Despite violent government crackdowns, protests over the death of Mahsa Amini have intensified, with workers from the country's vital oil sector going on strike this week.

The Los Angeles City Council is meeting amid fallout after a racist conversation between three of its members was captured in a leaked audio recording.

The United Nations General Assembly holds an emergency special session to discuss Russia's illegal annexation of parts of Ukraine.

Ukrainian officials said a barrage of missiles killed at least 13 people in the city, located in the country's south.

A large explosion hit the Kerch Strait Bridge on Saturday. The bridge links the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula to Russia, and is a primary supply route for Russian troops fighting in the south of Ukraine.

Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency for New York City in response to an influx of migrants from Latin America. The mayor said that the city was prepared to spend $1 billion to address the crisis.

Family members and mourners laid flowers outside the day care center in northeastern Thailand where a gunman killed three dozen people, including 24 young children.

During a campaign stop in Wadley, Ga., Herschel Walker, the state's Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, dismissed a report that he paid for an ex-girlfriend's abortion.

During his visit to IBM's Hudson Valley facility in New York, President Biden highlighted the CHIPS and Science Act that provides subsidies to companies that sign up to jump-start domestic production of semiconductor chips.

President Biden and Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida both acknowledged their cooperation in Hurricane Ian recovery efforts.