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Massive blasts rock Beirut as Israel steps up attacks on Hezbollah

The World Health Organisation reported that 28 health workers were killed in the past day in Lebanon

Israeli military says it killed a senior Hamas leader in Gaza three months ago

It said that a strike on an underground compound in northern Gaza killed Rawhi Mushtaha and two other Hamas commanders.

Dozens dead after boat capsizes in Democratic Republic of Congo

The boat sank while trying to dock just metres away from the port of Kituku, witnesses said.

Melania Trump voices support for abortion rights ahead of election

Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign noted Donald Trump’s role in ending Roe v Wade in a statement reacting to Mrs Trump’s comments.

Hurricane Helene death toll could rise further as 200 confirmed dead

Electricity is being slowly restored as the number of homes and businesses without power dipped below one million.

US father given 16-year jail term for child neglect after rat attack on baby

Investigators said the infant suffered more than 50 rat bites and required treatment at an Indianapolis hospital.

Israel orders evacuation of Lebanese communities north of UN buffer zone

It came after Lebanon’s health ministry has said that at least nine people had been killed in an Israeli strike in central Beirut.

Iraqi woman held captive in Gaza freed by Israeli forces

The 21-year-old was abducted by IS militants when she was 11 and at some point was trafficked to a Palestinian and brought to Gaza.

Hurricane Helene death toll rises to 200

Helene came ashore last Thursday in northern Florida before carving a path of destruction through the south east.

Couple found dead hugging each other after tree falls into South Carolina home during Hurricane Helene

Jerry (78) and Marcia (74) Savage were killed in their bed during the storm