President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday he had a "very good talk" with Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, about the war in Gaza and reiterated his threat that "all hell is going to break out" if Hamas does not release its hostages by Jan. 20, the day Trump takes office.

As many as 30 have been “killed or wounded” in Russia’s Kursk region, Ukrainian military intelligence said, among the heaviest losses for North Korean forces yet reported.

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency is claiming that around 30 North Korean troops were killed or wounded in fighting against the Ukrainian army at the weekend in Russia’s Kursk border region

The inability to effectively communicate "remains a difficult obstacle for management and coordination of actions," Ukraine's intelligence service said.

Ukraine said on Monday that North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian troops suffered heavy losses during fighting at the weekend in the Russian region of Kursk.

Drone footage posted on Sunday on the Telegram channel of a Ukrainian soldier shows dead bodies lined up in the snow following assaults.

Ukraine claimed over the weekend that North Korean troops accidentally shot at Russian vehicles in a "friendly fire" incident that left eight dead.