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Hamas has given initial approval for a US-backed proposal for a phased ceasefire in Gaza, dropping a key demand that Israel gives an up-front commitment for a complete end to the war, Hamas and Egyptian officials said. The apparent compromise…

Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian’s lead against hard-liner Saeed Jalili widened early on Saturday to more than two million votes as counting continued in Iran’s presidential run-off election. Supporters of Mr Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and long-time politician, entered the streets…

US President Joe Biden, fighting to save his endangered re-election effort, has defiantly said he is “completely” ruling out quitting his 2024 bid. The comment came after he finished taping a pivotal television interview where his every answer is sure…

Paris’ famed Moulin Rouge cabaret got its red windmill back on Friday during a special ceremony that featured can-can dancing on the plaza outside. The mill’s huge sails, an emblem of the surrounding Montmartre neighbourhood, collapsed after a show earlier…

Britain’s prime minister Keir Starmer is expected to hold the first meeting of his new Cabinet on Saturday as he looks to start working on Labour’s manifesto pledges and preparing for a Nato summit in the coming week. Mr Starmer…

Shootings and other violence during the extended July 4 weekend have left at least 33 people dead across the US, including 11 in Chicago, and injured dozens more nationwide, authorities said. July 4 is historically one of the nation’s deadliest…

Nato leaders plan to pledge next week to keep pouring arms and ammunition into Ukraine at current levels for at least another year, hoping to reassure the war-ravaged country of their ongoing support and show Russian President Vladimir Putin that…

Two people were killed and three others injured in an attack that broke out during a neighbourhood July 4 gathering in a US beach city, police said Friday. The county coroner removed two bodies from the crime scene at Huntington…

Texas officials are urging coastal residents to prepare as Beryl moves toward the Gulf of Mexico after leaving a trail of destruction that has killed at least 11 people. Some Texas counties have already issued voluntary evacuation orders in low-lying…

Hurricane Beryl swirled ashore on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula near the resort town of Tulum as a Category 2 storm early on Friday, whipping trees and knocking out power after leaving a trail of destruction and at least 11 dead across…