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Netanyahu rides wave of support as Israelis hail killing of Nasrallah

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -For Israel, the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been a moment to savour, lifting the spirits of a nation still grappling with the trauma of the Oct. 7 Hamas

Shooting attack in Tel Aviv with a number of casualties, police say

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police said on Tuesday there was a suspected "terror" shooting in Tel Aviv on the border with Jaffa with a number of casualties. Israel media reported at least four

UN chief calls for immediate ceasefire in Lebanon

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Tuesday for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and for the sovereignty and territorial

Factbox-What are countries doing to get nationals out of Lebanon?

(Reuters) -Western nations are updating contingency plans for organising evacuations from Lebanon after a sharp escalation in border warfare between Israel and the Lebanese armed movement Hezbollah.

France’s Barnier announces targeted tax hikes to plug budget deficit

By Elizabeth Pineau, Jean-Michel Belot and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -Prime Minister Michel Barnier announced steep public spending cuts and targeted tax hikes for France's biggest companies and

Vessels hit off Yemen’s Hodeidah, Houthis claim attack on tanker

DUBAI (Reuters) -Two vessels sustained damage after being hit with missiles and a sea drone off Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeidah early on Tuesday, maritime security agencies and sources monitoring the

Vietnamese fishing boat attacked near contested South China Sea islands, newspapers report

HANOI (Reuters) -At least 10 Vietnamese fishermen were injured when their boat was attacked by two foreign vessels while fishing near the Paracel Islands claimed by both China and Vietnam, state media

US warns of Iran missile attack on Israel after Israeli incursion into Lebanon

By James Mackenzie and Maya Gebeily JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israel's troops launched ground raids into Lebanon on Tuesday and its warplanes bombed from the skies, as arch-foe Hezbollah fired

US sees indications of imminent Iranian missile attack on Israel

By Phil Stewart and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel that could be at least

Austria’s conservatives want far right to be asked to form coalition

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria's conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer urged the country's president on Tuesday to task the far-right Freedom Party with forming a coalition after it won

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Asian NATO? Why Japan PM’s big new idea won’t shake up foreign policy

One of the most difficult tasks for Shigeru Ishiba, apart from keeping together the divided LDP, will be implementing his foreign policy ideas—if he chooses to pursue them.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?