BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - At least 31 people died in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb on Friday, the Lebanese health ministry said on Saturday, including three children and seven women, in the deadliest strike in a year of conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.
Hezbollah said overnight that the dead included 16 of its members, including senior leader Ibrahim Aqil and another top commander, Ahmed Wahbi.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and China started naval exercises in the Sea of Japan on Saturday, Russian news agencies cited Russia's Pacific Fleet as saying.
"A joint detachment of warships of the Pacific Fleet and Chinese Navy set out from Vladivostok to conduct the joint Russian-Chinese "Beibu/Interaction - 2024" naval exercise," the RIA news agency quoted the Pacific Fleet as saying.
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By Tora Agarwala
IMPHAL, India (Reuters) - India's northeastern state of Manipur has been placed on high alert after intelligence reports of a potential influx of 900 suspected Kuki militants from Myanmar, a senior security official said on Friday.
Kuldiep Singh, Manipur's security adviser, told reporters at a press briefing the information regarding the militants has been shared with various intelligence agencies.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - SAIC Volkswagen, responding to reports it would close its Nanjing plant, said on Saturday that adjusting its production base was "normal and necessary", Chinese media outlet Yicai reported.
Reuters reported this week that Germany's Volkswagen plans to stop production at one of its combustion engine car plants in China, in a sign of automakers' struggles to manage overcapacity in the world's biggest car market.
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By Trevor Hunnicutt and David Brunnstrom
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States will announce plans for new security initiatives in the Indian Ocean on Saturday, when outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden hosts counterparts from the Quad grouping established due to shared concerns about China.
Biden will welcome Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi... (continue reading...)
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