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Hezbollah launched a ballistic missile at Tel Aviv early on Wednesday, in a further escalation after Israel carried out strikes on Lebanon that killed hundreds of people. The Israeli military said it intercepted the surface-to-surface missile, which set off air…

Tropical Storm Helene was rapidly strengthening in the Caribbean Sea and expected to become a hurricane on Wednesday while moving north along Mexico’s coast toward the US. It prompted residents to evacuate, schools to close and officials to declare emergencies…

The danger journalists face in a time of war Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of Committee to Protect Journalists, on the obstacles a free and independent press faces in covering the Israel-Hamas war. Sourse: abcnews.go.com Rate this item:1.002.003.004.005.00Submit Rating No votes yet.…

Another woman has sued Sean “Diddy” Combs, alleging that the music mogul and his head of security raped her and recorded it on video at his New York recording studio in 2001. The lawsuit filed in federal court in New…

A former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire was sentenced to two years in prison after she apologised repeatedly to everyone hurt by a fraud that stole billions of dollars from US investors and customers. US District…

Earl Spencer, the brother of the UK’s Princess Diana, has said allegations against Mohamed Al-Fayed are “appalling” and the former Harrods owner never struck him as an “upstanding gent”. The 60-year-old said that Mr Al Fayed, whose son Dodi Fayed…

Thailand’s landmark marriage equality bill has been officially written into law, allowing same-sex couples in the country to legally wed. The law was published in the Royal Gazette after endorsement by King Maha Vajiralongkorn, and will come into effect in…

Ukrainian troops engaged in hand-to-hand combat as they drove Russian forces out of a huge processing plant in the town of Vovchansk in Ukraine’s northeast that had been occupied for four months, officials have said. The plant, a partly steel…

A hurricane struck Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with life-threatening flood potential after increasing in strength in a matter of hours. Its rapid intensification caught authorities off guard as they scrambled to update their guidance to residents and keep pace with…

Palestinian officials say Israeli strikes early on Tuesday killed at least seven people in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis. At least 15 others, including women and children, were injured in the strikes, they said. The civil defence said the…