The sinking of a New Zealand navy ship near the southern coast of Upolu in Samoa has caused concerns over reef damage and oil leaks' threat to the ecosystem.

The multipurpose maritime support ship HMNZS Manawanui, with a displacement of 5,741 tons, struck a reef and was grounded off Samoa last Saturday while conducting a hydrographic survey one nautical mile from shore. All 75 people aboard were successfully rescued, news agency reported.

Samoa has confirmed that the capsized Manawanui is leaking residual oil from three locations. Assessments show the area of physical destruction to the reef from the shipwreck and anchor chain, is roughly half the size of a large rugby pitch, according to Samoa's Marine Pollution Advisory Committee.

मिस्र के विदेश मंत्री बद्र अब्देलट्टी और उनके फ्रांसीसी समकक्ष जीन-नोएल बैरोट ने फोन पर बातचीत के दौरान लेबनान और गाजा पट्टी की स्थिति पर चर्चा की है।

मिस्र के विदेश मंत्रालय ने शुक्रवार को एक बयान में कहा कि मंत्रियों की चर्चा क्षेत्र में खतरनाक विकास पर काहिरा और पेरिस के बीच चल रहे परामर्श का हिस्सा है।

समाचार एजेंसी की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, दोनों मंत्रियों ने क्षेत्र की सुरक्षा और स्थिरता पर संघर्ष के प्रभावों और वृद्धि को रोकने के तरीकों पर भी चर्चा की।

बयान में कहा गया है कि अब्देलट्टी ने जोर देकर कहा कि लेबनान में इजरायली सेना की अनुचित वृद्धि के गंभीर परिणाम हो सकते हैं, खासकर दक्षिणी लेबनान में लेबनान में संयुक्त राष्ट्र अंतरिम बल (यूएनआईएफआईएल) से संबंधित साइटों और उपकरणों पर गुरुवार के हमले के बाद।

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot have discussed the situation in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip during a phone conversation.

The Ministers' discussions are part of the ongoing consultations between Cairo and Paris on the dangerous developments in the region, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Friday in a statement.

The two Ministers also touched on the repercussions of the conflicts on the security and stability of the region, and ways to contain the escalation, it added as reported by news agency.

The US has announced sanctions targeting Iran's energy trade in light of the October 1 ballistic missile attack launched by the country against Israel.

According to a statement issued by the Department of State, the department "is imposing sanctions on six entities engaged in Iranian petroleum trade and identifying six vessels as blocked property".

Meanwhile, the Department of the Treasury "is issuing a determination that will lead to the imposition of sanctions against any person determined to operate in the petroleum or petrochemical sectors of the Iranian economy," the statement said as reported by news agency.

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has said that the body of its senior commander, Abbas Nilforoushan, who was reportedly killed alongside Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon last month, has been found.

In a statement released on its official news outlet, Sepah News, the IRGC on Friday confirmed that Nilforoushan's body was located following continuous efforts by search teams, news agency reported.

The IRGC extended condolences over the "martyrdom of the glorious general," indicating that his body would be transferred to Iran for funeral and burial ceremonies, with specific dates to be announced later.

A Philippine soldier shot dead his wife, his mother-in-law, and a male driver inside an army camp in Isabela province in the northern Philippines, a military spokesperson said Friday.

Lieutenant Colonel Louie Dema-ala said the shooting happened around 2 pm on Thursday, resulting in the death of the three, news agency reported.

Dema-ala said the soldier was arrested shortly after the shooting and is now being detained at a local police prison.

"The suspect is already under police custody, along with the firearm used at the crime scene," said Dema-ala.

Food prices in New Zealand increased 1.2 per cent in the 12 months to September 2024, following a 0.4 per cent increase to August 2024, New Zealand's statistics department Stats New Zealand revealed on Friday.

The annual increase was driven by higher prices for restaurant meals ready-to-eat food, and grocery food, which were up 3.5 per cent and 2.7 per cent, respectively, news agency reported.

The price increase in restaurant meals and ready-to-eat food was due to higher prices for lunch or brunch, takeaway coffees, and hamburgers, it said.

Higher prices for olive oil, butter, and chocolate biscuits drove the price increase in grocery food, Stats New Zealand consumer prices manager Nicola Growden said.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) announced early Friday that Muhammad Abdullah, head of the Islamic Jihad's network in Nur Shams was killed following an Israeli airstrike on the area of Tulkarm in the West Bank.

Another Palestinian militant was also killed in the attack, the IDF said in a statement, news agency reported.

Abdullah was the successor of Muhammad Jabber, head of the Islamic Jihad's network in Tulkarm who was killed by Israel on August 29, said the statement.

The IDF held Abdullah responsible for organising attacks in the area and being involved in numerous attacks in recent months, saying that he was also active in deploying explosives against IDF soldiers operating in Tulkarm.

Twenty labourers were killed and six others injured in attacks on multiple coal mines in Pakistan's Balochistan province in the wee hours of Friday morning, officials said.

The incidents happened in the Duki district of the province, where unidentified attackers targeted at least ten coal mines with hand grenades, killing and injuring the labourers working inside, the district's political head Haji Khairullah Nasir told media.

He said the attackers set the mines and extraction machinery on fire before fleeing the scene. The district's police told the media that some of the miners were grouped and shot dead by the attackers, news agency reported.

At least 21 people were killed and 41 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon, according to Lebanese sources.

The sources, who spoke anonymously, said the Israeli warplanes launched 16 raids in Lebanon and nine more in eastern Lebanon during the afternoon and evening hours, leaving 21 dead and 41 injured.

Among the attacked individuals were six Lebanese soldiers who were wounded in an Israeli drone attack on a military checkpoint at the Hosh al-Sayyed Ali crossing in Lebanon, news agency reported.