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Israel's army relentlessly hammered Gaza on Saturday after fierce overnight bombardment that rescuers said destroyed hundreds of buildings three weeks into a war sparked by the deadliest attack in the country's history. Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Israel to halt the attacks, while the families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas said they had been snubbed by the government when asking about their fate. Israel unleashed its bombing campaign after Hamas gunmen stormed across the Gaza border on October 7, killing 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and seizing more than 220 hostages, according to Israeli officials. The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza said Israeli strikes had killed 7,703 people, mainly civilians, with more than 3,500 of them children. The conflict is the fifth and deadliest in Gaza since Israel unilaterally withdrew from the Palestinian territory in 2005. The latest Israeli strikes against Hamas, the Islamist group that has ruled Gaza since 2007, were the most intense since the war broke out.

TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh on Saturday charged the ruling YSRC in Andhra Pradesh with manipulating the system and institutions to ensure that N Chandrababu Naidu does not go to the masses. Lokesh made the allegation following a meeting (mulakath) with his father and former chief minister Naidu at the Rajamahendravaram central prison.

Narendra Modi has cancelled his planned campaign trip to Mamit in poll-bound Mizoram on October 30, a senior BJP leader said here on Saturday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will fill in for Modi, but his date of campaigning is yet to be decided, state BJP media convener Johny Lalthanpuia told PTI.

Al Jazeera on Friday. As the world focuses on the violence unleashed in Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza, Shtayyeh's comments shed light on what he described as a "very dangerous situation" in the West Bank. His statement came amid the ongoing war between the Palestinian military group Hamas and Israel.

Hamas militant group. Military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said Israeli forces were still «in the field», without elaborating. Hagari also said they were «broadening the humanitarian effort» on Saturday and would allow trucks carrying food, water and medicine to enter southern Gaza. Israel's military targeted Hamas commanders overnight, including leaders of the group's naval and aerial forces, which Hagari said would allow «forces on the ground to fight against a weaker enemy».

Israel intensified its bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Wearing black T-shirts saying «Jews say cease-fire now» and «Not in our name,» at least 200 of the demonstrators were detained by New York Police Department officers and led out of the train station, their hands zip-tied behind their backs. The NYPD said the protesters were taken briefly into custody, issued summonses and released, and that a more exact number of detentions would be available Saturday morning.

₹40 per kg to ₹80 a kg within just two weeks. Industry insiders expect prices to keep increasing until arrivals from the new Kharif crop, which is delayed by almost two months, becomes available in December. In Maharashtra’s Lasalgaon, the hub of onion wholesale trade, prices have surged by 58% in a fortnight, standing at ₹38 per kg as of Tuesday.

Origin Energy is in exclusive negotiations to import liquefied natural gas through a proposed $300 million-plus terminal in South Australia for at least 10 years, a deal that – if completed – would be a big boost for the Venice Energy project in Port Adelaide.

Investing.com — Gold bulls recaptured the $2,000 an ounce territory that had eluded them the past two months as investors sought shelter in safe havens amid increasing worry that Israel would indeed push through with a full ground invasion of Gaza to flush out Hamas militants from the Palestinian land.

Gaza to a ceasefire in Israel's bombardment of the Palestinian enclave, launched after a deadly rampage into southern Israel nearly three weeks ago. Israel says it is preparing a ground invasion, but has been urged by the U.S. and Arab countries to delay an operation that would multiply the number of civilian casualties in the densely populated coastal strip and might ignite a wider conflict. Two U.S.

Investing.com — Oil ended one of its most volatile weeks for the year with a 3% loss as traders raced from one headline to another on the Middle East conflict that brought warring parties Israel and Hamas no closer to a solution despite intense mediation by the United States and other global powers.

European Union leaders believe it's time to lay the foundations for a future relationship between Israel and the Palestinians where the militant group Hamas does not control Gaza

The removal of contaminated soil from the site of February's fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in eastern Ohio is expected to be completed sometime this weekend although the larger cleanup will continue

A former model for Abercrombie & Fitch has sued the fashion retailer, alleging it allowed its former CEO Mike Jeffries to run a sex-trafficking organization during his 22-year tenure

Associated Press as saying that mobile phone service and internet in Gaza Strip has been cut off by Israeli bombardment. NetBlocks, a non-profit organisation that monitors internet censorship, also confirmed in a post on X that there is a "collapse in connectivity" in Gaza. It also reported a decline in connectivity amid heavy Israeli bombardment of the enclave.

Terraform Labs Pte. Ltd. (Movant), has filed a motion to compel market maker Citadel Securities, LLC to divulge crucial trading data. This data, pertinent to a third-party subpoena, is deemed critical for Terraform Labs' defense against a lawsuit initiated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The lawsuit, presided over by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, delves into allegations of market destabilization due to purported intentional actions by certain market players to «short» and consequently cause the TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin to depeg from its $1 benchmark.

On October 12, 2023, a significant regulatory maneuver unfolded as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Stephen Ehrlich, the former CEO of the now-bankrupt Voyager Digital entities. Ehrlich is charged with fraud and registration violations concerning the digital asset platform's operation of an unregistered commodity pool between February and July 2022.

Romanian Air Force after thundering through the sky above the Fetesti air base, as NATO bolsters its military presence in member country Romania, bordering Ukraine. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, NATO has stepped up its efforts to boost the alliance's southeastern flank defences by sending additional battlegroups to the region. NATO has also intensified its joint drills along the defence bloc's wider eastern flank — which encompasses eight member countries — spanning from Estonia and Latvia bordering Russia in the east to Romania and Bulgaria on the Black Sea. The most recent joint exercise in the region — held between October 16 to 20 — for the first time brought together French and Romanian airmen and their planes.

By Naomi Rovnick and Stella Qiu

ManipalCigna Health Insurance, a rapidly expanding independent health insurance company in India, is proactively enhancing its footprint in Hyderabad and nationwide. It aims to cater to various healthcare financing needs and introduce its innovative health insurance solutions to new customer segments.

By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh