Israel has issued sweeping evacuation orders covering most of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, indicating it could soon launch another major ground operation.

A French court yesterday barred French far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running in the 2027 presidential election after she was convicted of embezzlement, in a seismic ruling that could fuel global tensions over judicial efforts to police politics.

Iran&s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday the US would receive a strong blow if it acts on president Donald Trump&s threat to bomb unless Tehran reaches a new nuclear deal with Washington.

The bodies of eight Red Crescent medics and other Palestinian rescue workers who came under fire more than a week ago have been recovered from a grave in the sand in the south of the Gaza Strip, UN officials said.