Two Palestinian gunmen were killed after the shooting, the IDF said.

The attack comes at a time of heightened tensions in the West Bank and four days before Israel's general election.

Israel has ordered its army to prepare for a full closure of the West Bank on Friday, following a deadly shooting earlier in the day in the occupied territory. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said it instructed security forces to immediately cordon off the city of Hebron and prepare to fully close all of

Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an Israeli military checkpoint on Friday in the occupied West Bank, wounding five and prompting the Israeli military to “impose a full siege” on the city of Hebron.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed that Elon Musk had restored Ukraine’s access to a military-grade version of his Starlink internet service, called Starshield, but Ukrainian officials have said restrictions remain in place that are complicating Kyiv’s war effort.

An artilleryman of the Special Rifle Police Battalion of Zaporizhzhia region sets up Starlink satellite internet system, at a position, amid Russia's attack o

The military-grade system appeared to be working more normally on Thursday, soon after the call.

Ukraine relies on Starlink for a range of military uses - its owner Elon Musk has repeatedly denied restricting access.

Brazilian ⁠Senator Flavio Bolsonaro ​and President Luiz ‌Inacio Lula ‌da ⁠Silva ⁠are about even heading to Sunday's ​election runoff, a Datafolha ​poll showed on Thursday. The ⁠senator, the ⁠eldest son ⁠of former ​President Jair Bolsonaro,

Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are tied just days before Brazil’s Sunday runoff election, a new poll showed.

Brazilian presidential candidates Flavio Bolsonaro and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attend a presidential debate, ahead of the runoff presidential election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 18, 2026. REUTERS/Jean Carniel BRASILIA,

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro's lead ​over President Luiz ‌Inacio Lula da Silva has narrowed ahead of an ​October 25 runoff, ​a Quaest poll showed ⁠on Wednesday.

A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Tibet on Thursday, killing at least 16 people and injuring dozens, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua. At least 339 houses have collapsed, and a rescue team has been sent to the epicenter.

Rescuers are combing through a remote Chinese region in Tibet after a magnitude 7 earthquake that killed at least 16 people, injured 54 and collapsed hundreds of homes

A magnitude 7 earthquake hit China's Tibet region on Thursday evening, killing at least 16 people, injuring 32 and collapsing hundreds of homes in the northern regional city of Nagqu, official media said.

Rescue workers continue search and relief operations in China’s Tibet region after a magnitude 7 earthquake killed at least 16 people, injured 54 and destroyed hundreds of homes in Nagqu.

Businesses, cultural events and museums planned to close ⁠at ⁠the weekend despite curbs on demonstrations as French ⁠President Emmanuel Macron seeks to restore order a week after nationwide protests turned violent.

French authorities have banned protests planned for Thursday in multiple cities after a weekend of violent unrest

But authorities are bracing for another day of potentially large protests on Saturday as a movement that started with high school students several weeks ago morphs into a wider wave of anger over the cost of living and the Macron presidency.

Thousands of protesters took to the Paris streets on Thursday while other cities banned demonstrations following a weekend of clashes and widespread looting that marked France's most violent unrest in years.

South Korea has proposed military talks with North Korea to resolve border disputes and prevent accidental clashes.

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, arrives at the Vostochny Сosmodrome before a meeting of Russia's President Vladimir Putin with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, in the far eastern Amur region,

State media in North Korea says the sister of leader Kim Jong Un has visited frontline areas where soldiers are reinforcing the heavily armed border with South Korea

North Korea plans to resume anti-Seoul propaganda broadcasts along the heavily armed border with South Korea, leader Kim Jong Un's sister said, reviving a psychological warfare campaign.