The health ministry in Gaza said on Thursday that the death toll has crossed 40,000 in the more than 10-month war between Israel and Hamas.
The ministry said at least 40,005 people have been killed in the war, including 40 in the previous 24 hours.
It said another 92,401 people have been wounded in the conflict that broke out on October 7 when Hamas attacked Israel.
St. Petersburg region port, oil terminal hit in Ukrainian drone attack
Russia's second city of St. Petersburg and the surrounding Leningrad region came under a large Ukrainian drone attack overnight on Saturday, with a local port and oil infrastructure struck, Russian and Ukrainian authorities said.
Trump extols America, rails at communism in US 250th celebration
US President Donald Trump called on Americans to protect the freedoms the nation's founders envisioned 250 years ago against what he has portrayed as the "communist" threat posed by progressive Democrats, speaking on the eve of Independence Day at Mount Rushmore.
Zelenskyy denies Russian capture of key eastern city Kostiantynivka
Ukraine still controls the strategically important eastern city of Kostiantynivka, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the General Staff said on Saturday, rejecting Russian claims that it has been captured.
Keiko Fujimori declared winner of Peru presidential race
After weeks of protests, fraud accusations and review of contested ballots in a razor-thin race, conservative Keiko Fujimori was officially declared the winner of Peru's presidential race by the country's electoral office on Friday.
Ukrainian rescuers clear rubble as Kyiv mourns 30 killed in Russian attack
Rescuers cleared the rubble in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Friday in a search for survivors, as flags were lowered to half mast to mark a day of mourning, a day after a Russian missile and drone attack killed at least 30 people.
