A series of powerful and shallow earthquakes shook a sparsely populated island chain in eastern Indonesia on Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The Israeli military said on Tuesday that its ground forces are now fighting in "the depths" of Gaza City.

The UN Security Council on Monday failed again to agree on a resolution on the monthlong Israel-Hamas war.

Johannesburg: South Africa on Monday recalled its all diplomats from Israel in condemnation of the bombardment of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and threatened to take action against the Israeli Ambassador in the country.

Dublin: In a powerful exchange within the Irish Parliament, Member of Parliament Richard Boyd Barrett confronted Prime Minister Leo Varadkar over Ireland's response to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Boyd Barrett condemned Israel's actions, labeling them as war crimes and genocide, and called for immediate international sanctions and accountability.

An Indian man was sentenced to life imprisonment in the US state of Florida for the gruesome murder of his wife in 2020 in the parking lot of a hospital where she was working as a nurse, according to a media report.

Gaza lost communications Sunday in its third total outage of the Israel-Hamas war, while Israel's military said it encircled Gaza City and divided the besieged coastal strip into two.

Berlin: The hostage situation at Hamburg Airport ended Sunday afternoon, around 18 hours after a man drove his vehicle through the gates of the airport with his 4-year-old daughter inside, authorities said. The man was arrested and the girl appears to be unharmed.