Israel and the powerful Iranian-backed militant group have continued to trade attacks since an initial ceasefire deal in April. Hezbollah has not commented on the latest agreement.

Starmer acknowledged there are “serious questions to answer, including how accusations of racism informed police thinking,” but emphasized there is “no justification for more violence and disorder.”

Ukrainian long-range drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and set it ablaze, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday, sending smoke billowing over the city where President Vladimir Putin was born as it hosts Russia’s leading event for attracting foreign capital.

President Putin faced two rival outlines of Russia's future as he hosted his premier annual investment conference with the war in Ukraine unabated.

Opposition figures say the rally planned for Thursday was intended to protest what they call constitutional violations and efforts by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to extend his tenure. The government has rejected those allegations.

Germany lost a bid to secure a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council in a setback for Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government, which had conducted a coordinated campaign to join the body.

A Yazidi woman alleges she was enslaved in Syria by a woman and repeatedly raped and beaten by the woman’s father, according to police. Zeinab Ahmad, 31, applied for bail in Melbourne on

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez on Thursday as New Delhi seeks to deepen ties with the oil-rich South American nation following disruptions in global energy supplies.