International news from Friday, March 28th, 2025

The U.N. Human Rights Office accused Israel on Friday of violating international law by forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza under "mandatory evacuation orders".

U.S. Vice President JD Vance landed in Greenland on Friday at a time when President Donald Trump is renewing his insistence that Washington should take control of the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

An 7.7-magnitude earthquake centered in Myanmar shook southeast Asia on Friday, killing at least 144 people in the country and nine in neighbouring Thailand, as efforts to retrieve people from collapsed buildings continued. 

Turkish authorities released a lawyer for jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, after detaining him overnight, an attorney for the lawyer said on Friday.

Israel bombarded Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon on Friday after intercepting a rocket fired from its northern neighbour, the Israeli military said, although the Iranian-backed group denied involvement in the incident.

A strong earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, and people rushed out of buildings in panic in Yangon and also in Bangkok, the capital of neighbouring Thailand, witnesses said. Three people been confirmed dead in Thailand's capital.

Israeli said it had intercepted a projectile launched from Lebanon and vowed to respond strongly to protect its security, in the latest strains to a shaky truce that ended a year-long war between Israel and Lebanese group Hezbollah.

Britain's King Charles spent a brief time under observation in hospital on Thursday after experiencing side effects from treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace said, with royal sources saying it was just a "minor bump in the road".

US Vice President JD Vance is set to visit Greenland on Friday at a time when US President Donald Trump is renewing his insistence that Washington should take control of the semi-autonomous Danish territory.

Light rain offered some relief to South Korean authorities tackling the country's worst wildfires on record, with exhausted firefighters making another push on Friday to contain blazes stretching 70 km.

Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Ukraine be placed under a form of temporary administration to allow for new elections and the signature of key accords to reach a settlement in the war, Russian news agencies reported early on Friday.