The arrival of 2,500 Marines and another 2,500 sailors is keeping the number of American troops in the region at roughly 10,000 more than usual.

As missiles fly in Iran, Israeli troops have moved deep into southern Lebanon to hit Hezbollah.

Israeli police stopped clergymen from celebrating the Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre “for the first time in centuries,” church officials said.

Winds from Tropical Cyclone Narelle stirred up rust-colored dust from iron-rich soil, tinging the sky over Western Australia with a reddish Mars-like hue.

A fiery red sky covered Western Australia as Tropical Cyclone Narelle approached on Friday.

A close U.S. ally and regional rival of Iran, the kingdom has faced hundreds of Iranian missile and drone attacks since the war began.

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Israel said one of those killed was a member of Hezbollah’s military wing “disguised as a journalist.” Lebanon’s president said all three were journalists and condemned the killings.

Seeking a comeback after voters flocked to Mark Carney’s Liberals, the New Democrats picked Avi Lewis, a scion of a leftist political dynasty.