Press freedom organisations and the United Nations have condemned the deaths of five journalists in Gaza following the Israeli strikes.
Some National Guard units patrolling Washington at the direction of US President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms.
Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces could withdraw after the Lebanese cabinet's decision to work towards the disarmament of the militant group Hezbollah.
Russia has accused Ukraine of drone strikes that sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant in the Kursk region.
Police have clashed with protesters in multiple cities across the UK amid continued tension around accommodating asylum seekers in hotels.
World leaders have pledged their support for Ukraine on the nation's Independence Day, including Canada's prime minister, who attended a ceremony in Kyiv.
Four Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces while seeking aid via a military zone south of Gaza City, a hospital and eyewitnesses say.
Dozens more people have died in Israeli attacks in Gaza as the world comes to grips with an announcement of famine in the enclave's largest city.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has held his first full summit with Japanese leader Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo, where they pledged closer co-operation.
Critics have slammed US President Donald Trump's purported claims about crime in America's big cities as "unco-ordinated, uncalled for and unsound".
More than 500,000 people - close to a quarter of Palestinians in Gaza - are experiencing famine, with the number due to rise to 641,000 by the end of September.
Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell says she never saw Donald Trump act inappropriately, and that she was unaware of any Epstein "client list".
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has accused Moscow of stalling on plans for a meeting between him and Vladimir Putin.
Russia's Vladimir Putin wants Ukrainian concessions in return for halting his army's invasion, which the EU's foreign policy chief says must not be granted.
As Israel readies a takeover of Gaza City, its defence minister warns Hamas that the "gates of hell" will be opened unless the group accepts Israeli terms.
A Thai court has acquitted ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra of insulting the monarchy, the first in a series of key verdicts facing his powerful political dynasty.
Hurricane Erin will continue to bring the threat of dangerous rip currents and coastal flooding across much of the US east coast.
Donald Trump has claimed, without a shred of evidence, that deploying more police and National Guard officers in Washington DC has led to a drop in crime.
Russia has launched a rare drone and missile attack on western Ukraine, hitting an American-owned electronics plant among other targets.
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.
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