World News Roundup: King Charles admitted to London hospital for prostate treatment; For one Nazi Holocaust survivor, Hamas' Oct. 7 attack hit harder and more

"During the new round of meetings, (Wang) will state China's position on China-U.S. relations, including the Taiwan issue, and exchange views with the U.S. side on international and regional issues of common interest," a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson told reporters at a regular press conference. In Mexico, mothers of the missing turn to drones to look for unmarked graves Maria Aguilar has been searching for her son for over a decade.

Following is a summary of current world news briefs.

Survey finds mosque in India's Varanasi was built over temple - Hindu petitioners

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has found that a 17th century mosque in one of Hinduism's holiest cities was built after destroying a Hindu temple that existed there, a lawyer for Hindu petitioners said, a possible new flashpoint in a decades-long dispute. Muslim lawyers in the legal case being heard in the city of Varanasi disputed the comments by the lawyer for the Hindu petitioners but did not give details.

For one Nazi Holocaust survivor, Hamas' Oct. 7 attack hit harder

Haim Raanan says he survived two holocausts. The first was as a boy in a Jewish ghetto in Hungary during World War Two. The second was in a kibbutz in southern Israel, hiding in a safe room beside his grandson, who was around the same age as he was during the Nazi persecution.

King Charles admitted to London hospital for prostate treatment

Britain's King Charles went into hospital on Friday to have planned treatment to address an enlarged prostate, Buckingham Palace said, joining his daughter-in-law Kate who is recovering from surgery. The king was pictured arriving with his wife Queen Camilla at the private London Clinic in west London, where Kate, the Princess of Wales, is also having treatment after undergoing abdominal surgery last week.

Exclusive-China presses Iran to rein in Houthi attacks in Red Sea, sources say

Chinese officials have asked their Iranian counterparts to help rein in attacks on ships in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthis, or risk harming business relations with Beijing, four Iranian sources and a diplomat familiar with the matter said. The discussions about the attacks and trade between China and Iran took place at several recent meetings in Beijing and Tehran, the Iranian sources said, declining to provide details about when they took place or who attended.

Israel's Ashdod port sees strategic risk from China during Gaza war

Israel's government-run port of Ashdod has complained that a rival Chinese-run terminal at the northern port of Haifa has become a strategic risk during the Gaza war. In a letter seen by Reuters, the chairman of the southern Israeli port warned the head of Israel's shipping and ports authority about the actions of countries designated by the West as an "axis of evil", and said China was among them.

South Africa's genocide case is a diplomatic win, whatever the verdict

South Africa's genocide case against Israel may have ruffled feathers in the capitals of vital Western trading partners, but it has boosted the country's standing as a champion of the downtrodden Global South. That gamble is likely to pay off, thanks to renewed rivalry for Africa's minerals and U.N. votes between the West, China and Russia, turbocharged by Russia's war on Ukraine.

World Court ruling looms for Israel as troops battle in Khan Younis

U.N. judges in The Hague will rule on Friday whether to order Israel to suspend its military campaign in Gaza while they hear a genocide case, as Israeli forces battled on to seize the main southern city Khan Younis and trapped Gazans tried to flee.

The Israeli military said on Friday it was engaged in "intensive battles in the heart of Khan Younis", with forces striking dozens of Hamas fighters and infrastructure from the air and ground.

Turkey moving swiftly toward final step on Sweden's NATO bid

Turkey is expected to send the final instrument of ratification for Sweden's NATO membership to Washington within days, now that President Tayyip Erdogan signed it off, in a move Ankara hopes will clear the way to its purchase of U.S. F-16 fighter jets. A source familiar with the issue said the document could be deposited as early as Friday, marking the last step in a process that began in 2022.

White House's Sullivan, China's Wang to talk ties, Taiwan in Bangkok

U.S.-China ties and Taiwan will be topics raised at a meeting between U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Bangkok, building on a pledge by the leaders of the world's two largest economies to deepen dialogue. "During the new round of meetings, (Wang) will state China's position on China-U.S. relations, including the Taiwan issue, and exchange views with the U.S. side on international and regional issues of common interest," a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson told reporters at a regular press conference.

In Mexico, mothers of the missing turn to drones to look for unmarked graves

Maria Aguilar has been searching for her son for over a decade. She, like thousands of Mexicans whose loved ones are missing, has spent countless days scanning vast tracts of barren land for clues, in the hope of finding his remains. Now Aguilar and the "missing persons" collective she founded will be armed in their search with new technology - drones mounted with thermosensitive cameras that can show distortions in the soil which could point to an unmarked grave.