Conflict

At least 35 people were killed and many more wounded after an Israeli military strike at a UN school.

Local journalists told the BBC that an Israeli warplane fired two missiles at classrooms on the top floor of the school in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

Since early May, Israel's military has been carrying out what it says is a limited operation in the Gazan city to root out Hamas fighters.

Joe Biden has aired what he described as a three-phase plan submitted by the Netanyahu government to end the war.

Israelis are urging the PM to embrace the deal, but far-right allies are threatening to collapse his government if he does.

Russia has accused Nato and the US of "provoking a new level of tension" after the US and Germany let Ukraine's military use Western weapons to strike Russia.

It would lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the nearly eight-month-old Mideast war, Biden says.

Madrid, Dublin and Oslo said they sought to accelerate efforts to secure a ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.

Witnesses say Israeli forces have seized a strategically important hill in the southern Gaza city.

The rocket blew up during a first-stage flight soon after liftoff due to a suspected engine problem.

There are 16 people still unaccounted for after two guided bombs hit a DIY hypermarket in a residential area of Kharkiv.

The Rafah border crossing remains shut to aid deliveries for a third week and people inside the Palestinian territory face worsening hunger.

Analysis - The order is binding but the court does not have enforcement powers, write's ABC's Eric Tlozec.

Many civilians are being targeted because of their ethnicity and the situation is unfolding to a "Rwanda-like" genocide, a UN special adviser says.

President Emmanuel Macron landed in Nouméa Thursday morning under heavy security. He says his top priority is for the French Pacific territory to return to peace.