Headlines- Hezbollah claims that on Monday, fighters attacked Israeli forces three times within Lebanese territory.
- Four people, including a woman, have been killed by Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon.
- Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, departed Islamabad for Moscow, where he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
- North Korea and Russia agree on "long-term" military cooperation.
- At least 19 people were killed in a bombing on a highway in southwestern Colombia, and the authorities are holding a drug lord who was formerly a member of the FARC insurgent group accountable.
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