Russian forces have intercepted a Ukrainian drone near the Russian town of Kurchatov but there was no damage to the nearby Kursk nuclear power plant, the regional governor says.

Major retailers from Levi Strauss to Costco are preparing alternative shipping plans to ensure goods arrive in time for the peak holiday season as a United States east coast and Gulf coast ports strike drags on.

Eight U.S. states are asking to ban noncitizens from voting even though it is already illegal, and critics say it is part of a plan by Donald Trump and his Republican allies to challenge the presidential election result if he loses again on Nov. 5.

Israel bombed central Beirut early on Thursday, killing at least six people, after its forces suffered their deadliest day on the Lebanese front in a year of clashes against Iran-backed Hezbollah.

A weakened and “weird” Typhoon Krathon slammed into southwestern Taiwan on Thursday, hitting the island with a storm that has killed two people so far and forced it to shut down a second day with hundreds of flights grounded and financial markets closed.

A man has been shot four times in various parts of his body overnight amid questions over potential links to Sydney’s underworld.

A US judge has made public a court filing in which federal prosecutors laid out their evidence accusing former US president Donald Trump of illegally trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

US President Joe Biden says he would not support any Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites in response to its missile attack and has urged Israel to act “proportionally”.

The United Nations Secretary General has condemned Iranian strikes on Israel after earlier being banned from the country for his initial response.

Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance clashed on Tuesday at a vice presidential debate that was surprisingly civil in the final stretch of an ugly election campaign marred by inflammatory rhetoric and two assassination attempts.

Food supplies to Gaza have fallen sharply in recent weeks because Israeli authorities have introduced a new customs rule on some humanitarian aid and are separately scaling down deliveries organized by businesses, people involved in getting goods to the war-torn territory told Reuters.

Iran said on Wednesday its missile attack on Israel, its biggest military assault on the Jewish state, was over, barring further provocation, while Israel and the United States promised to retaliate against Tehran as fears of a wider war intensified.