WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bill requiring the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release files related to late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after months of stalling from Republican leaders.

The lower chamber voted 427-1 to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a nearly unanimous approval. Currently, there are 219 Republicans and 214 Democrats in the House. (US-House-Epstein)

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MOSCOW -- Russia will not send representatives to the upcoming talks on Ukraine in Türkiye, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday.

He noted that these contacts are being carried out without Russia's participation and Moscow will await information on what will actually be discussed. (Russia-Ukraine-Talks)

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BEIRUT/JERUSALEM -- At least 13 people were killed and several others injured on Tuesday evening in an Israeli airstrike on the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in the city of Sidon in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported.

According to local TV channel al-Manar, the Israeli airstrike targeted a highly populated area in Ain al-Hilweh. (Lebanon-Israel-Attack)

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JERUSALEM -- An Israeli man was killed and three others wounded in a ramming and stabbing attack in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, carried out by two Palestinian suspects who were subsequently shot dead by security forces, Israeli officials said.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. (West Bank-Israel-Attack) Enditem