International news from Tuesday, September 9th, 2025

Qatar’s Ministry of Interior has confirmed the death of a member of its Internal Security Force following the Israeli attack on residential buildings in Doha that housed members of Hamas’ political bureau.

The United Nations said on Tuesday it was seeking $139.6 million to help half a million people affected by earthquakes that struck eastern Afghanistan, and it urged donors to set aside any reservations about the Taliban authorities.

Qatar has strongly condemned what it calls a "cowardly Israeli attack" on residential buildings in Doha, housing members of Hamas' political bureau.

Israel launched an audacious attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar on Tuesday.

Israel's military on Tuesday ordered Gaza City residents to evacuate ahead of a new offensive, after Israel warned it would step up its military attacks in the strip in a "mighty hurricane" if Hamas does not free the last hostages it holds.

Indian lawmakers began voting to elect a new vice president on Tuesday, more than a month after the last incumbent resigned abruptly.

Thailand's influential former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was sent to prison on Tuesday after the Supreme Court ruled his hospital detention was a ploy to avoid jail, a major blow for a powerful family that has dominated politics for two decades.

10 people were killed and at least 61 were injured in central Mexico when a freight train smashed into a double-decker passenger bus, which the train operator said had been attempting to pass in front of the moving train on Monday.

The Global Sumud Flotilla seeking to deliver aid for Gaza said that one of its main boats was struck by a drone in Tunisian waters on Tuesday.

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned on Tuesday as anti-corruption demonstrators defied an indefinite curfew and clashed with police, a day after 19 people died in violent protests triggered by a social media ban.