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The Israeli military has been stepping up air attacks against Hamas and Hezbollah leaders.

The IDF and Hamas confirmed his death in an air strike.

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Monday to achieve all his "goals" in Ukraine and celebrated the second anniversary of annexing four Ukrainian regions, as his army claimed fresh advances in the conflict.

Gabon and Equatorial Guinea faced off Monday at the International Court of Justice, hoping to resolve a decades-old scrap over the sovereignty of three disputed islands in potentially oil-rich waters.

EU member states are expected to vote on whether to slap hefty tariffs on imported electric cars from China on Friday, European diplomats said on Monday.

South Korea regulators on Monday hailed productive talks with messaging app Telegram over a deepfake porn crisis in the country.

Britain's economy grew less than initially estimated in the second quarter, revised official data revealed Monday, dealing another early blow to new Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Labour government.

Israel's long-contentious relationship with the United Nations has since October 7 spiralled to new depths, amid insults and accusations and even a questioning of the country's continued UN membership.

Dutch former prime minister Mark Rutte will take the reins as NATO's new secretary general on Tuesday at a perilous time for the Western military alliance.

Israel carried out an air strike on a Beirut apartment block on Monday, a Lebanese security source said, killing four people in its first such raid on the heart of the city since the outbreak of the Gaza war last year.

An eerie calm on Sunday engulfed the rubble-strewn Beirut site where an Israeli air strike killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, flattening buildings in the Iran-backed group's stronghold.

The United States said Sunday that it had a strong military presence in the Middle East after deploying reinforcements amid Israel's widening of the war to include hundreds of targets in Lebanon.

US vice presidential candidates J.D. Vance and Tim Walz will face off Tuesday in a debate that promises to be a feisty battle to win over voters in middle America, who could decide the cliffhanger 2024 election.

Arsenal will deploy a potent weapon who never sets foot on the pitch when they bid to exploit Paris Saint Germain's set-piece vulnerability in Tuesday's Champions League showdown.

Rescuers battled on Sunday to reach people in need of aid in the southeastern United States following devastating storm Helene, with flooded roads, power outages and other hazards impeding progress, authorities said.

Tottenham piled more pressure on Erik ten Hag's position as Manchester United manager with a dominant 3-0 win at Old Trafford on Sunday.

The death toll from powerful storm Helene jumped to at least 88 on Sunday, with one county in North Carolina alone reporting 30 deaths, authorities said, as rescuers battled to reach people in need across the southeastern United States.

Ukraine on Sunday said it sent more than 100 drones deep inside Russia to hit a major weapons depot, as it stepped up attacks further inside Russian territory.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been conferring with U.S. military officials since Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut.

Austria's far-right leader Herbert Kickl does not exactly cut a dashing figure but he has skilfully tapped into voter anxieties over migration, the war in Ukraine and the Covid pandemic.

The Israeli military said dozens of aircraft targeted power plants and port facilities in the western city of Hodeidah

Pope Francis implored bishops not to cover up the sexual abuse of children, during an open-air mass on Sunday capping a three-day visit to Belgium, which is still struggling with the legacy of past scandals.

Nabil Kaouk was reportedly under consideration to replace leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was also slain in an Israeli barrage

Britain's opposition Conservatives gather for an annual conference on Sunday, licking their wounds from an historic election defeat and locked in battle over the party's future direction.

A combative far-right marathon-runner is up against a mild-mannered chancellor and a left-wing former warehouse worker in Austria's national election on Sunday.

Extreme Freedom Party could narrowly beat the conservatives in general election

'There is nowhere in Iran or the Middle East beyond the reach of the long arm of Israel, and today you know how true that is,' he vowed.

If Israel is 'far too weak' to do any really damage, why is Ayatollah Ali Komenei in hiding, critics asked on X

Nine people are confirmed drowned and at least 48 are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized off Spain's Canary Islands overnight, rescue services said Saturday, the latest in a series of such disasters off the west coast of Africa.