Bahrain has recalled its ambassador to Israel and suspended all economic ties with the country.
In a statement, the Bahraini National Assembly's Council of Representatives said the move is in support of the Palestinian cause and the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.
It added that the Israeli ambassador to the Kingdom had already left.
Thai schools hold shooting response drills after deadly school attack
Thai schools conducted active shooter drills on Wednesday, as authorities moved to strengthen security measures two weeks after a 14-year-old opened fire at a school and killed at least eight people.
Bus-truck head-on collision in Parana, Brazil kills at least 21
At least 21 people have died and four others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in the BR-373 highway in Brazil's southern state of Parana, the road operator said on Wednesday in an X post.
At least 9 killed in hotel fire in India's Kolkata
At least nine people have been killed, including a child, in a fire at a hotel in India's eastern city of Kolkata on Wednesday, local police said.
Russian drone attacks kill five in Ukraine's Kherson, governor says
A Russian drone strike on a minibus in Ukraine's southern city of Kherson has killed four people on Wednesday, Ukrainian authorities said, in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as a "vicious" attack.
Ebola cases in Congo exceed 5,000, government data shows
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo now exceeds 5,000, government data has showed late on Tuesday, as health officials warn that response efforts are failing to contain the deadly disease.
