Australians are marking in different ways the first anniversary of the deadliest terror attack against Jews since the Holocaust but are being told grief shouldn’t be a competition.

Saudi King Salman will undergo medical tests for lung inflammation, the state news agency said, citing a statement from the royal court.

Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans said on a surprise visit to Kyiv that his country will invest 400 million euros ($440 million) in advanced drone development with Ukraine and deliver more F-16s in the coming months.

One commemoration of the Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel will be a live, public ceremony to be held at a large venue in Tel Aviv.

Iran’s Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani, who travelled to Lebanon after the killing last month of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike.

Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Washington will continue to pressure Israel and other players in the Middle East to reach a ceasefire deal in Gaza even as advocates say that the United States has not thus far used its leverage over its ally.

At least 18 people have been killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli air strike on a Gaza mosque, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.

The death toll from Hurricane Helene has inched up to 227 as the grim task of recovering bodies continues more than a week after the monster storm ravaged the southeast US, killing people in six states.

Any ban on young people using social media needs to be implemented as soon as possible, the NSW premier says.

Attendees at pro-Palestine rallies have been urged to remain peaceful as political leaders say it is “regrettable” the demonstration is taking place.

Hundreds of Australians have left Lebanon on the latest round of evacuation flights, as the deputy prime minister says Israel’s military response in the region will be closely watched.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will return to the rural Pennsylvania site where he was nearly assassinated for a rally in the critical battleground state exactly one month before the November 5 election.