Conflict

While the ceasefire largely held, Israel says it identified Hezbollah operatives returning to areas near the border.

It comes after more than a year of fighting, resulting in the deaths of thousands of people.

Thousands of Khan supporters are escalating their face-off with the government and its military backers for his release.

Security agencies in the Philippines have stepped up safety protocols after the country's vice president said she would have president assassinated if she herself were killed.

At least four people have been killed and 23 wounded in the attack.

Israel and the US have condemned the arrest warrants as outrageous. Audio

It is the first known use in the war of such a powerful weapon, with a range of thousands of kilometres.

The government has also slapped a similar designation on the Houthi movement.

A clash resulted in the deaths of "eight soldiers" and "nine militants" in the Tirah area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, an intelligence officer says.

Russia has unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes on Ukraine in almost three months, killing at least seven people. Audio

There has been such widespread destruction in Gaza that 1.9 million Palestinians - more than 90 percent of the territory's population - have been displaced. Audio

The attack forced flights to be diverted from three of the city's major airports.

The development is the biggest setback to efforts to reach a truce since the war began.

Donald Trump's election victory has cast uncertainty over Ukraine's war effort as the conflict nears 1000 days.

The youngest victim whose death was verified by the UN was a one-day-old boy, while the oldest was a 97-year-old woman.

Israeli forces stepped up bombardment across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and ordered more evacuations, creating a fresh wave of displacement from northern Gaza, to which Palestinians fear they will not…