North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has guided nuclear counterattack drills, Yonhap News Agency reported on Tuesday.

A 40-year-old woman and a 10-year-old boy were killed Tuesday in a car accident involving several vehicles on Route 75 in the Lower Galilee .An 18-year-old man with moderate injuries was evacuated to Rambam hospital in Haifa, alongside three others in a with minor injuries.

Sudan's army used anti-aircraft missiles on Tuesday to shoot down drones targeting its headquarters in the city of Shendi, witnesses and army sources said, the latest in a series of such drone attacks.None of the drones hit their target, the army sources said. Reuters could not independently verify the report.

A spokesperson for Hamas' armed al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, called on Tuesday for an escalation across all fronts in a televised speech marking 200 days since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza on Oct. 7.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he discussed with the Iraqi prime minister joint steps the two countries could take against the Kurdish PKK group, welcoming Iraq's designation of them as a banned group.In a joint news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in Baghdad, Erdogan said he had shared his strong belief that the PKK's presence in Iraqi territory would end as soon as possible.The PKK is designated a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union, as well as by Turkey.

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced on Monday a same-day shift to virtual classes, according to the Columbia Daily Spectator, to "deescalate the rancor" at the Ivy League school that has been embroiled in controversy as student protests express open support for Hamas and other proscribed terrorist groups. Earlier this week, one rabbi serving Jewish students on campus advised his community to leave campus until their safety could be guaranteed. Columbia Hillel, a center for Jewish life at the university, has offered students police walking escorts to and from the school. In an overnight statement to students, Shafik wrote that “The decibel of our disagreements has only increased in recent days. These tensions have been exploited and amplified by individuals who are not affiliated with Columbia who have come to campus to pursue their own agendas. We need a reset.”

US President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday that the United States will provide "significant" new security assistance to meet Ukraine’s needs as soon as the Senate passes an aid bill and he signs it into law, the White House said.