A Belgian-American physics professor at the University of Wisconsin won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his work in studying neutrinos.

The pilot who tried to bring down an Israel-bound flight had been planning a 9/11-style attack by crashing into the country’s main airport in Tel Aviv, a Middle Eastern official has told NBC News. Identified by NBC News as Hamman al Hamami,

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has sought to reassure NATO ally Iceland that President Donald Trump's administration has no designs on the island but shares its concerns about Arctic security

Russian air defenses intercepted nearly 900 Ukrainian drones overnight over multiple regions of the country, as well as the occupied Crimean Peninsula and the Sea of Azov, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said Tuesday.

Far-right lawmaker Tobias Rausch won the presidency of Saxony-Anhalt’s state parliament Tuesday, backed by the left-populists. Rausch secured 48 votes, with 29 lawmakers voting against him and five abstaining.

Saudi Arabia said three people were injured in the latest attacks on its airports since fighting with Yemen’s Houthi rebels reignited. Meanwhile, Palestinian officials said Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City killed two people and condemned the latest home demolitions in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.

Chaos in schools, on the streets and in the markets is rooted in France’s struggles to fund its social welfare state, with a presidential election approaching.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said his department is monitoring the death of a Russian lab worker who may have died from the pneumonic plague.