Rex Sakamoto

During a rally in North Carolina, President Biden tried to minimize concerns about his fitness for office by reassuring the crowd that he is up for the job.

Palestinian officials and residents said heavy strikes hit the Shajaiye neighborhood of Gaza City and reported multiple casualties. The Israeli military said it could not immediately comment on the strikes.

Footage showed security forces in riot gear occupying the country’s main political square, Plaza Murillo, and trying to storm the presidential palace on Wednesday.

The matchup between President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump could be a make-or-break moment in the race for the White House.

After the violent protests on Tuesday against a finance bill that would have raised the price on basics, President William Ruto of Kenya said that he would not sign the legislation.

The Nairobi police and demonstrators clashed during protests against a bill expected to raise taxes on many basic necessities and increasing the overall cost of living in Kenya.

The exemption for the ultra-Orthodox has long been a source of contention for secular Israelis.

The police used live fire and tear gas on protesters who marched on the Parliament building in an attempt to stop a vote on a contentious finance bill.

A Saudi official said most of the deaths involved unregistered pilgrims who lacked access to certain amenities available to those with permits, such as air-conditioned buses and tents.

The city of Meizhou experienced “once-in-a-century” rainfall last week, according to state media.

NASA canceled a spacewalk at the International Space Station Monday following a water leak, which started shortly after Tracy Dyson started to use the internal battery power of her spacesuit.

The Israeli military said its jets targeted “Hamas military infrastructure” at two sites in the area of Gaza City. The Palestinian Civil Defense emergency rescue organization reported multiple deaths and injuries.

Alberto made landfall as a tropical storm on the northeastern coast of Mexico. Its effects extended into southern Texas with heavy rain and coastal flooding.

The blazes in the southern part of the state prompted the evacuation of thousands of people and scorched more than 23,000 acres.

Muslims from around the world faced scorching temperatures as they traveled to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the annual five-day pilgrimage.

Two beluga whales were rescued from Kharkiv, Ukraine, and transported to an aquarium in Valencia, Spain, after the war in Ukraine significantly affected their chances of survival there.

President Biden announced an executive action to protect about 500,000 undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from being deported and provide them with a pathway to citizenship.

Dave Calhoun, Boeing’s chief executive, told families who had lost relatives in crashes of the company’s 737 Max 8 planes that the deaths were “gut wrenching” and that Boeing would address safety concerns in their memory.

The excessive heat heading across the country this week is expected to be a dangerous weather system days before summer officially begins, forecasters said.

Following an Israeli airstrike on a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza, Rolla Alaydi, a Palestinian American, could not reach her family members in Rafah for days, leaving her unsure if they had survived the attack.