The U.S. rotates roughly 1,000 soldiers in and out of Lithuania on a regular basis, but there's no permanent U.S. base there.

Nearly 200 people are under medical observation in Russia’s Irkutsk region over suspected exposure to plague, according to local media reports.

Ukraine's railways have kept the country running since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. But attacks are intensifying, with more than half of all strikes on locomotives since then occurring this year alone, according to the state-owned operator.

Jet-powered drones are wreaking havoc in Ukraine. Defense companies are building a new class of interceptors to defeat them.

The country’s consumer watchdog has said only that “an employee of an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk Region” contracted pneumonia. Rumors and unconfirmed reports sounded a more ominous note.

The World Health Organization said Russian authorities had identified all of the people who had been in contact with a laboratory worker.

By Joyce Lee SEOUL, Oct 7 (Reuters) - North Korea criticised the United States over its arms sales and military support for Taiwan, accusing Washington of fuelling tensions in the Taiwan Strait, state media KCNA said on Wednesday.