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Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force unit, was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad airport. The deputy head of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), an Iran-backed paramilitary force, was also killed.

Australian authorities are launching naval and air rescue operations along the country’s southeast coast as deadly wildfires intensify, stranding residents and tourists in towns that may be wiped out by Saturday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted that the US airstrike that killed Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Forces, is a “dangerous and foolish escalation.”

The head of Iran’s elite Quds Force was a hugely significant and popular figure in Iran.

NZ glaciers ‘could melt faster’ because of Australia fires

A number of people were wounded early Friday in Baghdad when three Katyusha rockets hit Baghdad International Airport, the Iraqi military said in a statement.

India has announced it will make another attempt to land on the moon, following a mission that ended in failure last year.

Two of the United Kingdom’s leading financial institutions are being caught up in the political fallout from months of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.

A group of fishermen caught a surprise when they reeled in a 13-foot great white shark off the coast of Broward County, Florida. CNN affiliate WSVN reports.

About 800 people trapped by fire in the town of Mallacoota are expected to board the HMAS Choules.