Norway’s multibillion-dollar military and civilian support for Ukraine’s fight to defeat Russia’s invasion will stretch into next year, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said Monday during a visit to Kyiv, as uncertainty surrounds U.S.-led efforts to secure a peace settlement. Store, whose country borders Russia, told a news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Ukraine is “defending a critical principle on the European level” by refusing to accept Russia’s seizure of territory. A stream of high-ranking visitors to Kyiv in recent days reflects concerns around the U.S.-led peace drive, as President Donald Trump weighs how to proceed with no sign of...

 Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe on Saturday paid tribute to slain presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay at a Bogotá park where he was gunned down, calling for a stronger security crackdown as violence surges nationwide. The 39-year-old politician was shot in the back while delivering a campaign speech in Colombia’s capital in June alongside a small security detail. The two men are not related but belong to the same political party. “May this place symbolize an eternal flame, like Miguel’s eternal love for Colombia,” Uribe said beside a photo of Uribe Turbay. “May those who pass through this place find that Miguel inspires the...

The sole survivor of a deadly lunch laced with toxic mushrooms said on Monday he felt only half alive following the death of his wife and he continued to grieve the loss of his two closest friends. Ian Wilkinson read the first victim impact statement in at a sentencing hearing for Erin Patterson at the Victoria state Supreme Court. The 50-year-old will be sentenced on Sept. 8 on three counts of murder and one of attempted murder. The prosecution argued for a life sentence without possibility of parole, while defense lawyers want her to become eligible for release after serving 30 years....

Principals this week in El Salvador began greeting students individually at school gates, not only to wish them “buenos días,” but also to inspect their haircuts and school uniforms. President Nayib Bukele has expanded his efforts to remake his country to students’ appearance as part of bringing discipline back to schools, once a recruiting ground for the country’s powerful gangs. His newly appointed education minister, Karla Trigueros, is an Army captain and physician who visits the country’s schools wearing fatigues. She sent a memo Monday to all school principals saying not only would they be held to a high standard as role...

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in dozens of camps in Bangladesh marked the eighth anniversary of their mass exodus, demanding a safe return to their previous home in Rakhine state. The refugees gathered Monday in an open field at a camp in Kutupalong, in the Cox’s Bazar district in southeastern Bangladesh, the site of a large refugee camp. They carried banners reading “No more refugee life” and “Repatriation the ultimate solution.” They were marking what they called “Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day.” “We want to go back to our country with equal rights like other ethnic groups in Myanmar,”...

A live stream captured the moment Israel bombed Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Patients, medical staff, civil defense workers, and journalists were killed and wounded in that terrorist attack. The two successful strikes on Monday struck the ambulance and civil defense crews pulling survivors from the rubble, totaling 15 inclusive four journalists. Among the victims are journalists Mohammad Salama (Al Jazeera), Hossam Al-Masri (Reuters), Maryam Abu Daqqa, and Muath Abu Taha. Israel is yet to comment, according to Sky News. first strike the second strike