The wide-scale operation in Gaza City could start within days after Benjamin Netanyahu grants final approval at a meeting with senior security officials.
Donald Trump has declared "total victory," after a New York state appeals court threw out an approximately half-billion-dollar fine imposed on him.
Israeli bombardments continue on Gaza City, residents say, as Benjamin Netanyahu's government meets to discuss plans to seize the densely populated centre.
Russia has launched one of 2025's biggest drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, killing at least one person, despite a renewed push to halt the three-year war.
Russia has labelled renewed efforts by European leaders to uphold security and peace in Ukraine as pointless, unless Moscow is also involved.
Israeli forces say they are already "holding the outskirts of Gaza City," ahead of an expected military operation to take over the city.
A judge in New York who presided over the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein has rejected a government request to unseal grand jury transcripts.
Defence chiefs from NATO are meeting to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine as a US-led diplomatic push seeks to end the fighting.
Tens of thousands of Israeli reservists are being brought in for an expanded military operation in Gaza City, which could be launched within days.
Thousands of firefighters and soldiers are fighting fires tearing through Spain, which is battling one of its most destructive fire seasons during a heatwave.
Hurricane Erin is barrelling towards the US east coast, with its damaging tropical-force winds predicted to bring large swells and life-threatening rips.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says tariff revenue will be used to cut debt as new import duties hit 407 products including wind turbines and bulldozers.
Qatari negotiators say Hamas have approved a 60-day truce deal that includes "a pathway to a comprehensive agreement to end the war" in the Gaza Strip.
Russia launched its largest attack on Ukraine this month as the world waits to see if peace talks between Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Vladimir Putin will eventuate.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has hailed White House talks as a "major step forward", but the path to a lasting peace with Russia remains uncertain.
Temperatures have fallen in Spain but crews continue to fight several major wildfires during one of its most destructive fire seasons in recent decades.
Hamas has accepted a new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza including a 60-day truce and release of some hostages, and Israel is considering its response.
An Australian woman is one of the record number of aid workers who have died while serving others in the world's worst conflict zones.
Hurricane Erin has forced tourists to evacuate North Carolina's Outer Banks with forecasters predicting waves up to six metres and dangerous rips.
Hamas says it has accepted a new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, as the world awaits Israel's response.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he's ready to hold talks with Vladimir Putin and has hailed a US security guarantee for Ukraine as "a major step forward'.
Rescue and relief teams have returned to their posts in flood-hit northwest Pakistan after more heavy rain forced them to take shelter.
Erin has intensified to a Category 4 hurricane and will whip up dangerous surf along the US East Coast this week even though it isn't forecast to make landfall.
Fearing a deadly new Israeli offensive, some Palestinians are evacuating eastern Gaza City as calls for a ceasefire intensify.
A momentous meeting looms as Donald Trump pressures Ukraine's leader to abandon hope of reclaiming Crimea or joining NATO in order to reach a deal with Russia.
The Indonesian island of Sulawesi that sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, has been hit by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake, injuring about 30 people.
Thousands of Israelis have joined protests across the country demanding an end to the war in Gaza and the return of the remaining hostages.
Sources say Vladimir Putin demanded control of the entire Donetsk region in his Alaska meeting with Donald Trump who says Ukraine has 'gotta make a deal'.
Hundreds have been killed in the deadliest downpour of the monsoon season in Pakistan's northwest, with the search on for more missing people.
The death toll from heavy rain in Pakistan has jumped to over 200 after rescuers recovered dozens more bodies from homes destroyed by floods and landslides.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will fly to Washington to meet Donald Trump after the US leader's summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin secured no truce in Ukraine.
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