Conflict

For weeks, excited music-lovers had looked forward to the Supernova festival, where reportedly more than 250 bodies have been recovered.

Israel battered Gaza on Sunday, a day after Hamas fighters rampaged through Israeli towns, killing hundreds and abducting others, threatening a major new war in the Middle East.

Israeli officials say a major investigation has begun and questions about this attack, they say, "will go on for years".

In photos - Israel is fighting back after the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas launched a surprise attack, killing and wounding hundreds of people.

Hamas gunmen rampaged through Israeli towns, killing more than 250 people and escaping with hostages, with more than 230 Gazans also killed in retaliatory strikes.

More than 20 people have been killed in a surprise assault by Hamas that combined gunmen penetrating into Israeli towns with a barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip.

The US has sent roughly 1.1 million bullets seized from Iran last year to Ukraine, its military has said.

More than 100,000 people have fled the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Armenia says.

In the past months, tensions have been rising between Kosovo's minority ethnic Serb and majority Albanian communities.

It took just 24 hours for Azerbaijan's military to force the surrender of an enclave that is home to 120,000 ethnic Armenians.

From the beginning of Russia's full-on invasion, Warsaw has been a firm supporter of Kyiv. The change of tone from the Polish government on Ukraine is startling.

Christchurch Airport says it's premature to try and stop a new airport that's only just having the groundwork laid; but Tarras locals know what they don't want. 

Iran's rulers have intensified a clampdown on dissent one year since the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini sparked widespread dissent.

Ukrainian troops have captured a village near the eastern Russian-held city of Bakhmut, military authorities said on Friday.

A Russian pilot tried to shoot down an RAF surveillance plane after believing he had permission to fire.

Taiwan is "not for sale", the island's foreign minister said in a rebuke to Elon Musk, who said the US was keeping it apart from China by force.

Romanians living close to the border with Ukraine received emergency alerts early on Wednesday urging them to remain calm and take shelter as Russia hit Ukrainian ports across the Danube.