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Limited war would involve regular Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah forces near the border and on the occasional Hezbollah commander, while Hezbollah would fire anti-tank missiles at military and civilian infrastructure across the border, allow Palestinian groups based in Lebanon to attempt the occasional cross-border.

Russia is preparing for a military confrontation with the West within the next decade and could be deterred by a counter build-up of armed forces, Estonia's Foreign Intelligence Service said on Tuesday.

A growing number of Western officials have warned of a military threat from Russia to countries along the eastern flank of NATO, calling for Europe to get prepared by rearming.

The chief of the intelligence service said the assessment was based on Russian plans to double the number of forces stationed along its border with NATO members Finland and the Baltic States of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.

Russian missile strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, have killed eight people and injured at least 10 others, regional officials said.

Ukraine’s national police said the attack was launched by drones, while regional officials said Russian forces used missiles and bombs. The police and local authorities published pictures of fires that had broken out on city streets and next to buildings

In 2023, Israeli military intelligence had assessed President Ebrahim Raisi would succeed Khamenei. John Bolton argued the regime would be vulnerable in the event of Khamenei's death.

The 2022–2024 Lebanese presidential election is an ongoing indirect election to elect the president of Lebanon following the expiration of term-limited.

Myanmar's junta will likely hold elections in 2025, party officials told AFP yesterday, even as the military struggles to crush resistance to its rule.

Iran will not start a war but would "respond strongly" to anyone who tried to bully it, President Ebrahim Raisi said on Friday, a day after the U.S. said it was planning attacks on Iranian sites in Iraq and Syria.

The Iraqi ambassador to Iran, Nasir Abdul Mohsen, is set to return to Tehran "within the next few hours" to resume his duties.