A teenager in British Columbia has become the first person in Canada to test positive for bird flu, authorities said Saturday.

Iranian security forces yesterday killed at least three people during clashes with jihadists in the country’s restive southeast, state media reported, following a deadly attack on police last month.

An Indian soldier was killed in Jammau and Kashmir  (J&K) yesterday, the army said, as troops battled gunmen in the disputed Muslim-majority territory.

China rejected Philippine maritime claims yesterday, saying new legislation “severely infringes on” Beijing’s territorial sovereignty and rights in the South China Sea, and vowing to protect its own interests.

US warplanes staged multiple strikes Saturday night on Iran-backed Houthi advanced weapons storage facilities in Yemen, the Pentagon said.

Lebanon’s health ministry said an Israeli strike yesterday killed 20 people including three children in the village of Almat, north of the capital Beirut.

Ukraine yesterday attacked Moscow with at least 34 drones, the biggest drone strike on the Russian capital since the start of the war in 2022, forcing flights to be diverted from three of the city’s major airports and injuring at least one person.

The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) kicks off in the Azerbaijani capital Baku today, aiming to address escalating climate challenges.

Gaza’s civil defence agency yesterday said 30 people, including 13 children, were killed in Israeli strikes on two houses in the north of the Palestinian territory.

Donald Trump won the state of Arizona in this week’s US presidential election, US TV networks projected, completing the Republican’s sweep of all seven swing states.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today said, in a first public disclosure, that he had okayed a September attack on Hezbollah in which hundreds of communication devices exploded across Lebanon

Russian air defences destroyed another 36 drones over other regions of Western Russia in three hours on Sunday, the defence ministry said.

Immigrant advocates warn that Trump’s deportation effort would be costly, divisive and inhumane, leading to family separations and devastating communities.

The attackers opened fire inside the Los Cantaritos bar in the city's historic district, according to the head of Queretaro's public security department Juan Luis Ferrusca.

The electric automaker's shares jumped 8.2% to $321.22, catapulting the company's valuation above the trillion-dollar mark for the first time in more than two years.

The COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan's capital Baku will be among the highest-profile multilateral events attended by Taliban administration officials since they took control in Kabul after 20 years of fighting NATO-backed forces.

Gaza's civil defence agency on Sunday said 30 people, including 13 children, were killed in Israeli strikes on two houses in the north of the Palestinian territory.

The Gulf emirate, which has hosted Hamas's political leadership since 2012 with US blessing, has been involved in months of protracted diplomacy aimed at ending the war triggered by the Palestinian group's October 7 attack on Israel last year.

Hidden debts are defined as borrowing for which a government is liable, but not disclosed to its citizens or to other creditors.

Officials said the infection probably came from a bird or animal.