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Netanyahu to seek approval for expanded Gaza offensive as 37 Palestinians are killed

By Melanie Lidman, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press

An Israeli official said the Security Cabinet is expected to hold a lengthy debate Thursday evening and approve an expanded military plan to conquer all or parts of Gaza not yet under Israeli control.

Putin says he hopes to meet Trump as the White House presses for a peace deal on Ukraine

By Dasha Litvinova, Barry Hatton, Associated Press

Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said a summit could possibly take place next week. A meeting would be a significant milestone.

July was Earth’s third-warmest on record, EU scientists say

By Paolo Santalucia, Suman Naishadham, Associated Press

The scientists say extremes — including heat and deadly floods — persisted in July despite a slightly lower global average temperature.

Helicopter crash kills Ghana’s ministers of defense and environment, plus 6 others

By Ope Adetayo, Associated Press

A military helicopter crashed in Ghana on Wednesday, killing all eight people on board, including the West African country's defense and environment ministers and two other top officials, the government said.

Brazilian Supreme Court justice eases Bolsonaro’s house arrest to allow unrestricted family visits

By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press

The conservative former leader is on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his election loss to current leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro denies wrongdoing.

Russia asks Central African Republic to replace Wagner with Moscow’s Africa Corps

By Jean Fernand Koena, Mark Banchereau, Associated Press

Officials in the Central African Republic have said that Russia has called on the country to replace the private Wagner mercenary group with Moscow's state-run Africa Corps and requested payment for further security services.

Italy approves $15.5 billion for world’s longest suspension bridge from mainland to Sicily

By Colleen Barry, Associated Press

The Strait of Messina Bridge will be “the biggest infrastructure project in the West,” Transport Minister Matteo Salvini told a news conference in Rome, after an interministerial committee with oversight of strategic public investments approved the project.

Egypt’s foreign minister says the West’s response to Gaza suffering is shameful

By Associated Press

Egypt's foreign minister has criticized the international response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and called it shameful.

With only one nuclear arms pact left between the U.S. and Russia, a new arms race is possible

By Emma Burrows, Associated Press

While the end of nuclear weapons agreements between the U.S. and Russia does not necessarily make nuclear war more likely, experts say it doesn't make the world safer.