International News from Monday, November 18th, 2024

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened the summit of the Group of 20 major economies on Monday with the launch of a global alliance to combat poverty and hunger that 81 countries have agreed to back.

Schools in Beirut were closed on Monday after Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital killed six people including, Hezbollah's spokesman, the latest in a string of attacks targeting group members.

The Kremlin on Monday said Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territory would involve the United States in the war. 

The US official overseeing contacts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon is due to visit Beirut on Tuesday, sources in Lebanon said on Monday, with Beirut expected give its response to a US truce proposal. 

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake retained the key finance minister portfolio and reappointed Harini Amarasuriya as prime minister on Monday as the Indian Ocean island nation targets stronger recovery from a draining financial crisis.

Seven people were killed and three injured when a landslide buried their house in the Philippines, a disaster official said Monday, after a typhoon pummelled the country over the weekend. 

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Brendan Carr, a critic of the Biden administration's telecom policies and Big Tech, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), he said in a statement on Sunday.

US and Philippine defence chiefs signed an agreement Monday on sharing classified military information and technology, as the long-time treaty allies deepen cooperation in a bid to counter Chinese influence in the region.

Pope Francis has suggested the global community should study whether Israel's military campaign in Gaza constitutes a genocide of the Palestinian people, in some of his most explicit criticism yet of Israel's conduct in its year-long war.

Diplomatic tensions over global warming spilled over into the G20 summit negotiations in Brazil this week, with sources saying the 20 major economies reached a fragile consensus on climate finance that had eluded UN talks in Azerbaijan.

Lebanese armed group Hezbollah confirmed its media relations chief Mohammad Afif was killed by an Israeli strike on a building in central Beirut on Sunday.

President Joe Biden's administration has allowed Ukraine to use US-made weapons to strike deep into Russia, two US officials and a source familiar with the decision said on Sunday, in a move that could widen the Ukraine-Russia war.

The National Capital Region (NCR) of India, including the capital city of New Delhi, is now under semi-lockdown following a sharp deterioration in air quality, which has reached "Severe Plus" levels.