The United States and Iran traded air attacks on Thursday for a second straight day, with President Donald Trump vowing further strikes if Tehran does not immediately agree to a peace deal.

At least 15 people – 11 civilians and four security officers – have been killed in clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, local authorities say.

An explosion ​killed seven people early ‌on Thursday in China’s southwestern region of ​Guangxi, local ​authorities said in a notice, ⁠adding that ​they were investigating its ​cause, but ruling out a risk from gas ​pipelines.

Taiwan’s maritime sovereignty cannot be “violated” by Chinese efforts to create a false ‌impression of jurisdiction, the island’s coast guard said after China ended a patrol off its eastern shores.

The US military has launched new strikes on Iran after President Donald Trump said US forces would hit the country “hard” as Tehran has taken “too long to make a deal” to end the war.

The Canadian government introduced a digital safety bill on Wednesday that would ban social media for children under 16 ‌, with exemptions for platforms that meet certain safety standards, months after Australia enacted the world’s first social media ban for young people.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to embrace data showing inflation has risen more than ‌4%, telling reporters that he “loved” inflation and reiterating his belief that prices will fall as soon as the Iran war ends.

A man accused of committing one of Australia’s worst mass shootings, at Sydney’s famed ​Bondi Beach last December, has been charged with ‌19 additional offences.

Greece’s parliament approved legislation late on Tuesday to fast-track deportation of rejected asylum seekers and allow their ​transfer to “return hubs” outside the bloc once bilateral agreements ‌are reached with third countries.

Pope Leo spoke in Catalan, a language key to the ‌region’s identity, as he arrived in Barcelona on Tuesday for the second stop of a week-long tour of Spain in which he has warned that conflicts have pushed the world into a profound crisis.

The United States on Tuesday launched ​strikes against Iran after President Donald Trump said Tehran had shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz, deepening doubts about prospects for peace between ‌the two countries.

One of the world’s biggest smartphone makers is finally entering its artificial intelligence era in a move analysts say could change the way Australians use the technology.