Three men were the first to be convicted under the city’s recently expanded national security law, which has greatly curtailed political speech.

Austrians will head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new Parliament, with the Freedom Party in position to potentially form a far-right government for the first time since World War II.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel vowed to keep striking the Lebanese militants, who began launching rockets across the border almost a year ago in support of their Hamas allies in Gaza.

Israeli officials say the country’s warplanes destroyed an underground bunker in a residential area after receiving information that the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was convening a meeting there. Several apartment buildings were flattened.

Italy, an aging country, badly needs migrant labor and immigration, but the government has admitted that the pathways for legal entry are rife with abuse.

The military struck targets throughout the night that it said were tied to Hezbollah.

Visual evidence analyzed by The New York Times shows that nearby buildings were damaged in the attacks, which targeted Hezbollah’s leader. The extent of the destruction is not yet clear.

His death is a blow to Hezbollah, the militia force and Iranian proxy he led. Whether it will cripple the group, or fuel another cycle of retribution, remains to be seen.

The bombings late Saturday were the latest in a week of stepped up attacks. A bombing on Friday assassinated Hassan Nasrallah, a stunning escalation in Israel’s campaign against the Iranian-backed group.

After the 2006 war with Hezbollah, Israel invested heavily to intercept the group’s communications and track its commanders in a shadowy war that ultimately led to the killing of the group’s leader.