Europe

Issy-les-Moulineaux, France: A knife-wielding man on Saturday took several employees hostage in his father's restaurant on the outskirts of Paris as a large police force surrounded the establishment. The pizzeria is located in the town of Issy-les-Moulineaux in the southwestern suburbs of the French capital, not far beyond the Paris ring road. The man was holding "three or four employees" but there were no customers or members of the public among the hostages, a police source told AFP. Police set up a security perimeter around the venue. The man locked himself in the restaurant just before 1 pm local time (noon GMT), the source said. A mediator was dispatched to the scene. "Intervention is in progress," the police prefecture wrote on X. "Let security and emergency services do their job."

Asia

Manila: Super Typhoon Man-yi made landfall in the Philippines on Saturday, with the national weather forecaster warning of a "potentially catastrophic and life-threatening" impact, as waves up to 14 metres (46 feet) high pounded the coastline. Man-yi was packing sustained wind speeds of 195 kilometres (121 miles) per hour when it slammed into Panganiban municipality on Catanduanes island at 9:40 pm (1340 GMT), the forecaster said. Read Also Philippines warns of 'potentially catastrophic' Super Typhoon Man-yi

Middle East

Beirut: The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced Saturday that two paramedics were killed, and four others were injured after Israeli warplanes launched offensive raids in southern Lebanon. In a statement, the ministry reported that a paramedic was killed in Burj Rahal early this morning, after he was directly targeted by Israeli shelling while he was helping an injured person. Another paramedic was killed, and four others were injured during an Israeli airstrike on a group of paramedics while they were performing their duties in Kfartabnit, the statement continued, affirming that two other paramedics were still missing. Lebanon has been under Israeli offensive for more than a year which has been intensified since last September resulting in thousands of casualties and displacing over a million people.