What's News: Worldwide

Urgent concerns about a potentially complex drone attack ordered by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps drove the decision to remove a dozen B-1 bomber aircraft from a U.K. military base on Sunday.

Germany and France proposed a new stratagem to repel a flood of cheap Chinese imports, setting the stage for a confrontation with Beijing.

Saudi and Yemeni forces pressed a counteroffensive against Houthi fighters, seeking to oust the rebels from a strategic Red Sea port.

The president says he will pay for pro-Trump television ads using funds from his super PAC rather than the federal government, after lawmaker criticism that the spots might violate federal law.

Oil companies seeking to avoid lawsuits over climate change faced questions at the Supreme Court and scrutiny of the industry's campaign to quash cases brought by state and local governments.

Three neuroscientists were awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on optogenetics, a method of controlling nerve cells with light, which makes it possible to study how the brain shapes memories, feelings and behaviors.

Russian authorities are investigating the death of a woman who worked at a Siberian institute for infectious diseases and have placed her contacts under medical observation.

Died: Dennis Hastert, 84, former House speaker.

This article is being republished as part of our daily reproduction of WSJ.com articles that also appeared in the U.S. print edition of The Wall Street Journal (October 06, 2026).