International from Tuesday, October 1st, 2024

The Israeli military said on Tuesday that missiles had been launched from Iran towards Israel, and that its home front command had provided life-saving guidelines to people in various parts of the country.

Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Tuesday officially took over as the boss of NATO after the outgoing head of the alliance Jens Stoltenberg passed a ceremonial gavel to him to mark the occasion.

25 people are feared dead in Thailand after a school bus carrying students and teachers on a field trip caught fire on the outskirts of Bangkok, with 16 passengers hospitalised, the government said.

Rescue crews airlifted emergency food and water into remote North Carolina towns that were cut off and devastated by tropical storm Helene that turned the western part of the state into a "post apocalyptic" landscape.

Three people were killed and 15 others injured in a knife attack at a suburban supermarket in Shanghai on Monday on the eve of China's week-long National Day holiday, the latest in a series of stabbing incidents in major Chinese cities this year.

Taiwan mobilised nearly 40,000 troops to bolster rescue efforts as the powerful Typhoon Krathon approaching its populous southwest coast is expected to bring a storm surge, while the coast guard raced to locate 19 sailors who abandoned ship.

Multiple Katyusha rockets were fired near Baghdad International Airport (BGW), two Iraqi military officials said early on Tuesday. There were no reports of injuries or material damage, a US defence official said.

Israel launched its expected ground incursion into Lebanon on Tuesday morning, with "limited" raids against Hezbollah targets in the border area, the Israeli military said.