Tensions between China and Taiwan have been on the rise in recent years. But a quiet battle is already taking place: the competition for hearts and minds.

For two days, Israeli police have raided the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Israel says they were going after Palestinians stockpiling rocks and fireworks. Soon, militants fired rockets into Israel.

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A report says President Biden was “severely constrained”, but implies evacuations could have begun sooner.

The court said it could not make a decision because it did not know the whereabouts of her father, Alexei Moskalyov, who was reportedly detained in Belarus after fleeing house arrest in Russia.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday vowed his country’s enemies would “pay a price” following a barrage of rockets from Lebanon that was blamed on Palestinian groups.