Lebanese state media reported a strike on an apartment in the Jiye coastal area south of Beirut on Tuesday, more than a month into the Israel-Hezbollah war.

Top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken has held phone talks with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over the situations in Gaza and Lebanon.

In his call with Gallant, Blinken discussed "ongoing efforts to reach a diplomatic resolution in Lebanon that allows both Lebanese and Israeli civilians to return safely to their homes," the U.S. State Department said.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pinned blame on Hamas for rejecting a temporary Gaza truce as he also pressed Israel again to allow more aid into the Palestinian territory.

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump made their final case Monday in the hours before Election Day, when voters will either choose America's first woman president or hand the Republican an unprecedented comeback likely to rattle the world.

Footage verified by AFP on Monday showed massive detonations in a southern Lebanese border village, where a local official said hundreds of houses have been wiped out by Israel since last year.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Monday he did not have the heart to talk about football ahead of his team's Champions League clash against AC Milan, because of the devastating floods in the Valencia region.

Iran and Azerbaijan began two days of joint naval exercises in the Caspian Sea on Monday, state media reported, signaling improving ties between the neighbors amid soaring regional tensions.

An Iranian Revolutionary Guards general and pilot were killed in an aircraft crash during an anti-terror operation in the country's restive southeast, state media reported on Monday.

A Russian rocket will launch two privately built Iranian satellites into orbit early Tuesday, the Iranian embassy in Moscow said, hailing close space cooperation between Moscow and Tehran.

Lebanese farmer Abu Taleb briefly returned to his orchard last month to salvage an avocado harvest but ran away empty handed as soon as Israeli air raids began.