A senior United Nations official has reported widespread displacement of Palestinians in both the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, citing ongoing demolitions, settlement expansion and forced evictions.

At least 69 people have reportedly been killed in a brutal militia attack in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in one of the latest episodes of violence to hit the country’s unstable eastern region.

The escalating confrontation involving Israel, the United States, and Iran is not only reshaping geopolitical calculations across the Middle East, it is also sending shockwaves through global financial markets.

Israelis on Monday marked the first anniversary of the devastating Hamas attack that triggered a war which has sparked protest worldwide and risks igniting a far wider conflict in the Middle East, News.Az reports citing Reuters .