Israel said on Wednesday it was still committed to the U.S.-backed ceasefire in Gaza, despite pounding the enclave in retaliation for the death of an Israeli soldier with a day of bombardment that Gaza health authorities said killed 104 people.

At least 20 people have died in Haiti following severe flooding caused by Hurricane Melissa.

Hurricane Melissa churned toward Cuba’s second-largest city with the force of a powerful Category 4 storm on Wednesday, hours after making landfall in neighboring Jamaica as the strongest-ever cyclone on record to hit that Caribbean island nation.

Australian authorities are investigating after an 80-year-old woman who was left behind on a Great Barrier Reef island by a cruise ship was found dead.

Israeli planes launched strikes in Gaza on Tuesday after Israel accused the militant group Hamas of violating a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory, the latest test of a fragile deal brokered earlier this month by U.S. President Donald Trump.

At least 64 people died on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro’s most deadly police operation ever, which targeted a major gang days before the city hosts global events related to the United Nations climate summit known as COP30.

Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning on Wednesday, as the company pares expenses and compensates for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday (local time) as a category five hurricane, the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said in its latest advisory.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he had ordered the military to “carry out powerful attacks” in Gaza after accusing the militant group Hamas of violating a ceasefire agreement in the Palestinian territory.

US forces have killed 14 people in strikes on four alleged drug boats in the Pacific, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says.

Instagram owner Meta (META.O), opens new tab and other social media firms said on Tuesday they will comply with a ban on users under the age of 16.

Virginia and Indiana were poised on Tuesday to become the latest battlegrounds in a rare and widening mid-decade redistricting war instigated by President Donald Trump.