International news from Wednesday, October 30th, 2024

India and China have completed pulling back their troops from two face-off points on their disputed Himalayan frontier as planned, an Indian defence official said on Wednesday.

Israel issued a new evacuation order on Wednesday to residents of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon, the Israeli military's Arabic-language spokesperson said on X.

A huge blaze broke out in the early hours at BAE Systems' shipyard that builds Britain's nuclear submarines but there is no major risk from the incident, police said on Wednesday.

A senior Hamas official, Sami Abu Zuhri, said during a televised speech on Tuesday the group is open to agreements that would lead to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, adding any deal would require the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Strip.

Australia said it was boosting its missile defense capability due to "significant concerns" about China's test of an ICBM in the South Pacific, and will bolster weapons stockpiles and exports to security partners as the region enters a new "missile age". 

Eight Austrian soldiers belonging to the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) sustained superficial injuries in a rocket strike on the force's headquarters in Naqoura, Austria's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Taiwan expects Super Typhoon Kong-rey to make landfall on Thursday along the sparsely populated east coast, issuing a warning on Wednesday ahead of the powerful storm which will bring heavy rain and strong winds across a swath of the island.

Jordan called for an Arab League emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss a response to the laws passed by the Israeli Knesset that restrict UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) operations in occupied Palestinian.

At least 62 people have died in flash floods affecting southeastern Spain, a spokesperson for the regional government of Valencia said on Wednesday.