RAMALLAH: Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinian gunmen who opened fire at them from a vehicle in the occupied West Bank, the military said on Saturday.

TAIPEI: Taiwan reported renewed Chinese military activity near the island on Saturday with 12 aircraft crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait, a day after US secretary state Antony Blinken ended a visit to China.

BRITISH COLUMBIA: A young killer whale that was trapped for more than a month in a lagoon on Vancouver Island swam past a bottleneck at high tide early Friday, reaching an inlet that could take it to the open sea, officials said.

BEIJING: China urged US secretary of state Antony Blinken on Friday to address rising disagreements or risk a “downward spiral” between the two powers as talks opened in Beijing.

SHANGHAI: US secretary of state Antony Blinken called today on the US and China to manage their differences “responsibly” as he went on a charm offensive ahead of expected tough talks.

TOKYO: Japan’s Moon lander woke up for a third time after its main functions survived another frigid two-week lunar night, the country’s space agency said Wednesday.

KYIV: Russian missiles damaged residential buildings and injured six people in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, early on Wednesday, governor Oleh Synehubov said on Telegram.

HYDERABAD: Indian manufacturer Everest Food Products said today its spices were safe for consumption after Singapore authorities asked an importer to recall a product for inspection, following a sales ban in Hong Kong, which warned of a cancer risk.

KYIV: Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine that injured nine people in the Black Sea port of Odesa, four of them children, and also targeted Kyiv, the capital, Ukraine’s military officials said early today.

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said today the chief of its intelligence directorate had resigned after taking responsibility for failures leading to the unprecedented Oct 7 attack by Hamas.