Israel launched airstrikes on southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday night in response to the earlier firing of two rockets into Israel, Palestinian sources said.
US President Donald Trump says he's standing with the people of Hong Kong, following a landslide victory for the territory's pro-democracy camp. That side made huge gains in Sunday's local district council elections but tensions remain.
Egypt successfully launched its first telecommunications satellite from a space center in French Guiana in South America on Tuesday, Egypt's official Ahram online news website reported.
Police plan to refer two men to prosecutors soon on suspicion of smuggling two rare perentie lizards into Japan and selling them to customers, investigative sources said Monday.
Robbers made off with priceless 18th century jewellery from a state museum in Dresden on Monday, police and museum directors said, in a major art heist that has shocked Germany.
Nine Taliban militants were killed in two separate airstrikes conducted by the Afghan Air Force in eastern Laghman province, the command of Afghan special forces said Tuesday.
