A United Nations peacekeeper from Indonesia was killed and another was critically injured when a projectile exploded in southern Lebanon, officials said Monday.

Authorities in southeastern Australia fatally shot a man they believe is fugitive Desmond Freeman, bringing an end to the seven-month manhunt for the suspect accused of killing two police officers in late August.

Israel’s parliament has passed the budget in a marathon overnight session, likely ensuring that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government will complete its term until the fall.

The move marks its first direct involvement in the U.S.- and Israeli-led war against Iran. In this article Asia-Pacific markets were set to fall Monday as the Middle East war entered its fifth week. Yemen's Houthi movement said Saturday it had fired missiles at Israel,

Gold declined, erasing its first weekly gain since the war in the Middle East began, as the Iran-backed Houthi militant group joined the conflict and more US military personnel moved into the region.

Violence erupted in the central Haitian town of Petite-Rivière de l’Artibonite early Sunday morning as a powerful gang warred with a vigilante group, regional officials confirmed to The Associated Press.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he had ordered the military to further expand its operations in southern Lebanon, citing continued ​rocket fire by Hezbollah.

Kosovo is one of the Europe’s poorest countries and struggles with a steep rise in fuel prices caused by the Iran war