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New research suggests that drug treatment for newly diagnosed ADHD patients can lower risks of substance misuse, suicidal behavior, traffic accidents, and criminality, BBC reported.

Affecting around 5 percent of children and 2.5 percent of adults globally, ADHD is linked to impulsivity, high energy, and difficulty concentrating. Diagnosis occurs only when symptoms significantly impact daily life.

Published in the British Medical Journal, the study highlights that stimulant medications may provide long-term behavioral benefits alongside managing everyday symptoms, helping patients make informed treatment decisions despite potential side effects, according to BBC.

The US State Department approved a possible $346 million weapons sale to Nigeria to help improve security in the sub-Saharan country, the Pentagon said Wednesday, Associated Press reported.

Congress was notified and would need to approve the sale, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement. The agency is a division of the Department of Defense body that provides technical assistance and oversees transfers of defense equipment.

The weapons requested by Nigeria include munitions, bombs and rockets, according to Associated Press.

Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said he will approve plans to build more than 3,000 homes in a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank - a move he said will prevent the creation of a Palestinian state, Associated Press reported.

The so-called E1 project between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim settlement has been frozen for decades amid fierce opposition internationally. Building there would effectively cut off the West Bank from occupied East Jerusalem and significantly obstruct its territorial contiguity. 

"The plan will bury the idea of a Palestinian state," Smotrich said, according to Israeli media.

Settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this, according to Associated Press.

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court has elected Edson Fachin as its next chief justice, succeeding Luis Roberto Barroso. Fachin won 10 of 11 votes in a symbolic ballot, while Alexandre de Moraes was chosen as his deputy with the same tally, in line with the tradition that justices do not vote for themselves, Xinhua reported.

Fachin, a court member since 2015, said he assumes the role with a “sense of mission” and a focus on dialogue. He will take office on Sept. 29 and also lead the National Council of Justice. Moraes, who has faced US sanctions under the Magnitsky Act, described his appointment as “an honor and a joy.”