An Israeli air strike has destroyed the municipal headquarters in Nabatieh, a major town in south Lebanon, killing the mayor and at least five others as they met to coordinate aid for those suffering from war.

Israeli military strikes killed at least 50 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces tightened their squeeze around Jabalia in the north of the enclave, amid fierce battles with Hamas-led fighters.

The United States, Israel’s closest ally, said it opposed the scope of the country’s air strikes in Beirut over the past few weeks amid a rising death toll and fears of wider escalation involving Iran.

Ukrainian authorities ordered the evacuation of a key city and three other localities in northeastern Kharkiv region as Russian forces press closer and officials face difficulties in providing services through the winter.

Hundreds of people attended prayers for 19 villagers who died when flash floods and landslides swept through swathes of central and southern Bosnia 10 days ago.

North Korea blew up sections of inter-Korean roads and rail lines on its side of the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas, prompting South Korea’s military to fire warning shots.

Four-fifths of Ukrainians said they supported a new law banning Russia-affiliated religious groups in a survey released.

The prime ministers of India and Canada could benefit politically in the short term from the unprecedented expulsion of top diplomats from each country, analysts said.

For Tereza Hussein, a 14-year-old refugee who lives in Darwin, Australia’s planned social media ban would mean losing a direct line to the most important person to her: a grandmother she has never physically met.

North Korean state media on Wednesday said around 1.4 million young people including students and youth league officials joined or returned to the army this week.

Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris held a marginal 3-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump – 45% to 42%.

People are being urged to avoid an eastern Sydney beach after it became dotted with mysterious ball-shaped debris.