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Demonstrators celebrate during a rally outside the British Embassy in Tehran on October 1, 2024, after Iran fired a barrage of missiles into Israel in response to the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other Iranian-backed militias. — AFP pic

Aftermath of Israel’s aggression: A timeline of violence that led to Iran’s missile strike retaliation

Turkiye’s President Tayyip Erdogan, who has been a fierce critic of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, started discussing that war during a speech praising his country’s defence industry. — Reuters pic

‘Israel will be stopped sooner or later’: Turkiye’s Erdogan calls for UN to intervene immediately against invasion of Lebanon

Australian police have sought to block a pro-Palestine rally in Sydney on Oct 6 and 7. — Reuters file pic

Citing ‘safety’, Australian police seek court ban on pro-Palestine rally in Sydney this weekend

People carry sand bags from city government district offices for distribution in Kaohsiung as super typhoon Krathon moved towards Taiwan. — AFP pic

Taiwan braces for Typhoon Krathon as schools close and 10,000 evacuated ahead of landfall

Former US president Jimmy Carter helps build a house as he visits the construction site of houses being built by Carter's Habitat for Humanity foundation for victims of the January 2010 earthquake in Leogane, 33km south of Port-au-Prince, on November 26, 2012. — AFP pic

Jimmy Carter reaches 100, becoming first US president to hit century mark

A member of the Israeli police's forensics department walks past a special forces member at the scene of a shooting attack in Jaffa south of Tel Aviv yesterday. — AFP pic

Tel Aviv hit by deadly stabbing and shooting attack, six civilians killed

Iranians celebrate on a street after the IRGC attack on Israel, in Tehran, Iran. — Reuters pic

US says ‘fully support’ Israel, discussing joint response to Iranian missile strike amid escalating tensions

People take shelter during an air raid siren after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in central Israel yesterday. — Reuters pic

Iran says missile strike follow ‘attack on sovereignty’, warns of ‘crushing retaliation’ if Israel’s Zionist regime hits back

Members of Israel's Home Front Command and police forces inspect a crater left by an exploded projectile at a heavily-damaged school building in Israel's southern city of Gedera on October 1, 2024, after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel. — AFP pic

Iran launches hundreds of missiles on Israel in retaliation for killings of Hezbollah, Hamas leaders

Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat is a celebrity in the Julana constituency of Haryana, and her family of wrestlers were the subject of Bollywood blockbuster ‘Dangal’. — AFP pic

Indian Olympian Vinesh Phogat swaps wrestling arena for politics

A drone view shows the archaeological site of Panamarca where archaeologists have uncovered evidence that could point to a woman ruling in a coastal valley during the ancient Moche culture over 1,300 years ago, including a used throne and scenes in elaborate wall paintings, in Nepena, Peru, in this handout photo distributed on September 29, 2024. — Reuters pic

Ancient Peru throne room points to possible female ruler, archaeologists say

A funeral procession of villagers killed in an Israeli strike on residential buildings in Maaysrah, north of Beirut, Lebanon, September 27, 2024. — Reuters pic

A conflict chronicle: Israel’s legacy of invasions and incursions in Lebanon through the years

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba arrives at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan October 1, 2024. — Reuters pic

Japan’s new PM Ishiba unveils cabinet ahead of snap election

Mech Dara is seen here with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department in Washington, DC, June 15, 2023. — Reuters pic

Cambodia arrests investigative journalist who exposed trafficking, scam compounds

Doctors from the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front, which represents about 7,000 physicians in the state, reinstated partial services last month, citing the flood situation in parts of the state. — Reuters pic

Junior doctors in India’s Kolkata resume full strike, disappointed with top court’s ruling

Firefighters work to extinguish a burning bus that was carrying teachers and students from Wat Khao Phraya school, reportedly killing almost a dozen, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, October 1, 2024. — Reuters pic

School bus catches fire in Thailand, 25 feared dead (VIDEO)