The United Nations yesterday condemned the “unacceptable” level of violence becoming commonplace against humanitarian workers, a record 280 of whom were killed worldwide in 2023.

Lebanese group Hezbollah said yesterday two of its fighters were killed and claimed attacks on northern Israel, including with drones, the latest cross-border violence amid fears of full-blown war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday said his troops were meeting their objectives during their offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, launched almost two weeks ago.

US President Joe Biden was due to give a bittersweet farewell address at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago yesterday, passing the torch to Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee for November’s election.

The patient was a 33-year-old Filipino male who had no travel history outside the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said

And it warned that the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is potentially fueling even higher numbers of such deaths this year.

Doctors across the country have held protests and declined to see non-emergency patients following the Aug. 9 killing of the 31-year-old medic, who police say was raped and murdered at a hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata where she was a trainee.

The top US diplomat said President Joe Biden had sent him "to get this agreement to the line and ultimately over the line".

Indian media had reported that Modi is likely to visit Kyiv this month.

Less than a month after his stunning withdrawal and Harris's astonishing ascent, Biden can expect a hero's send-off from many of the same people who helped push him out due to concerns about his age.

The remarks came in a campaign appearance in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania with running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, before Harris heads to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which kicks off Monday.

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Israeli strikes killed 25 people in Gaza yesterday, including six children, Palestinian health authorities said, ahead of a visit to the region by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to try to push forward ceasefire talks.

A man has been shot dead by Serbian police, the interior minister said yesterday, after being connected with the attacker behind a crossbow shooting at the Israeli embassy in Belgrade in June.

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Saturday he believed Democrat Kamala Harris will be easier to beat than President Joe Biden even as some polls showed her edging ahead in the race for the November 5 presidential election.

Venezuela’s opposition, claiming victory in presidential elections they say were stolen by strongman Nicolas Maduro, gathered in the thousands in Caracas and elsewhere on Saturday, vowing to fight “to the end.”

A United Nations task force yesterday warned of soaring child malnutrition in Yemen’s government-controlled areas, reporting “extremely critical” levels of malnutrition in parts of the country’s south for the first time.

An agitated crowd threw two scooters off a flyover near Bengaluru. The reason? - Some people were caught performing stunts on the busy flyover, disturbing the commuters.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra was endorsed as prime minister by Thailand’s king yesterday, two days after parliament elected her, paving the way for her to form a cabinet in the coming weeks.

Three United Nations peacekeepers suffered light injuries yesterday, the UN said, after a blast near their vehicle close to Lebanon’s southern border, where Hezbollah and Israel have traded near-daily fire.