A Polish soldier was killed Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan, the Polish Defense Ministry said. He is the first from the European nation to die in the Afghan conflict, according to a CNN count of NATO casualty figures.

Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu easily won re-election as head of the rightist Likud party and pledged on Wednesday to reclaim Israel’s leadership.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday warned Israel of a “great surprise” in the event of another war between the Lebanese guerrilla group and the Jewish state.