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Musk's X takes down hundreds of Hamas-linked accounts, informs CEO

Under the EU's Digital Services Act, which took effect in August, social media companies have to step up policing of their platforms for illegal content, under threat of hefty fines

Antony Blinken arrives in Israel amid its escalating conflict with Hamas

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on Thursday to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders

Germany offers Israel military help and promises to crack down at home

Scholz told the German parliament that he has asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to inform Germany of any needs, for example the treatment of wounded

Toyota and energy company Idemitsu to cooperate on EV battery technology

The future of mobility lies in the tie-up between the auto and energy sectors, including this innovation hailing from Japan, he said

Taiwan watching Hamas-Israel war for lessons as it faces intimidation

Hamas staged a stunning and massive incursion into Israel last weekend, killing hundreds in Israel and dragging dozens into Gaza as hostages

As strikes destroy Gaza, Israel forms govt to oversee war sparked by Hamas

Every Hamas member is a dead man, Netanyahu said in a televised address

Malaysian carrier MyAirline abruptly suspends ops, passengers stranded

The airline apologised for the extremely painful decision but said significant financial pressures made it necessary to temporarily halt operations pending shareholder restructuring

IMF, World Bank urged to boost funding for African nations facing conflict

The shocks worsen conflict and upend livelihoods because many people are farmers work that is increasingly vulnerable in a warming world

Gaza is tiny, watched closely by Israel; rescuing hostages would be a task

But rescuing or even locating more than 150 hostages hustled there by Palestinian militants who overran Israel's southern border on Saturday will be a daunting task

Nominated to be House speaker, Scalise left searching for votes to win

We have a lot of work to do, Scalise said after Wednesday's internal party election

US inflation rose modestly as Fed officials signal no rate hike likely

Thursday's inflation data could bolster or undercut the growing belief that the Fed can tame inflation through the series of 11 interest rate hikes it imposed beginning in March 2022

Donald Trump attacks Biden on foreign policy as Israel-Hamas war rages

The Biden campaign said Trump has been pushing dangerous misinformation about the crisis in Israel at a time when the country should stand together

US aircraft carrier arrives in S Korea as Kim exchanges messages with Putin

It's the first arrival of a US aircraft carrier in South Korea in six months since the USS Nimitz docked at Busan in late March, the statement said

Trump's financial statements were key to loan approvals, says banker

Those numbers helped Trump secure bigger loans and lower interest rates, said Haigh, who headed the risk group for the bank's private wealth management unit from 2008 to 2018

Joe Biden calls Hamas attacks deadliest day for Jews since Holocaust

Beyond the 22 known to have been killed, the State Department said at least 17 more Americans remain unaccounted for in a war that has already claimed more than 2,200 lives on both sides

London's Luton Airport reopens after disruption caused by parking lot fire

Dozens of flights were cancelled, diverted or delayed at Luton, located about 56 km (35 miles) north of central London, after the blaze erupted late Tuesday

Social media riddled with misinformation on Israel-Hamas war, say experts

While Musk's social media site is awash in chaos, rivals such as TikTok, YouTube and Facebook are also coping with a flood of unsubstantiated rumours

Lights out in Gaza: Israeli strikes destroy only power plant in territory

There is no safe place in Gaza right now, journalist Hasan Jabar said after three Palestinian journalists were killed in the bombardment of a downtown neighbourhood

Israel claims 'hostile aircraft' entered country from Lebanon, alarms north

The Israeli military said Wednesday night that hostile aircraft had entered the country from Lebanon, setting sirens blaring across northern Israel as it urged citizens there to shelter

Climate activist Greta Thunberg fined again for climate protest in Sweden

On Sept 15, she was charged with disobedience to law enforcement for refusing to obey police asking her to leave the scene. She then was dragged away by two uniformed officers