Netanyahu vows Israel 'will continue until victory'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says nothing will deter him and that Israel will continue its fight against Hamas "until victory".
"We eliminated the master murderer Yahya Sinwar," he says in a video posted on social media. Sinwar, a chief architect of the 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, was killed by Israeli troops on Wednesday.
"I said we are in the war of resurrection and we continue forward until the end," Netanyahu adds.
Summary
At least 33 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, Hamas-run authorities say. Israel has not commented
Israeli forces have been besieging the densely-populated camp in recent weeks, saying it's trying to prevent Hamas fighters from regrouping
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's death this week raised hopes of an end to the war, but Iran's supreme leader says the group will "remain alive"
Moldovans go to polls to decide whether future lies with Russia or the west
Sunday’s presidential election and EU referendum takes place amid concerns over interference from Moscow
Moldovans go to polls to decide whether future lies with Russia or the west
Sunday’s presidential election and EU referendum takes place amid concerns over interference from Moscow
Moldovans head to the polls on Sunday for a presidential election and an EU referendum that will mark a pivotal moment in the tug-of-war between Russia and the west over the future of the small, landlocked south-east European country of fewer than 3 million people
The pro-western president, Maia Sandu, hopes to advance her agenda by winning a second term and securing a “yes” in a referendum to affirm EU accession as a “irreversible” goal in the constitution.
North Korea claims to have found crashed South Korean drone
Pyongyang repeated its earlier warning that another drone incursion will be seen as "a declaration of war" and threatened immediate retaliation.
North Korea on Saturday released photos of the remains of a South Korean military drone that it said was found in Pyongyang, that analysts confirmed resembled South Korean military drones.
According to state media KCNA, Seoul uses drones to drop propaganda over the capital Pyongyang.
"It is quite likely that the drone is the one which scattered leaflets over the center of Pyongyang Municipality," said KCNA. "But the conclusion has not yet been drawn."
Millions of Cubans in the dark as plant failure triggers nationwide blackout
A power plant failure in Cuba has plunged millions into darkness after it triggered a nationwide blackout Friday, shuttering schools and bringing public transport to a halt in the capital Havana. The island country is currently facing its worst economic crisis in thirty years, marked by inflation and food shortages.
Cuba was racing Friday to restore electricity after the failure of the island's biggest power plant caused a nationwide blackout, coming on the heels of weeks of extended outages across the cash-strapped country.
The capital Havana came to a virtual standstill as schools closed, public transport ground to a halt and traffic lights stopped functioning.
The head of electricity supply at the energy ministry, Lazara Guerra, said the process of restoring power to communist Cuba's 11 million inhabitants was in its early stages.
Firebombs lobbed at LDP’s HQ; suspect held but stays mum
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 19, 2024 at 12:50 JST
A man in his late 40s was taken into police custody after he hurled several crude firebombs at the Tokyo headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and used his car to ram the protective barrier set up in front of the prime minister’s office.
There were no reports of injuries arising from the incident that occurred around 6 a.m. on Oct. 19.
The suspect was identified as Atsunobu Usuta, 49, of Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, just north of Tokyo. He was arrested on suspicion of interfering with the duties of public officials after he also lobbed a flare at police officers on duty near the prime minister’s office.
‘We’ll never forget’: Town grieves after deadly Nigeria fuel tanker blast
Survivors and relatives try to find peace after 170 mostly young people died after a tanker exploded in Jigawa State.
Days after a fuel tanker explosion killed 170 mostly young people in Majia, a farming town in northern Nigeria’s Jigawa State, the close-knit community is still reeling from the overwhelming loss.
“It was a terrible situation that we have never witnessed in this town; many people lost their lives,” local businessman Mustapha Abdullahi told Al Jazeera.
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