Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet assured on Wednesday that the Southeast Asian country will eradicate online scam centers by April 2026.

An EU expert group is to begin work this week on whether to ban social media for children with the aim of coming up with recommendations by the summer, Brussels said Tuesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz if necessary.

South Korean stocks opened sharply lower Wednesday, extending losses from the previous session's 7-percent plunge amid escalating geopolitical tensions following U.S.-Israel air strikes on Iran.

At least four people were killed and two others remain missing after a pedestrian footbridge collapsed over the sea at El Bocal beach in the northern Spanish city of Santander on Tuesday, local media reported, citing authorities and emergency services.

JERUSALEM, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Air raid sirens sounded across Tel Aviv and northern Israel Tuesday night as Hezbollah fired three rockets from Lebanon, with explosions reported in the central region, Israeli sources said.Residents in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area reported hearing loud blasts.The Israeli military confirmed that several projectiles crossed into Israeli territory from Lebanon. The majority of the projectiles were intercepted, the military said, while one additional projectile landed in an open area.Emergency responders are assessing reported impact sites for casualties and damage, Magen David Adom emergency service said.The ongoing exchange of fire comes as Israel fights on two main fronts: Lebanon and Iran. Both conflicts were triggered by Saturday's joint U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran, leading to a rapid escalation across the Middle East.There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah in Lebanon.

TEHRAN, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Tuesday it has struck the second U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system in the West Asia region.In a statement published on its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC said it hit and destroyed the system with precision-guided missiles.According to the statement, the IRGC on Monday destroyed the radar of a U.S. THAAD system stationed in a military base in the United Arab Emirates.It said the destruction of the anti-missile systems has provided its forces with greater freedom to successfully hit their targets.On Saturday morning, Israel and the United States launched joint attacks on Tehran and several other Iranian cities, killing the country's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, some of the leader's family members, top military commanders and civilians. Iran responded through several waves of missile and drone attacks targeting Israel and U.S. bases in the region.In another statement on Tuesday, the IRGC said it has targeted positions of the hostile counter-revolutionary groups based in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, which were planning to infiltrate Iranian territory and take action against the country.In addition, Iran's army said on Tuesday the country's air defenses brought down six Israeli Hermes drones in the provinces of Isfahan, Kermanshah, East Azarbaijan, Khuzestan and Tehran over the past 24 hours.It added since the beginning of the war, the Iranian armed forces have shot down 35 advanced drones belonging to the aggressive enemies.Meanwhile, the general staff of the Iranian Armed Forces on Tuesday denied in a statement any attack by Iran against Oman's territory and ports, the official news agency IRNA reported.