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Hashem Safieddine, a potential successor to his slain cousin Hassan Nasrallah, is one of Hezbollah's most prominent figures and has deep religious and family ties to the Shiite Muslim movement's patron Iran.

A SpaceX mission is set for launch Saturday with two passengers on board, leaving two seats empty to return the American astronauts who have been stranded for months on the International Space Station, NASA said.

Israel has killed Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah and several of its top commanders in a series of targeted air strikes on the Iran-backed movement's stronghold in Beirut.

Lebanon's Hezbollah movement has been a powerful domestic and regional force, politically and militarily, but the group's confirmation on Saturday of its leader's killing marks an unprecedented blow.

Russian strikes on a hospital in the Ukrainian border city of Sumy killed nine people Saturday, as President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Moscow for "waging war on hospitals".

Israeli fighter jets bombarded the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut overnight into Saturday, sending panicked families fleeing massive strikes reportedly targeting Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.

Iran is ramping up efforts to interfere with the US election with fake "news" websites and hackers targeting Donald Trump, American officials and researchers say, as the Republican nominee reported threats on his life from the Islamic republic.

Tens of thousands of US dockworkers plan to strike next week if there is no breakthrough on contract talks, just a month before November's closely contested presidential election.

Kamala Harris was due to deliver a tough-on-illegal-migration message after visiting the US-Mexico border Friday, directly tackling the politically explosive issue in a bid to blunt one of Donald Trump's main attack lines in their fight for the White House.

The United States unveiled charges Friday against three individuals as it accused Iran of election interference, saying malicious actors had hacked the campaign of former president Donald Trump.

With incendiary, misleading posts to his 200 million followers, Elon Musk has courted criticism for cranking up the political temperature ahead of an already polarized US election through his influential platform that is plagued with misinformation.

Nearly 3,000 people on Friday attended the funeral of a Paris student who was raped and murdered in a case that has inflamed a French debate on immigration after a Moroccan was named as the suspected attacker.

Stock markets mostly rose Friday as slowing US and European inflation raised hopes of more aggressive interest rate cuts and China took measures to boost its struggling economy.

The big box retailer says its membership is growing.

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky will sit down for a potentially fractious meeting Friday, following a series of scathing attacks by the White House hopeful on the Ukrainian president's handling of the conflict with Russia.

Former supermodel Naomi Campbell has been barred from running a charity after an inquiry found funds raised by an organisation she founded was spent on spa treatment and room service charges.

The safety agency was investigating an incident where the rudder pedals got "stuck" on a plane while in their neutral position.

The companies say they 'expect strong client demand and maintain the flexibility to significantly expand the size of the program.'

The agreement was reached just ahead of the opening statements scheduled for Monday at a Wilmington, Delaware, court. Smartmatic and Newsmax finalized the deal just hours after jury selection began, with official announcements of the settlement made Thursday afternoon.

The watches are the latest products Trump has introduced since the start of his third campaign including Bibles, sneakers, photo books and cryptocurrency.

As inflation eases, consumers are finding better prices in the grocery aisles

The company said users outside a household will have to sign up and pay for their own subscription.

Southwest is hosting its Investor Day in Dallas on Thursday, when shareholders will have the opportunity to hear more about these initiatives and the airline's plan to restore its profitability.

American Eagle has filed a suit against Amazon after allegedly selling knock-offs of its Aerie products.

The departures of Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, Chief Research Officer Bob McGrew and Vice President of Research Barret Zoph come amid the ChatGPT maker's reported shift to a for-profit model and discussions of a potential $6.5 billion investment round.

Meta shows off its new AR glasses, along with a better AI chatbot with Judi Dench-like voice.

Vista and Blackstone are set to acquire Smartsheet for $8.4 billion in cash.

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 (IAMAW) said Tuesday that the survey results "were overwhelmingly clear, almost as loud as the first offer: members are not interested in the company's latest offer."

Volkswagen is about to start discussions with unions over pay in the midst of possible plant closures.