The escalation came as both sides have missed a 60-day ceasefire window to reach a deal, closing off the formal truce mechanism to end the six-month war.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz have threatened a military response to kites landing in southern Israel.

The Ukrainian president repeated his long-held position that elections in the middle of war would tear his country apart.

Indonesian police on Sunday arrested 72 people suspected of starting some of the recent forest and peatland fires as huge blazes in central and western parts of the country triggered a harmful cloud known as a choking haze.

Migrants have clashed with police at a detention center in northern Greece, cutting through a perimeter fence. Thirty-five escaped before authorities recaptured about half, officials said

A humanoid robot ran 100 meters in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games, beating the human world record held by Jamaican runner Usain Bolt.

The U.S. special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkey has clarified his comments on Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights

Syria and Israel held high-level, U.S.-mediated talks in Jordan on Sunday aimed at easing tensions following recent Israeli strikes on Syrian territory, Syria's state news agency SANA reported, citing a diplomatic source ​at the foreign ministry.