Anushka Patil

Democrats could officially make Kamala Harris their nominee this week as she narrows her running-mate choices and attacks her rivals, Donald Trump and JD Vance, while they hit the trail.

Hezbollah confirmed that one of its senior commanders, Fuad Shukr, had been killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut, and Hamas accused Israel of killing Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh while he was in Tehran for the inauguration of Iran’s new president.

The fate of Muhammad Deif, a top Hamas leader, has been unclear, and the group has not confirmed his death. Funerals for senior officials from Hamas and Hezbollah, both of whom were assassinated this week, drew thousands.

Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, embarked on a bus tour of the critical battleground state a day before Democrats open their national convention in Chicago.

Demonstrations broke out in cities around the country after the Israeli military announced the recovery of six dead hostages.

President Volodymyr Zelensky was poised to carry out the biggest change to his government since Russia invaded. Ukrainian officials said that Russian forces carried out a second day of deadly attacks.

The United Nations said the vaccination effort was going well in challenging wartime conditions. Health officials said a second round of vaccinations would be needed within weeks.

The attack on a health authority building killed at least six, the Lebanese authorities said. The Israeli military said it had struck about 200 sites in Lebanon overnight.

The Palestinian Authority’s official news agency said the Israeli military operation had included an incursion by ground troops and airstrikes.

A short car ride from Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport brought me to the stunning new addition to the city's skyline: Hilton Kathmandu.