President Joe Biden’s administration has authorised Ukraine to use long-range American missiles to strike deep into Russia, two US officials and a source familiar with the decision said yesterday, in a significant reversal of Washington’s policy in the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

A blast from an explosive device yesterday killed three members of Iraq’s security forces and wounded three others in the northern province of Salaheddin, officials said.

Saudi Arabia has executed more than 100 foreigners this year, according to an AFP tally indicating a sharp increase which one rights group said was unprecedented.

As fresh violence erupted in the Indian state of Manipur, the Congress renewed its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of “deliberately” keeping Manipur burning.

Dozens of Palestinians were killed or injured in an Israeli strike on a multi-storey residential building in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya yesterday, medics told Reuters.

Super Typhoon Man-yi pummelled the Philippines’ most populous island yesterday, with the national weather service warning of flooding, landslides and huge waves as the storm sweeps across the archipelago nation.

Indian security forces have killed five Maoist rebels in jungle clashes, an officer said yesterday, as security forces seek to quash the decades-long insurgency in the central regions.

US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on Saturday that human beings and not artificial intelligence should make decisions over the use of nuclear weapons, according to the White House.

Diplomatic tensions over global warming will take center stage at the G20 summit in Brazil this week, as negotiators at UN talks in Azerbaijan hit an impasse on climate finance that they hope leaders of the world’s 20 major economies can break.

An Israeli strike on a building in a densely populated district of central Beirut yesterday killed Hezbollah’s media relations chief Mohammad Afif, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters, though there was no immediate confirmation from Hezbollah.

"Three suspects were arrested overnight for their involvement in the incident" that took place Saturday night, the police said in a statement, adding that the suspects would be interrogated jointly with the Shin Bet internal security agency.

Brazil's first lady Rosangela "Janja" da Silva on Saturday insulted Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, at an event ahead of the G20 summit in which she advocated tougher regulation of social media.

More than 650,000 people fled their homes ahead of Man-yi as the national weather service warned of a "potentially catastrophic and life-threatening" impact from the storm.

Developing countries, excluding China, will need $1 trillion a year by 2030 in outside help to reduce their carbon footprint and adapt to a warming planet, according to UN-commissioned experts.

Trump, who has both vowed a strong military and to end or avoid wars, promised "peace through strength" in announcements of several key nominees, with Secretary of State-designate Marco Rubio also using the phrase.

A military statement shortly before midnight said Hezbollah had fired around 80 projectiles at the country Saturday.

After shaking hands to begin their meeting, Xi noted that Beijing's goals for stable ties with Washington remained unchanged

Questions -- and, for some, outrage -- intensified over several of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks, as Washington awaits announcements for more major positions, including the FBI and Treasury chiefs.

US President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will meet for the last time Saturday

An Indian state riven by months of ethnic tensions yesterday imposed an internet shutdown and curfew after angry protests over the recovery of six bodies of people believed to have been kidnapped by insurgents.