The Kremlin denied a report that President Vladimir Putin was ill, and laughed off persistent rumours that he used body doubles to cover for him in public appearances.

U.S. President Joe Biden and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman discussed efforts to prevent the Israel-Hamas conflict from widening, the White House said.

The United Nations, United States and Canada appealed for a humanitarian pause in the Israel-Hamas war.

The Palestinian health ministry said on Tuesday that Israeli air strikes had killed more than 700 Palestinians in Hamas-run Gaza overnight, and ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qidra said it was the highest 24-hour death toll in Israel’s two-week-old siege of the narrow strip.

Criminal groups set at least 35 buses on fire in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.

Some of Israel’s actions in its war against Hamas, like cutting off food and water for Gaza, could “harden Palestinian attitudes for generations” and weaken international support for Israel, former U.S. President Barack Obama said.

Israel’s military said it was preparing for “unrelenting attacks” to dismantle Hamas.

Assailants gunned down at least 13 local police officers in southern Mexico’s Guerrero state.

All of the three people with dual Italian-Israeli citizenship who went missing after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the Hamas militant group have died, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said.

As Israel prepares to invade the Gaza Strip, many families of hostages seized by Hamas are pleading with the government to rein in the war effort.

During the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 – the last time people walked on the moon.

Estonia believes that damage to a telecommunications cable in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Estonia is related to damage to a pipeline and cable between Estonia and Finland, Sweden’s government said.