In southern Lebanon, towns near the border with Israel have been largely destroyed by Israeli demolitions and strikes. Israel says it has been attacking Hezbollah infrastructure, but civilian infrastructure has also been significantly affected.

Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday its first-quarter net profit surged more than fivefold from a year earlier, driven by robust demand for high-end memory chips used in artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

Press freedom across the globe has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century, Reporters Without Borders warned.

The U.S. is considering the possibility of reducing the number of troops it has stationed in Germany, President Donald Trump said.

Moscow is reducing the footprint of its foremost annual military parade amid a wave of Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russia.

Activists sailing on dozens of boats attempting to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip to deliver aid say Israeli forces intercepted them, detaining the crews while the flotilla was sailing near the Greek island of Crete.

British police declared the stabbing attack in north London on Wednesday (April 29) as an act of terrorism after two Jewish men were injured in a knife assault. This edit contains graphic images. Cara Angeline Oliver reports.

A body police believes belongs to the 5-year-old girl missing five days in central Australia has been found, as police hunt a suspect.