US moves warships closer to Israel after Hamas attack

The US says it is moving an aircraft carrier, ships and jets to the eastern Mediterranean and will also give Israel additional equipment and ammunition, BBC reports.

U.S. citizens among dozens of hostages held in Gaza

Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer told CNN on Sunday that there are "dozens" of hostages being held in Gaza, including several American citizens. Dermer declined to estimate the number of Americans being held.

Egypt: Police officer kills two Israeli tourists, one Egyptian

Two Israeli tourists and one Egyptian were killed on Sunday by a police officer in Alexandria, Egypt, according to a media outlet close to the security apparatus, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Agence France-Presse reported.

Israel launches airstrikes against Hamas in response to Gaza rocket attacks

Israel launched airstrikes against the Hamas terrorist organisation in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, in response to a series of rocket attacks by the group, the Associated Press reported.

Gaza death toll rises above 230 as Israel continues airstrikes

More than 230 people have been killed and another 1,000 people have been injured in the Gaza Strip since Saturday, according to CNN. The Israeli military has continued to carry out airstrikes on the region, despite international calls for a ceasefire.

Thousands dead and injured in Afghanistan earthquake

Update: Afghan officials have said that over 2,000 people have died in the western part of the country following Saturday's earthquake, BBC reports.

Israel declares war after Hamas launches major attack

Israel declared war on Saturday after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a major attack, firing thousands of rockets into the country and infiltrating militants into Israel.

Klaus Iohannis: Romania supports the opening of EU accession negotiations with the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine by the end of the year

Romania strongly supports the opening of accession negotiations with the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine by the end of the year, President Klaus Iohannis said on Friday, in the informal meeting of the European Council, in Granada, Spain, which takes place simultaneously with the meeting of the European Political Community.

Nobel Peace Prize Narges Mohammadi, jailed iranian activist, is 2023 laureate

Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian activist, was named as the recipient of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all”, The New York Times reports.

Volodymyr Zelensky could pay a visit to Romania

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, is expected to visit Romania on October 10, official sources told G4Media. However, the visit will not be officially confirmed until the last moment, as the war may change the plans of the leader from Kiev.

Norwegian Jon Fosse wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, whose work tackles birth, death, faith and the other “elemental stuff” of life in spare Nordic prose, won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for writing that prize organizers said gives “voice to the unsayable”, AP reports.

Russian attack on shop in eastern Ukraine kills 48

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at least 48 people were killed in a Russian artillery strike that hit a shop near the eastern city of Kupiansk on Thursday, CNN reports.