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Israel battered Gaza on Sunday, a day after Hamas fighters rampaged through Israeli towns, killing hundreds and abducting others, threatening a major new war in the Middle East.

The US government is on the brink of another shutdown with Congress poised to miss a Saturday midnight deadline.

Dianne Feinstein, the California senator who served for more than three decades and was a trailblazer for women in US politics, has died aged 90.

The US President has pledged a further $325m in support for Ukraine.

The four American men and one woman arrived in Qatar after US$6b of frozen Iranian funds was released.

The US House of Representatives will open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, its most senior Republican has said.

The Proud Boys' former leader has been jailed for 22 years for orchestrating the US Capitol riot, the longest sentence so far for a ringleader of the raid on the seat of American democracy.

The past six months has brought a stream of bad news for China's economy: Slow growth, record youth unemployment, low foreign investment, weak exports and currency, and a property sector in crisis.

Hurricane Idalia ploughed through the Big Bend region of Florida, where millions of residents had evacuated or hunkered down in anticipation of a dangerous surge of tidal water.

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The white gunman was chased away from the campus minutes before the shooter killed three Black people at a discount store, the university's president says.

Locals are asking tourists to return to Maui after asking for space in the initial aftermath of the deadly fire that swept through Lāhainā about a fortnight ago. Audio

US President Joe Biden has toured wildfire damage in Hawaii after scrutiny of his administration's response to the state's worst ever natural disaster.

Hurricane Hilary hurtled towards Mexico's Baja California peninsula, blanketing the region with heavy rain amid warnings of catastrophic and life-threatening flooding on the peninsula and the US…

Maui's emergency management chief has quit a day after defending his agency's failure to activate its alarm system in last week's fatal wildfire.

The first victims from the deadly wildfires that swept Maui island last week have been identified by officials.

Former US President Donald Trump has been hit with a fourth set of criminal charges after a Georgia grand jury issued an indictment accusing him of efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to…

The death toll from the devastating wildfire that engulfed the beachside town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii continues to rise. Audio

The death toll from a wildfire that has turned the resort town of Lāhainā on Hawaii's Maui island into smoldering ruins has risen to 53, says Maui County.

A New Zealander on holiday in Maui says the wildfires devastating the Hawaiian island are unlike anything he has seen before.

The couple said they would remain "a close family with deep love and respect".

The former president gave the order to employees at his Florida resort to delete security videos as he was under investigation for retaining classified documents, US prosecutors say.

The United States' top diplomat Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with his Kiwi counterpart Nanaia Mahuta during his first official visit to New Zealand.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Tonga on Wednesday for bilateral talks.

The United States' Second Gentleman has announced a $US2.6 million grant from USAID for disaster risk reduction in Samoa and other Pacific countries.