Israel's military said the strikes in southern Lebanon were preemptive. Soon after, Hezbollah said it had launched rockets and drones to avenge the killing of one of its top commanders last month.
Fires have broken out on a Greek-flagged oil tanker previously attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels this week. The vessel now appears to be adrift in the Red Sea.
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People were killed and injured in an attack on Friday at a festival in the city of Solingen in western Germany, the news agency dpa reported. It wasn’t immediately clear how many casualties there were.
When Magic saw Sphen’s body, “he immediately started singing,” and other penguins joined in, Renee Howell, the aquarium’s penguin keeper, told Australia’s ABC broadcaster.
Democratic national convention delegates withholding support for the party ticket over the U.S. posture toward the Israel-Hamas war didn’t succeed in getting a speaking role or a pledge for a significant change in course.
Russian authorities say Moscow has come under one of the largest attacks yet by Ukrainian drones since the start of fighting in 2022, and that it destroyed all of them.
Ukraine is holding ground it seized inside Russia. Yet Ukraine is losing villages inside its own territory. And in the Black Sea, the Russian Navy has been forced to retreat.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the daring military incursion into Russia’s Kursk region aims to create a buffer zone. Sunday was the first time the president had clearly stated the aim of the operation that began Aug. 6.
Security and semiconductors are among Taiwan's priorities, as the island considers the presidential candidates' policies and possible impacts on the island, which China repeatedly threatens to invade.