Top 10 world news: Lebanon hits Israeli targets post al-Aqsa mosque clashes, Japan's missing chopper, & more

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Israel said Thursday that it had intercepted rocket fire from Lebanon following clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians inside Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque. The violence inside Islam's third-holiest site had led to warnings of retaliation from around the region. Israel also denied Lebanese reports that it had carried out retaliatory strikes against the attack.

Porn star Stormy Daniels, who is at the centre of a historic indictment against former US president Donald Trump, has said that she does not think that Trump should be imprisoned in the matter of hush-money payments made to her before the 2016 presidential campaign. even if he is convicted of concealing the payments. Talking to Fox News host Piers Morgan, Daniels said "I don’t think that his crimes against me are worthy of incarceration".

French President Emmanuel Macron told his Chinese counterpart to persuade Russia to end the ongoing war in Ukraine as he held a crucial meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday (April 6). In response, Xi said that he also hoped that the two warring nations could hold peace negotiations as soon as possible.

A missing Japanese army helicopter carrying 10 crew membersis likely to have crashed into the water off a southern island after debrisresembling aircraft pieces were seen in the area, as reported by Los Angeles Times.

US and China are locking horns off the Taiwan coast after President Tsai Ing-wen met US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday morning. While China placed a fleet of ships led by the Shandong aircraft carrier hours before the meet, Washington has also deployed its USS Nimitz aircraft some 400 nautical miles (740.8 km) off eastern Taiwan.

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, known equally for his infamous 'bunga bunga' parties as for his political career, has been accused of conduct that would see women in parties becoming 'sex slaves'. The allegation has been made during a hearing of a case against the former Italian premier in an Italian court.

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) unveiled the design of its first retail store in India on Wednesday, as several people rushed to catch a glimpse of the store's black and yellow artwork inspired by Mumbai's renowned taxis.

Several claims and counterclaims have been made over the origin of coronavirus (COVID-19) ever since the spread was declared a public health emergency of international concern in January 2020. The outbreak became a pandemic in just a few weeksthat year in March, and caused havoc on mankind, killing millions of people and leaving many more reeling with long-Covid.

A new report has claimed that women are more likely to be rejected when they ask for a salary hike. The report published by Pew Research Center surveyed over 5,500 US workers and came to the conclusion that 58 per cent of men and 61 per cent of women did not ask for higher pay when they were last hired.