Hamas says it has given a “positive” response to the latest proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza but says further talks are needed on implementation.

At least 24 people were killed and a frantic search continued overnight for many others missing in the Texas Hill Country, including more than 20 from a girls camp, after a storm unleashed nearly a foot of rain and sent floodwaters spilling out of the Guadalupe River.

The U.S. military community at Yokota Air Base, Japan, gathered Friday for the annual Celebrate America festival, marking the Fourth of July holiday with food, games and live entertainment.

With one of the nation’s most famous immigrants watching, more than 100 people from 95 countries took the oath of allegiance to become U.S. citizens in an Independence Day ceremony Friday morning on the lawn of George Washington’s home.

Rwanda provided “critical” support to the M23 rebels’ recent offensive in eastern Congo, which helped secure Kigali’s access to minerals and fertile ground, according to a confidential United Nations report seen by The Associated Press.

Waves of drones and missiles targeted Kyiv overnight in the largest aerial assault since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began more than three years ago, officials said Friday, amid a renewed Russian push to capture more of its neighbor’s land.

The European Union’s top officials will travel to Moldova’s capital on Friday for a key bilateral summit to strengthen ties months before the EU candidate member holds a pivotal parliamentary election.

President Donald Trump campaigned on keeping the United States out of foreign wars, but it didn’t take long to convince him to come to the direct aid of Israel, hitting Iranian nuclear targets with bunker-buster bombs dropped by B-2 stealth bombers and Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from a submarine.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s thinking of staging a UFC match on the White House grounds with upwards 20,000 spectators to celebrate 250 years of American independence.

Annexed militarized zones will soon cover nearly one-third of the U.S. border with Mexico, empowering soldiers to arrest people who cross the border illegally.