As a cease-fire took effect, thousands of Palestinians gathered under a night sky free from the threat of Israeli airstrikes. Some wondered what the fighting had achieved.

The iceberg broke off from the edge of the Ronne Ice Shelf into the Weddell Sea this week, researchers said.

The agreement is expected to conclude a battle in which Hamas fired rockets into Israel and Israel bombed targets in Gaza. More than 200 people were killed.

Hospitals in Ireland, New Zealand and Scripps Health in San Diego are reeling from digital extortion attacks.

The Biden administration is expected to press for deeper cuts in South Korea’s greenhouse gas emissions when President Moon Jae-in visits Washington on Friday.

A newly identified coronavirus may not pose a serious threat, but the finding highlights the need to monitor animal viruses more proactively, scientists say.

Inadequate treatment for critically ill patients contributed to higher death rates in Africa, compared to other parts of the world, a study found.

The government gave no explanation for the expulsion of the reporter, Simon Marks, who had extensively reported about the war and human rights abuses in the Tigray region.

The effort could cost billions of dollars, and U.S. officials predicted it would be welcomed by Hamas. But would it moderate the militant group’s actions toward Israel?