Kyiv had its worst night yet of Russian missile strikes, with air defenses failing to stop many missiles, including one that hit a resident's home.
Ukraine's president told NATO's chief a shortage of Patriot air-defense missiles is costing lives after a Russian strike on Kyiv, even as the European Union sent a first 1.4 billion euro payment funded by profits from frozen Russian assets.
Ukraine says it does not have enough Patriot air-defense missiles, called interceptors, to stop Russian missile attacks, and the shortage is costing lives after a deadly strike on Kyiv.
The interest rate the US government pays on 30-year debt has hit its highest level since 2007, as investors worry about US debt levels.
The European Commission has given Ukraine an initial €1.4 billion, paid for not with Russia's frozen central bank reserves themselves but with the interest those reserves have earned since being frozen after Russia's 2022 invasion.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement that Israeli troops will not leave Gaza until Hamas gives up its weapons entirely, rejecting the terms of a Gaza ceasefire and disarmament deal that US President Donald Trump announced only days earlier.
China announced new measures against the United States, including putting American firms on a trade blacklist and tightening controls on drone exports.
President Trump told Fox News that Iran will face a heavy military strike if nuclear negotiations break down again, keeping that option open even as Iran, the United States and Oman say they are close to a deal reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that carries about a fifth of the world's oil and gas out of the Gulf.
Ukraine's government told Reuters that a North Korean missile unit has arrived inside Russia to help fight the war, going beyond the troops and supplies North Korea has already sent.
Taiwan began its largest annual military exercise, called Han Kuang, on Wednesday, testing how well its armed forces could respond to a potential attack by China.
Iran, the US and Oman say they are making progress on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that carries much of the world's oil shipping.
A struck tanker burns in the Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine's drones hit Russian warehouses again, US states sue over tariffs, and the EU spares Spain from Schengen sanctions over Ceuta.