WASHINGTON -- The GOP-led Senate on Tuesday passed U.S. President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, a major stride toward Trump's goal of getting the legislation to his desk and signed by this week's end.

The sweeping bill passed narrowly by 51 to 50, with U.S. Vice President JD Vance casting the deciding ballot. Three Republicans were the only GOP lawmakers to vote no: senators Susan Collins, Thom Tillis and Rand Paul. (US-Senate-Bill)

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BANGKOK -- Thailand's Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Tuesday after accepting a petition seeking her removal from office over a leaked phone call on border issues with Cambodia.

A panel of judges unanimously voted to accept the petition and ordered Paetongtarn to stop performing her duties as prime minister starting Tuesday pending a final ruling, the court said in a statement. (Thailand-PM-Suspension)

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ADEN, Yemen -- Yemen's Houthi group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for launching a ballistic missile targeting Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel.

In a televised statement broadcast by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, the group's military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said they had "carried out a special military operation targeting Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv using a hypersonic ballistic missile of the Palestine-2 type." (Yemen-Houthi Strike-Israeli Airport)

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PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed on Tuesday Iran's nuclear program and the Ukraine situation in their first phone conversation since 2022.

On Iran, Macron emphasized that as permanent members of the UN Security Council, France and Russia share responsibilities under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), according to the Elysee Palace. (Macron-Putin-Talk) Enditem