In a massive embarrassment for Canada, the country's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday admitted that Ottawa only provided some intelligence inputs and no hard proof before accusing India of killing Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Testifying before the country's foreign interference inquiry, Trudeau admitted that New Delhi had demanded the sharing of proof -- something that India has been insisting on till date -- after the allegations.

"At that point, it was primarily intelligence, not hard evidentiary proof," the Canadian PM admitted in an on-camera hearing before the committee.

As he harped on having "credible evidence" on India's involvement, Trudeau also spoke on the alleged role of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in Nijjar's killing.

Sea traffic in the Bosphorus Strait, one of the busiest waterways in the world, was suspended due to heavy fog, authorities said.

According to a statement from Turkey's Transport and Infrastructure Ministry on Wednesday, ship traffic in the strait has been suspended in both directions due to "limited visibility" caused by heavy thick fog, news agency reported.

In another statement from City Lines, which operates ferries commuting across the strait between the Asian and European sides, it was announced that many services have been suspended due to "adverse weather conditions".

Visibility has deteriorated significantly in some places, especially on bridges across the Bosphorus, leading to traffic congestion and an increased risk of accidents.

The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Fannie Masemola has said that four suspects responsible for a mass shooting in the Eastern Cape province late last month have been arrested.

The mass shooting, which left 18 people dead, happened on September 28 in the town of Lusikisiki, news agency reported on Wednesday.

On Tuesday night, the SAPS published the pictures and names of the suspects, alleging that they were linked to the incident.

In a statement issued by the police on Wednesday morning, Masemola said that in less than 24 hours from the time the SAPS issued an alert on the wanted suspects, communities rallied together and informed the police of their whereabouts.

At least 13 Palestinians were killed, including children and women, and dozens of others wounded in an Israeli raid that targeted a house in Gaza City, the Civil Defence Authority in Gaza said.

"Israeli warplanes targeted a house belonging to the Al-Qarm family in the Al-Nasr neighbourhood in Gaza City," the Civil Defence said on Wednesday in a brief statement.

Meanwhile, Director-General of the health authorities in Gaza, Munir Al-Barsh, said that 350 dead and hundreds of injured people arrived at hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip during the 11 days of the ongoing Israeli operation, news agency reported.

The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since the beginning of the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict on October 8, 2023, reached 2,367, while injuries went up to 11,088, the Lebanese Health Ministry said.

Meanwhile, the death toll from Israeli airstrikes on different areas in Lebanon on October 15 reached 17 while injuries stood at 182, the Ministry added on Thursday.

It noted that three people were killed and 92 others wounded in the south, while nine were killed and 49 injured in the Nabatieh governorate, news agency reported.

It added that five people were killed and 26 injured in the Bekaa Valley. In the Baalbek Hermel governorate, 15 people were wounded.

The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Fannie Masemola said Wednesday that four suspects responsible for a mass shooting in the Eastern Cape Province late last month have been arrested.

The mass shooting, which left 18 people dead, happened on September 28 in the town of Lusikisiki. On Tuesday night, the SAPS published the pictures and names of the suspects, alleging that they were linked to the incident.

In a statement issued by the police Wednesday morning, Masemola said that in less than 24 hours from the time the SAPS issued an alert on the wanted suspects, communities rallied together and informed the police of their whereabouts, news agency reported.

A seven-year-old boy has died after an explosion in a residential area in Newcastle in northeast England, local media reported on Wednesday.

Footage shared on social media showed that two properties were almost completely leveled in the fire in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Police were called to the scene by the fire service at around 00:45 a.m. local time (2345 GMT) on Wednesday and six people were taken to hospital following the explosion, news agency reported.

An Iraqi Islamic militia on Wednesday announced the state of highest alert, stressing that the Islamic Resistance in Iraq has a "target bank" for US bases and military ships in the region.

Iraqi armed group al-Nujaba Movement said on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, that "all US military bases and battleships in the region are within the Iraqi resistance's target bank."

It added that all armed groups of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella body for Iraqi militias, are on the highest alert, stressing that the US bases and battleships "will be targeted from this moment," news agency reported.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday presented to parliament his "victory plan," outlining Ukraine's strategy in the ongoing conflict with Russia.

"If we begin implementing this Victory Plan now, we could end the war no later than the next year," Zelensky was quoted by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency as saying.

Zelensky said the five-point plan covers geopolitical, military, economic, and security goals, emphasizing that inviting Ukraine to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the "near future" is its key element.

The Israeli Security Agency and Israel Police arrested an Israeli man who allegedly agreed to kill an Israeli scientist for Iranian intelligence for 100,000 US dollars, the police said in a statement on Wednesday.

According to the police, an Iranian intelligence network was exposed, which worked to recruit Israeli citizens, including the arrested man, Vladimir Varkhovsky, 35, from the city of Petah Tikva near Tel Aviv.

The police noted that the contact between Varkhovsky and the Iranian agents was made in English, during which he was asked to purchase a specialized mobile phone, news agency reported.