Iranian missile attacks have killed three Palestinian women in the occupied West Bank and a foreign worker in central Israel, medics said.

King Charles III praised Britain’s “partnership of equals” with Nigeria as he hosted a banquet for President Bola Tinubu during the first state visit by the leader of Africa’s most populous nation in nearly four decades.

US President Donald Trump’s administration is considering deploying thousands of US troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East, as the US military prepares for possible next steps in its campaign against Iran, said a US official and three people familiar with the matter.

The repercussions of the war in the Middle East would be felt globally, Iran’s top diplomat said, suggesting more Western officials should push back against the conflict.

A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat was ordered to stand trial for participation in “war crimes” over his role leading up to the 1961 killing of Congolese independence icon Patrice Lumumba.

Iran targeted Tel Aviv with missiles carrying cluster warheads in what it said was retaliation for Israel’s assassination of Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani, Iranian state television reported.

A building collapsed during a planned demolition in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, killing at least four people.

Could African oil-producing countries such as Nigeria and Angola increase production in the short term and thus ease global shortages caused by the war in the Middle East? Experts explain what that might look like.

The Afghan government said that about 400 people were killed in a Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation centre in the capital, Kabul, in the deadliest attack in the recent violence between the two neighbours.

Bank of America has ‌settled a civil lawsuit brought by women who accused the bank of facilitating their sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein, court records showed.

A drone and rocket attack targeted the US embassy in Baghdad, while a strike killed four people at a house reportedly hosting Iranian advisors, security officials said, pulling Iraq deeper into the Middle East war.

US President Donald Trump was warned that attacking Iran could trigger retaliation against US Gulf allies despite his claims that Tehran’s reaction came as a surprise, said a US official and two sources familiar with US intelligence reports.

US President Donald Trump said he had the authority to impose duties despite the US Supreme Court striking down his global tariffs.

US President Donald Trump accused Iran of using artificial intelligence as a “disinformation weapon” to misrepresent its wartime successes and support.

Iran’s relations with Gulf states will require a “serious review” in light of the US-Israeli war on Iran, limiting ‌the power of external actors so the region can become prosperous, said Tehran’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

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