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1. Israeli settlers attack 2 occupied West Bank villages as violence against Palestinians surges

   

   Masked Israeli settlers hurled stones and torched dairy trucks, farmland and Bedouin structures, injuring four people on Tuesday in the latest in a surge of settler attacks in the occupied West Bank.

2. Mysterious drones keep buzzing key sites in Europe. So what's the defence strategy?

   

   Belgium is the latest target in a string of mysterious drone incidents across Europe, with some officials directly pointing the finger at Russia. It has left authorities scrambling to boost defences.

3. Hurricane Melissa death toll rises to 45 in Jamaica, with 15 others still missing

   

   The number of confirmed deaths from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica rose to 45, with 15 other people missing, authorities said Tuesday. The death toll is expected to rise, with officials still trying to reach two towns that remain cut off since the catastrophic Category 5 storm made landfall in western Jamaica on Oct. 28.

4. Suicide bomber attacks outside Islamabad court, killing 12: Pakistan’s interior minister

   

   Pakistan’s interior minister says a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a police vehicle outside the gate of a district court in the capital, Islamabad, on Tuesday, killing 12 people and wounding 27.

5. Severe solar storm could trigger auroras across Canada and northern U.S. states tonight

   

   Skygazers are spotting the lights deeper into Canada, the U.S. and Europe because the sun is going through a major facelift. Every 11 years, its poles swap places, causing magnetic twists and tangles along the way.