International News from Saturday, November 23rd, 2024

Philippine security agencies stepped up safety protocols on Saturday after Vice President Sara Duterte said she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assassinated if she herself were killed.

Nearly 230 health workers have been killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon since the October 7 attack last year, the World Health Organization said.

At least 32 people were killed and 47 wounded in sectarian clashes in northwest Pakistan, an official told AFP on Saturday, two days after attacks on Shia passengers convoys killed 43.

The European Union, United States and other wealthy countries at the COP29 climate summit have agreed to raise their offer of a global finance target to $300 billion per year by 2035, sources told Reuters on Saturday.

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia would keep testing its new Oreshnik hypersonic missile in combat and had a stock ready for use.

Powerful Israeli airstrikes targeted central Beirut on Saturday, shaking the Lebanese capital, killing at least 20 people and injuring 63 others, according to the civil defense.