Top 10 world news: Stormy Daniels returns to witness stand; Hamas and Israel teams leave Egypt, and more

Stormy Daniels on Thursday (May 9) returned to the witness stand at Donald Trump's historic hush money trial where the former US president's attorneys are grilling the adult film star over the reason why she sought money to not disclose the story of their sexual encounter.

In other news, aHamas official on Thursday (May 9) accused Israel of carrying out incursions in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah in order to block talks, which are aimed at finalising a truce in the ongoing Gaza war.

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Stormy Daniels on Thursday (May 9) returned to the witness stand at Donald Trump's historic hush money trial where former US president's attorneys are grilling the adult film star over the reason why she sought money to not disclose the story of their sexual encounter.

A Hamas official on Thursday (May 9) accused Israel of carrying out incursions in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah in order to block talks, which are aimed at finalising a truce in the ongoing Gaza war.

Russia World War IIVictory Day parade: A grand military parade in Moscow marked the 79th anniversary of Soviet Russia's victory over Nazi Germany which became an inflexion point to finally result in the end of the second world war in 1945. The military parade is coinciding with Russian President Vladimir Putin's inauguration for a fifth term in the Kremlin's corridors of power.

In an interview on Monday, Maldivian tourism minister Ibrahim Faisal asked Indians to visit the Maldives in big numbers, since the country's economy is heavily reliant on tourism.

Taipei's coast guard said Thursday (May 9) that a fleet of seven Chinese ships and five coast guard vessels were detected around Taiwan's outlying island of Kinmen.

After Sam Pitroda courted major controversy over his "racist" comment that eventually led to him having to quit the post as Indian Overseas Congress chief, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury made another contentious statement where he claimed that there are "people of N-type class and Mongolians" in the country.

A Boeing 737-300 crashed during takeoff in Senegal on Thursday (May 9), injuring 11 passengers. Four of the 11 hadserious injuries. Six additional passengers were escorted inside the airport for medical checks.

TikTok on Thursday (May 9) announced that it would begin using a technology that would assist the short-video platform in identifying and labelling the content generated by artificial intelligence.

It was yet another dramatic Champions League evening at Real Madrid’s famous home Santiago Bernabéu as the hosts booked their place in the final for a record 18th time in the competition’s history Wednesday (May 8).

UmaSofia Srivastava, Miss Teen USA 2023, has decided to relinquish her crown. Srivastava's decision comes two days after Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt announced her resignation. Srivastava was crowned Miss Teen USA 2023 in late September 2023.