Headlines- A bill amending a 2021 law that targeted the LGBTQ+ community and was passed by nationalist former leader Viktor Orban was approved by Hungary's parliament on Tuesday.
- The latest attack on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport resulted in one fatality and eleven injuries.
- Residents of Riyadh have been given the all-clear by Saudi Arabia's civil defense agency after the military's announcement that incoming missiles fired toward the capital by the Houthis in Yemen had been shot down.
- Iran's alleged involvement in a security alert outside a UK/US airbase in southern England last month led the British government to summon the ambassador and announce sanctions against two people.
- In a sophisticated overnight cyberattack, hackers commandeered refrigeration systems throughout France, spoiling stock at major chains and forcing hundreds of supermarkets to discard perishable goods on Monday.
- According to a transcript and audio recording of the calls made on the nite of Christa Pike's botched execution, 911 callers reported that she was unconscious and had difficulty breathing an hour after receiving two fatal injections of the sedative pentobarbital.
- An "incident involving a roller coaster" at a Six Flags theme park in Georgia resulted in one fatality and multiple injuries, according to the authorities.
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