PHILIPPINES: Another tropical storm barrelled across Philippine islands today, causing at least four deaths and the evacuations of more than 433,000 people from landslide and flood-prone villages.

Bualoi made landfall in the own of San Policarpo in Eastern Samar province on Thursday night with sustained winds of 68mph, knocking out power in east-central provinces and setting off flooding.

SLOVAKIA: Parliament passed an amendment to the constitution today that recognises only the two biological sexes.

The amended constitution now recognises only male and female and states that Slovakia retains sovereignty in matters of “national identity,” which is not specifically defined, especially in “fundamental cultural-ethical questions.”

LEBANON: Thousands of Hezbollah supporters gathered at a scenic vantage point on Beirut’s coast on Thursday and projected images of the group’s former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his expected successor Hashem Safieddine on the iconic arched Raouche rock to commemorate their deaths in Israeli attacks nearly a year ago.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam made unsuccesful attempts to prevent the planned light show going ahead.

INDONESIA: The Dutch government has agreed to return thousands of fossils to Indonesia after a commission ruled that they had been removed in the colonial era “against the will of the people,” said the Education Ministry.

The historically significant trove, known as the Dubois Collection, includes a piece of skull uncovered from the Solo river on the island of Java that is regarded as the first fossil evidence of Homo erectus.