Israeli strikes killed at least 130 Palestinians across Gaza overnight, health officials said yesterday, as Israel said talks with Hamas included a proposal to end the war but sources on both sides said there had been no progress in the talks.

A bomb exploded near a reproductive health facility in Palm Springs, California, on Saturday, killing one person and injuring at least four in an incident the FBI called an "intentional act of terrorism".

Pakistan’s foreign minister will make a three-day official visit to China, his office said yesterday, a little over a week after Islamabad reached a ceasefire with India to end their most serious conflict in decades.

The Israeli military said yesterday it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, where the Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed launching two missiles at Israel’s main airport.

Voters in Portugal went to the polls yesterday for the country’s third general election in three years, with PM Luis Montenegro tipped to win, yet without a sufficient majority.

Severe storms that tore through the US states of Missouri, Kentucky and Virginia left more than 25 people dead, leveling homes and businesses while knocking out power for tens of thousands, authorities say.

Pope Leo XIV formally began his reign yesterday by reaching out to conservatives who felt orphaned under his predecessor, calling for unity, vowing to preserve the Catholic Church’s heritage and not rule like “an autocrat”.

The largest known Russian drone attack since full-scale war began in 2022 killed a woman in the Kyiv region and injured at least three people, Ukrainian authorities said early yesterday, as Moscow stepped up strikes following peace talks on Friday.

The attacks came two days after the first direct peace talks between officials from Russia and Ukraine

Trump, who has been pressing Russia to agree a 30-day unconditional ceasefire, said he would speak with Putin by phone on Monday.

They died after a Mexican Navy training ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge

Donald Trump labeled former FBI director James Comey a “dirty cop” Friday over a social media post that the US president deemed a veiled call for assassination and which prompted a Secret Service probe.

Turkey has discovered a new natural gas reserve in the Black Sea that will meet its residential energy needs for more than three years, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering taking part in a reality TV show in which immigrants would compete for American citizenship, the department confirmed on Friday.

Arab leaders meeting at a summit in Baghdad yesterday urged the international community to press for a Gaza ceasefire, as Israel launched an expanded military offensive in the Palestinian territory.

Israel and Hamas yesterday resumed ceasefire talks in Qatar, both sides said, even as Israeli forces ramped up a bombing campaign that has killed hundreds of people over 72 hours, and mobilised for a massive new ground assault.

South Korea’s ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol left his conservative party on Saturday as it gears up for snap elections triggered by his impeachment over a bid to impose martial law.

A week since Trump announced a surprise truce between India and Pakistan to end a brief but intense conflict

Iraq backs the creation of an 'Arab fund to support reconstruction efforts' after crises in the region

The army said on Telegram it had begun the "initial stages" of the offensive, known as Operation Gideon's Chariots.