Deep divisions will limit progress at reconciliation talks between Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah this month, but the meetings highlight that the Islamist group is likely to retain influence after Israel's war in Gaza.
REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma - World
Israel announced a new military campaign against Hamas in central Gaza on Wednesday and Palestinian medics said airstrikes there had killed dozens of people ahead of talks between U.S. and Qatari mediators to try to finalise a ceasefire deal.
- World
Thousands of Israeli police deployed in the streets of Jerusalem on Wednesday ahead of the annual Flag Day procession that marks Israel's capture of East Jerusalem in 1967 and has in the past led to clashes between marchers and Palestinians.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to be sworn-in for a record-equalling third term on June 8, after key allies pledged their continued support a day after a humbling election verdict that saw his party lose its majority in parliament.
REUTERS/Adnan Abidi - World
As the opposition's most prominent face, Gandhi has been a target of attacks.
- ANALYSIS
Indian voters' tepid endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves a weakened mandate for business-friendly reforms and has foreign money managers thinking twice about unleashing another wave of investment in the world's fastest-growing economy.
Billionaire John Caudwell, one of the governing Conservative Party's biggest donors before Britain's last national election in 2019, says he no longer wants to back a party that he feels wasted 14 years in power.
John Caudwell, the billionaire founder of retailer Phones4u, poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters in London, Britain, June 3, 2024. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska - World
Britain's opposition Labour Party accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday of lying in a pre-election debate when he said Labour would increase taxes by 2,000 pounds for each family.
- Explainer
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is promising to cut immigration levels if his Conservative Party wins next month's election, making the issue one of the major battlegrounds of the upcoming vote.
The ex-wife of U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden is expected to testify on Wednesday about the younger Biden's drug use, which prosecutors contend he lied about to illegally buy a gun.
Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives at the federal court, during the second day of his trial on criminal gun charges in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/ File Photo - World
U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday instituted a broad asylum ban on migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a major enforcement move in the run-up to November elections that will decide control of the White House.
- Explainer
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will block migrants from claiming asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border until attempted crossings fall under new actions rolled out on Tuesday.
Markets
Some experts blame climate change as a major factor in the decline, but other contributors are deforestation, diversion of water for hydroelectric dams and use of pesticides.
Talking Points
The first all-girls team in the country are determined to put Somaliland on the map, by mobilising their more than 10,000 followers on social media.
