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North Korea has been pushing to introduce variety of sophisticated weapons systems designed to attack South Korea, mainland US to deal with intensifying security threats

Hate has no place on Long Island or anywhere else in New York or across America, says Senate Majority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer

Urges all concerned actors to exercise maximum restraint, recommit to full implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006), return to cessation of hostilities to restore stability

Plans to source funds from hiked taxes, additional placement of domestic government debt bonds

Explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon in an apparent second wave of detonations of electronic devices

Taiwanese firm says pagers were manufactured by BAC Consulting KFT, based in Hungary's capital

Accident occurred in Saminaka town of Kaduna during religious celebration

Of the 41,000 deaths reported, 7,613 are unidentified Palestinians whose bodies have been received by hospitals and morgues. The identified victims include 169 babies born after the Hamas attacks on October 7, and a man born in 1922, who had lived through more than a century of war and unrest.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the blasts, which occurred just hours after Israel announced it was expanding its war objectives, initially sparked by Hamas attacks on October 7, to include fighting Hezbollah along the Lebanon border.

UN special coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, called the day's events "an extremely concerning escalation in an already unacceptably volatile context." She urged all parties to avoid further actions or aggressive rhetoric that could spark a broader conflict.

Prime Minister to visit US from September 21 to 23; Trump calls him 'fantastic man'

Hundreds of people were wounded in Beirut's suburbs and other parts of Lebanon after their handheld pagers exploded on Tuesday.

Israel repeatedly says it targets Hamas militants in retaliation for the October 7 attacks in southern Israel that killed about 1,200 people

“There is no place for political violence or any violence in our country,” Biden said after being briefed on the shooting at Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida. He added, “I have directed my team to ensure the Secret Service has every resource and measure necessary to guarantee the former President’s safety.”

Israel accuses Hamas and other armed groups of endangering civilians by operating in residential areas

Other heritage sites on Times Travel list are Taj Mahal, Hampi, Great Wall of China, Myanmar's Bagan, Indonesia's Borobudur, Vietnam's Halong Bay, Kyoto's Historical Monuments of Japan, Jordan's Petra, the Rice Terraces of the Philippines Cordilleras

As of September 14 evening, over 72,900 homes and over 78,000 households have been affected, displacing over 3,20,000 people to temporary shelters across the country

US Secret Service confirms one or more of its agents "opened fire on a gunman" located near boundary of Trump's golf course, and an "AK-47 style rifle" was recovered

The former President says he was safe and well, and authorities held a man in custody

Isaacman became 264th person to perform a spacewalk since the former Soviet Union scored the first in 1965

Says the country has thus far exercised restraint in utilising its nuclear capabilities in response to Western involvement in Ukraine

According to Gaza-based health authorities, the toll from ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip increased to 41,182

Both the astronauts, including Butch Wilmore, emphasised the significance of fulfilling their civic duty despite being in orbit

Lao Cai, Cao Bang and Yen Bai have been the hardest-hit provinces with fatalities climbing to 111, 43 and 49, respectively