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Negotiations to return to the international agreement that limited Iran's nuclear program is not a current priority for the United States, the U.S. State Department said Wednesday.

Russian forces carried out aerial attacks on multiple areas in Ukraine overnight, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia could be boosting its use of Iranian-made drones.

Police in New York City on Monday arrested a man on charges of attempted murder in an attack with a machete on officers near Times Square on New Year's Eve.

Germany has warned Iranians living in the country who have been critical of the Iranian government to be careful about traveling to Iran.

Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with what Ukrainian officials said Monday were waves of drones, with targets including the capital, Kyiv.

"Lord, I love you," are reported to be the last words Pope Emeritus Benedict uttered shortly before his death, according to a report on The Vatican News website.

In a video address on New Year’s Eve, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned Russia’s missile barrage in Ukraine.

“Today, this Russian missile attack is not the end of the year, no matter how much the terrorists want it. It's the outcome of Russia's fate,” he said.

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who led the Catholic Church for nearly eight years before becoming the first pope to resign in six centuries, died Saturday at the age of 95.

Britain’s Defense Ministry said in an intelligence update about the Russian invasion of Ukraine that Russia is expected to continue an “intensive wave” of long-range strikes across Ukraine, “primarily targeting the power distribution network.”

Ukraine said Russia attacks Wednesday included missiles fired at civilian targets in the southern city of Kherson.

The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported 33 missiles fired at Kherson, which Ukraine recaptured after Russian forces withdrew last month.