The wife of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was set to be back in court Thursday, where her lawyers will urge a judge to free her from jail and put her under house arrest because she has heart problems.

French police Thursday fired tear gas and sprayed demonstrators rallying at the Place de la Bastille in Paris for improved schools in the country.

At least 33 people were killed on Thursday when a Russian strike caused two public buses to catch fire in eastern Ukraine, local authorities said, marking the deadliest attack from a single strike this year.

Counterterrorism police said the men were found inside the perimeter of R.A.F. Molesworth, a base used by the United States, raising concerns about security.

Brazilian ⁠right-wing ⁠Senator Flavio Bolsonaro ⁠said on Thursday he had ​nabbed the endorsement of author-psychiatrist Augusto Cury, ‌who ranked third in ‌Sunday's first-round election, for the ⁠October ⁠25 runoff against leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula ​da Silva.

President Donald Trump said the Iranian regime has "got little spunk left, but not much" as the U.S. continues to target Tehran both militarily and economically during Operation Epic Fury. Trump added that oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz are increasing.

The South Korean announcement on Thursday came days after its President Lee Jae Myung threatened unspecified punitive steps if Ukraine refuses to apologize over the revelation.

Anne Carson, a Canadian poet who shared top odds with Can Xue, a Chinese novelist, won the Nobel prize in literature. The committee praised her "bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition,