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PARIS — The police tear gas grenade shattered the 14-year-old’s jaw and many of his teeth.

STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in literature will be awarded Thursday by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.

The World Health Organization is pushing for more answers and clarity in the plague death that happened in a lab in Russia. NBC News' Dr. Akshay Syal has more on what we know about the illness and what WHO is seeking from Russia.  

Emotional ceremonies across the world marked three years since the Hamas terror attacks on Israel. NBC News’ Keir Simmons reports.

Amid the ongoing economic crisis in Cuba, pet owners and shelters are struggling to keep up with the rising costs for medical care and food shortages. But some are doing anything they can to care for these furry friends. NBC News’ Morgan Radford reports.

Nationwide protests in France have shut down or disrupted more than 500 schools as students demand better learning conditions and changes to the education system. NBC News’ Richard Engel reports on what protesters are demanding from the government.

Without ammunition for its U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems, Ukraine can’t stop Russian ballistic weapons.

Residents of Kibbutz Kfar Aza held a memorial at 6:29 a.m. to make the exact time Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which killed 1,200 Israels with another 251 taken hostage in Gaza. The attack triggered Israel’s war in Gaza, which has killed more than 75,000 Palestinians and resulted in widespread devastation in the enclave.

It's been three years since the October 7th terror attacks where 1,200 people were killed and another 251 were taken hostage into Gaza. NBC News' Raf Sanchez was in Israel covering the events that would cause a major shift in the Middle East.

Students, teachers, parents and labor unions joined demonstrations across France Tuesday, as protesters clashed with police and hundreds of schools were closed or blockaded. NBC News’ Richard Engel reports from Paris.

Trump has said the U.S. is willing to help Russia, where the death of a staffer at an anti-plague lab has sparked global public health concerns.

Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, killed her mother and stepbrother and then five students and a teacher at a secondary school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, in February.

Tens of thousands of high school students have flooded the streets of Paris and other French cities, joined by teachers and union activists demanding better learning conditions. NBC News’ Richard Engel reports from the scene as about 6,000 people have been arrested and hundreds more injured amid the escalating demonstrations.

Protests have spread across India in the past week as opposition parties and civil society groups demand the resignation of the country’s election chief over alleged manipulation of voter lists.

Spain’s government on Tuesday approved urgent measures on the country’s housing crisis, after an outbreak of violence the night before in the coastal city of Barcelona saw tens of thousands taking to the streets.

News that a female staffer had died from a “pneumonia of undetermined” origin last week has spread fears worldwide.

The suspect was being questioned by investigators in the United Arab Emirates.

In Europe, NATO members are boosting training exercises and even prepping civilians as countries close to Russia’s borders see increasing threats. NBC News’ Richard Engel reports.

A middle east official tells NBC News that the co-pilot who stabbed the flight’s captain had planned to fly the plane into Tel Aviv’s airport before heroic passengers intervened. NBC News’ Keir Simmons reports.

U.S. officials are closely monitoring a situation in Russia after a woman died last week. Authorities say she worked at a lab that studied the plague. NBC News’ Anne Thompson has the story.