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Luke "The Nuke" Littler began the World Darts Championship ranked 164th in the world. The 16-year-old blazed through each match, finally losing to the world's No. 1-ranked player, Luke Humphries.
Gaza City was the focus of fighting when Israel's ground invasion of the territory began in October. Now, much of the territory's largest city is in ruins and the fighting has shifted to the south.
Two explosions in southeastern Iran have killed more than 100 people and wounded over 200, according to Iran's state media, which said Iranian officials called the blasts a "terrorist attack."
Ukrainian authorities said 230 Ukrainian prisoners of war returned home in the first exchange in almost five months. Russia's Defense Ministry said 248 Russian servicemen have been freed.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spoke with NPR about the crisis at the southern border. He called the immigration system "broken" and urged Congress to pass legislation to fix it.
Speaking to troops in Gaza, Israel's defense minister said talk of ending operations in the Palestinian territory is "wrong." Earlier, Israel said a senior Hamas leader had been killed in Lebanon.
A senior official of the Palestinian militant group Hamas has been killed in what it believes to be an Israeli strike in Lebanon's capital of Beirut. Israel has not taken responsibility.
Two-time Olympian and world champion cyclist Melissa Hoskins was struck outside her home near the city of Adelaide. Her husband, Rohan Dennis, has been charged.
Murguía was a lauded actor with a decades-long career in film, television and theater. She's best known in the U.S. for voicing the elderly matriarch in Coco.
All 379 occupants of the Japan Airlines plane escaped safely after colliding with a Japan coast guard aircraft carrying earthquake relief supplies. Five coast guard crew members died.
The move could clear the way for a new long-term phase of war against Hamas. Israel has come under growing international pressure to scale back fighting, which has killed nearly 22,000 Palestinians.
Israel's Supreme Court rejects right-wing changes to the judiciary. South Korea's Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the city of Busan.
