The strike targeted Iran-backed Hezbollah's acting chief of staff, Ali Tabtabai

In a joint statement after talks, US and Ukrainian said the discussion was 'highly productive'

Israel said it had carried out an air strike yesterday targeting Hezbollah’s chief of staff in Beirut, leaving a smoking hole in the side of an apartment building and debris scattered in the street, according to AFP journalists.

Fifty of the more than 300 children snatched by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria have escaped their captors, a Christian group said yesterday.

Israel has violated the United States-brokered Gaza ceasefire at least 497 times in 44 days, killing hundreds of Palestinians since the ceasefire came into effect on October 10, according to the Gaza Government Media Office.

Heavy rain, severe flooding and landslides in Vietnam have killed at least 90 people in the last week, authorities said yesterday, leaving others stranded on rooftops and mountain roadways blocked.

G20 leaders gathered in South Africa yesterday hailed multilateralism -- even as they struggled to adapt to a changing world order beset by go-it-alone US policies, wars and deepening geopolitical rivalries.

Iran’s intelligence ministry has warned of attempts by foreign adversaries, including the United States and Israel, to target Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and destabilise the Islamic republic.

US President Donald Trump said late Saturday that six Democrats involved in a video calling on military officers to refuse illegal commands “should be in jail.”

The COP30 climate summit has drawn to a close after two weeks in the Amazonian city of Belem where protests, street marches and even a fire caused unexpected moments of drama.

Ukraine struck a heat and power station in the Moscow region yesterday with drones, triggering a major fire and cutting off heating for thousands in one of Kyiv’s biggest attacks to date on a power station deep inside Russia.

303 children, 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen from St Mary's Co-educational School

Election Commission spokesman said there was "a total of 837,094 registered names" of first-time voters

Tremors felt in Thailand

Relief for manufacturers is unlikely to come soon

A more than 35% rally in the company's stock this year has largely been driven by the explosive growth of the weight-loss drug market.

Relentless rain has lashed south-central Vietnam since late October

Nearly 200 countries approved the deal by consensus after two weeks of exhaustive negotiations on the fringes of the rainforest

Two of the US officials said covert operations would likely be the first part of the new action against Maduro.

The administration asked the D.C. Circuit to stay that ruling while it appealed.