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At least 11 people were killed and four others injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday, the Health Ministry said.

A ministry statement said eight people lost their lives in a strike targeting the southern town of Maarakeh.

Four other people were injured, including one seriously, in the attack.

At least two European nations have reopened discussions about potentially deploying their troops or private military companies to the conflict in Ukraine. The French newspaper Le Monde reports that these talks have been prompted by concerns over the possible election of Donald Trump as US President, which could lead to a cessation of American military aid to Kyiv.

Ruja Ignatova, the notorious figure behind the OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, is reportedly alive and being hidden by international criminal cartels, according to BBC investigative journalist Yordan Tsalov. Ignatova, who is one of the FBI's top three most wanted individuals, has a reward of 5 million dollars for information leading to her capture.

The Israeli ambassador to Washington on Monday said that a ceasefire deal to end fighting between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah could be reached "within days."

The Kremlin said today that the team of elected President Donald Trump speaks about peace, while the current U.S. government under Joe Biden does not.

A Romanian hard-right NATO critic and centre-right opposition party leader will likely face each other in a Dec. 8 presidential run-off vote, results showed, in an unexpected outcome that threatens Romania's staunchly pro-Ukraine stance.

With 99.9% of votes counted, hard-right Calin Georgescu, 62, had 22.9%, while centre-right contender Elena Lasconi was second with 19.16%.

WASHINGTON, DC - President Nikos Christodoulides of the Republic of Cyprus reportedly presented his strategic vision and the theoretical and practical aspects of the potential future integration of Cyprus into NATO - contingent on favorable political conditions - during his recent meeting with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office.

Asian markets rose Monday following a record close on Wall Street as traders welcomed Donald Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary, while bitcoin's push to $100,000 ran out of steam after coming within a whisker of the mark at the end of last week.

Baibars Mechatronics Aviation, specializing in developing and supporting civilian rotary-wing drones, will begin production in the United States with financial backing from Japan.

Rich countries' promise of $300 billion a year in climate finance brought fury at talks in Baku from poor nations that found it too paltry, but it also shows a shift in global political realities.

The two-week marathon COP29 climate conference opened days after the decisive victory in the U.S. presidential election of Donald Trump, a skeptic both of climate change and foreign aid.