An Israeli airstrike has killed at least 20 people including children at a school-turned-shelter in central Gaza, according to local hospitals.

One person died as a result of a small plane crash Sunday night in a Savannah, Georgia, residential neighborhood, local police said.

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas group, a plan that, if implemented, could trap without food or water hundreds of thousands of Palestinians unwilling or unable to leave their homes.

 Sri Lanka's new government has ordered the police to reinvestigate some high-profile cases, including the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks and the 2005 murder of a Tamil minority community journalist.

Tehran: Iran’s Quds Force commander, Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, has reportedly disappeared after his recent visit to Lebanon, sparking allegations that he may be a Mossad agent.

Washington: An Indian shipping firm is among the dozen-odd companies sanctioned by the US for allegedly carrying Iranian oil for sale to buyers in Asia days after slapping restrictions targetting Iran's energy trade for its October 1 attack on Israel.

A preliminary report over the recent explosion near Pakistan's busiest airport here has indicated that the attack was executed with the assistance of a foreign intelligence agency, a media report said on Saturday.

Writer and activist Arundhati Roy has been awarded the PEN Pinter Prize 2024, an annual award established by English PEN in memory of playwright Harold Pinter. Shortly after being named for the prize, Roy announced her intention to donate her share of the prize money to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund. In her acceptance speech, she recognized Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the British-Egyptian writer and activist, as a ‘Writer of Courage’ with whom she would share the award. The speech was delivered on the evening of October 10, 2024, at the British Library.