When Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authority is tested, his response often lacks quick, decisive action that lives up to his bellicose rhetoric.

The tradition of volunteerism that gave Tennessee its nickname began on Aug. 17, 1774 — before it was even officially a state — when a group of “Tennesseans” deployed as a militia for the first time. It also marked the beginning of the Tennessee National Guard.

Police in Northern Ireland ordered the evacuation of more than 400 homes to remove what is suspected to be a World War II-era bomb. The removal operation could take more than five days.

Tropical Storm Ernesto became a hurricane again Sunday as it churned away from Bermuda and headed further out in the northeastern Atlantic, sending powerful swells toward the U.S. East Coast, generating rip currents associated with at least one death and prompting many rescues.

One of Russia’s most active volcanoes has erupted, spewing plumes of ash 3 miles into the sky over the far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula and briefly triggering a “code red” warning for aircraft.

Extreme heat at a Colorado air show — temperatures between 93 and 100 — caused about 100 people to seek emergency treatment and sent 10 people to area hospitals on Saturday

Pvt. George Coe Browning is finally coming home. Nearly 80 years after the Marine went missing in action missing during the bloody invasion of Iwo Jima, Coe will be laid to rest Monday in Englewood’s Brookside Cemetery alongside his mother

Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 29 people including young quintuplets overnight and into Sunday, health officials said, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel to try to seal a cease-fire deal that could help ease soaring regional tensions.

At least 23 people were injured when two gondolas of a Ferris wheel caught fire at a music festival near Leipzig in eastern Germany, news agency dpa reported Sunday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday the daring military incursion into Russia’s Kursk region aims to create a buffer zone to prevent further attacks by Moscow across the border.

Vietnamese leader To Lam started a three-day visit to China on Sunday in his first overseas trip since assuming his country’s top post about two weeks ago.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, became Thailand’s prime minister after receiving a royal letter of endorsement Sunday, two days after she was chosen by Parliament following a court order that removed her predecessor.

Indonesia marked 79 years of independence on Saturday with a ceremony in the unfinished future capital of Nusantara, which was planned to relieve pressure on Jakarta but whose construction has lagged behind schedule.

The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Miami announced new restricted “security zones” in the water surrounding former President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago that it will enforce whenever he or other protected visitors are in town.

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are in the throes of a public health crisis after local officials announced the enclave’s first case of polio in more than two decades — a harrowing consequence of Israel’s months-long war that has destroyed key water and sanitation infrastructure.

An airman died at an undisclosed location Thursday while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, according to the Department of Defense.

The demonstrations in Tokyo, Sidney, Mexico City and several other cities were an effort by the main opposition coalition to make visible what they insist is the real outcome of the election.

Fifty-six years ago, divided Democrats braved raging street protests against the Vietnam War to hold their 1968 convention in Chicago. The party gathers this week for the Democratic National Convention in the same city with anger simmering over another far-away war, this time in Gaza.

Kadyrov, who rules over Chechnya, described the vehicle as “undoubtedly one of the best cars in the world.” He also said he would donate the vehicle to Russian forces fighting in the invasion of Ukraine.