Southern Gaza hospital overwhelmed with injured Palestinians
With Gaza's borders fully blocked off from both Egypt and Israel, Palestinians can only hold their breath within the heavily bombarded southern part of Gaza
US vetoes Israel-Hamas ceasefire at U.N. Security Council
United States blocks resolution, arguing that Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas attacks
Four killed on Dreamworld ride in Australia

Four adults have been killed on the Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on...

Four adults have been killed on the Thunder River Rapids...

14 dead, 147 injured after explosion at residential complex in China

14 people died and 147 were injured in a powerful explosion in northwest...

14 people died and 147 were injured in a powerful...

Venezuelan opposition challenges government dialogue plan

Months of tension that have included riots and looting threatened to boil over...

Months of tension that have included riots and looting...

12 killed in attack in north-east Kenya

12 people were killed in an attack in Mandera, carried out by suspected al Shabaab militants

12 people were killed in an attack in Mandera, carried out...

Gunmen kill 59 in attack on police academy in Pakistan

59 people were killed and more than 100 injured after gunmen stormed a police...

59 people were killed and more than 100 injured after...

At least three killed in India-Pakistan cross-border shelling

Shelling across the border between India and Pakistan killed two Pakistani...

Shelling across the border between India and Pakistan...

Famous anti-Vietnam war activist Tom Hayden dies aged 76

Tom Hayden has died aged 76 'after a lengthy illness'

Tom Hayden has died aged 76 'after a lengthy...

Iraqi Kurds claim capture of town in advance on Mosul

Kurdish fighters claim to have taken the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from Daesh

Kurdish fighters claim to have taken the town of Bashiqa...

France begins to clear Calais refugee camp

As France begins to dismantle the refugee camp, the UK accepts over 1,000...

As France begins to dismantle the refugee camp, the UK...

Updated | Pensioner blows himself up in Japanese park, injures three others

72-year-old soldier may have set his house on fire, blown up his car and then blown himself up in park

72-year-old soldier may have set his house on fire, blown...

Father jailed for 1,500 years for raping teenage daughter

41-year-old described as a 'serious danger to society' sentenced to...

41-year-old described as a 'serious danger to...

174 inmates escape from Haitian prison, kill guard

Haitian officials and U.N. peacekeepers launch manhunt for 174 inmates who...

Haitian officials and U.N. peacekeepers launch manhunt for...

Rescuers save 2,400 asylum-seekers off Libya coast, recover 14 bodies

Italian coastguard says rescuers pulled 2,400 asylum-seekers to safety and...

Italian coastguard says rescuers pulled 2,400...

Russian declared ceasefire in Aleppo collapses

No evacutations take place as heavy fighting and air strikes on front-lines...

No evacutations take place as heavy fighting and air...

IS may use civilians as human shields in Mosul battle, UN warns

UN humanitarian chief warns that Islamic State fighters may use civilians as...

UN humanitarian chief warns that Islamic State fighters may...

Trump lashes out at First Lady Michelle Obama

Donald Trump accuses Michelle Obama of criticising Hillary Clinton during...

Donald Trump accuses Michelle Obama of criticising Hillary...

Theresa May expects full EU role until Brexit

Britain expects to be part of EU decision-making until Brexit, UK Prime...

Britain expects to be part of EU decision-making until...

At least 1,500 arrests in Ethiopian state of emergency, claims news agency

Ethiopian authorities have arrested more than 1,500 people since declaring a state of emergency less than two weeks ago, according to state-controlled news...

Ethiopian authorities have arrested more than 1,500 people...