International news briefs

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it struck and destroyed a U.S. early-warning radar in Bahrain on November 13 in response to U.S. airstrikes on Iranian communications towers.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement that today (November 13) it struck and destroyed a U.S. military early-warning radar in Bahrain in response to U.S. airstrikes on Iranian communications towers.

Trump said on November 12 that the U.S. held hundreds of billions of dollars in Iranian funds, controlled the Strait of Hormuz and did not need an agreement with Iran.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on November 12 that the United States held hundreds of billions of dollars in Iranian funds and controlled the Strait of Hormuz, and did not need to reach an agreement with Iran.

The Israeli military said it targeted senior armed Hamas members.

Israeli forces carried out an airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 12. The Palestinian side said the attack killed at least six people, including a surgeon, and injured dozens. The Israeli military said the targets were senior armed members of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the foreign ministries of Egypt and Jordan, among others, issued statements condemning the Israeli attack as a violation of international law. On the same day, 53 countries and organizations issued a joint statement at the UN Security Council urging Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip rapidly through all available routes, calling for protection of medical personnel and humanitarian facilities, and for investigations into attacks on medical and aid workers.

Israeli forces struck Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on November 12; the Palestinian side reported at least six deaths, including a surgeon, and dozens injured.

Israeli forces carried out an airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 12. The Palestinian side said the attack killed at least six people, including a surgeon, and injured dozens. The Israeli military said the targets were senior armed members of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the foreign ministries of Egypt and Jordan, among others, issued statements condemning the Israeli attack as a violation of international law. On the same day, 53 countries and organizations issued a joint statement at the UN Security Council urging Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip rapidly through all available routes, calling for protection of medical personnel and humanitarian facilities, and for investigations into attacks on medical and aid workers.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the foreign ministries of Egypt and Jordan, among others, condemned the Israeli attack as violating international law.

Israeli forces carried out an airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 12. The Palestinian side said the attack killed at least six people, including a surgeon, and injured dozens. The Israeli military said the targets were senior armed members of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the foreign ministries of Egypt and Jordan, among others, issued statements condemning the Israeli attack as a violation of international law. On the same day, 53 countries and organizations issued a joint statement at the UN Security Council urging Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip rapidly through all available routes, calling for protection of medical personnel and humanitarian facilities, and for investigations into attacks on medical and aid workers.

Fifty-three countries and organizations issued a joint statement at the UN Security Council urging rapid aid access to Gaza, protection of medical personnel and humanitarian facilities, and investigations into attacks on medical and aid workers.

Israeli forces carried out an airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 12. The Palestinian side said the attack killed at least six people, including a surgeon, and injured dozens. The Israeli military said the targets were senior armed members of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the foreign ministries of Egypt and Jordan, among others, issued statements condemning the Israeli attack as a violation of international law. On the same day, 53 countries and organizations issued a joint statement at the UN Security Council urging Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip rapidly through all available routes, calling for protection of medical personnel and humanitarian facilities, and for investigations into attacks on medical and aid workers.

Japan's agriculture ministry reported highly pathogenic avian influenza at a Kyoto Prefecture poultry farm, the country's first confirmed outbreak of the season.

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on November 12 that highly pathogenic avian influenza had broken out at a poultry farm in Kyoto Prefecture. This was Japan's first confirmed avian influenza outbreak of the season. According to Japanese media reports today (November 13), an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza was also confirmed today at a farm in Chiba Prefecture. Local authorities have begun culling all poultry at both farms.

Local authorities have begun culling all poultry at both farms.

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on November 12 that highly pathogenic avian influenza had broken out at a poultry farm in Kyoto Prefecture. This was Japan's first confirmed avian influenza outbreak of the season. According to Japanese media reports today (November 13), an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza was also confirmed today at a farm in Chiba Prefecture. Local authorities have begun culling all poultry at both farms.

Japanese media reported a confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak at a Chiba Prefecture farm on November 13.

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said on November 12 that highly pathogenic avian influenza had broken out at a poultry farm in Kyoto Prefecture. This was Japan's first confirmed avian influenza outbreak of the season. According to Japanese media reports today (November 13), an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza was also confirmed today at a farm in Chiba Prefecture. Local authorities have begun culling all poultry at both farms.