Two cargo ships collided in the North Sea off the German coast on Tuesday and several people were missing, German authorities said.

Journalist and fact-checker Mohammed Zubair on Tuesday raised concerns over the sources that were being quoted to report that Russian President Vladimir Putin suffered a cardiac arrest and was found lying in his bedroom.

Hamas released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza on Monday, as the United States expressed increasing concern that the escalating Israel-Hamas war will spark a wider conflict in the region, including attacks on American troops.

 Israel ramped up its airstrikes on Monday in Gaza, where the death toll was rising rapidly, and the United States advised Israel to delay an expected ground invasion to allow more time to negotiate the release of hostages taken by Hamas militants.

A third small aid convoy from Egypt entered Gaza, where the population of 2.3 million has been running out of food, water and medicine under Israel's two-week seal. With Israel still barring entry of fuel, the UN said its distribution of aid would grind to a halt within days when it can no longer fuel its trucks.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Jordan's King Abdullah-II amid the Israel-Hamas conflict as the two leaders shared concerns regarding terrorism, violence and loss of civilian lives.

At least 15 people were killed and several others injured on Monday when a freight train collided with a passenger train in Bangladesh, officials said.

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The second aid convoy destined for desperate Palestinian civilians reached Gaza on Sunday, as Israel widened its attacks to include targets in Syria and the occupied West Bank and the Israeli prime minister warned Lebanon's Hezbollah group that if it launches its own war, "we will cripple it with a force it cannot even imagine."