Ukraine's ousted defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov on Thursday accused commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky of trying to divide the war-torn country, detailing a feud between the pair that led to his removal and triggered protests supporting him.

The British government said Thursday it had taken British Steel into full public ownership to "protect the future of steel production in the UK", after taking control from Chinese firm Jingye.

Syrian authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle a shipment of advanced weapons and missiles through the Iraqi-Syrian border, the Syrian interior ministry has announced.

Tehran warned Thursday it would target regional infrastructure if the United States carried out threats to attack Iran's infrastructure, as the war in the Middle East resumed.

The spokesman for Iran's military headquarters said that if the U.S. followed through on its threats, "all infrastructure in the region" would be "crushed under the steel blows" of Iran's armed forces.

The Israeli military said it killed three Hezbollah members in south Lebanon, shortly after U.S.-sponsored Israel-Lebanon negotiations were held in Rome.

"Earlier today, IDF soldiers identified three armed Hezbollah terrorists in the area of Beit Yahoun, located within the Security Zone in southern Lebanon," the Israeli military said Wednesday in a statement.

Rosa Valentina Perez has been lying in a bed in Cuba's main cancer clinic for nearly three weeks, waiting for a CT scan to diagnose loss of mobility in her legs.

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday announced a "drone deal" with Ukraine to boost joint production of the key battlefield technology.

The lifting of border controls between Spain and Gibraltar has closed "an open wound", Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday as an agreement allowing free movement across the frontier came into force.

Former U.S. president Joe Biden on Wednesday announced the forthcoming publication of a memoir on his time in the White House, and said that his cancer treatment was going "really well."

The Gulf monarchies of Kuwait and Bahrain on Wednesday confirmed they had intercepted fresh aerial salvos from Iran as Tehran and Washington exchanged fire over control of the vital Strait of Hormuz.