenarios in their combined military exercises next summer.
Jimmy Lai, who founded the pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily, faces a possible life sentence after being charged under the controversial national security law imposed after Hong Kong’s 2019 protests.
The central Mediterranean Sea is one of the world’s most dangerous routes for migrants forced to flee war and poverty in the Middle East and North Africa.
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the first cardinal ever prosecuted by the Vatican criminal court, was absolved of several other charges, and his nine co-defendants received some guilty verdicts and many acquittals.
Ukraine said it had shot down 30 drones launched over its territory, while Russia said it had destroyed 32 Ukrainian drones over the Crimean Peninsula.
The Israel Defense Forces announced it mistakenly killed three Israeli hostages in northern Gaza, saying they likely escaped or were abandoned by Hamas.