GAZA -- Three Palestinians were killed on Monday in an Israeli strike targeting a vehicle in Gaza City, according to Palestinian medical sources.
Local sources and eyewitnesses told Xinhua that an Israeli drone fired at least one missile at a civilian vehicle in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in southwestern Gaza City, causing casualties. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel)
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to move forward with the construction of a new White House ballroom, handing the president a victory in a controversial project.
In a 5-4 vote, the court blocked lower court orders that would have halted construction of the aboveground portion of the project. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court's three liberal justices in dissent. (US-Supreme Court-White House Ballroom)
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NICOSIA -- The death toll rose to eight as rescuers continued searching for 18 people missing after a Turkish ferry capsized and sank off the northern coast of Cyprus on Sunday, Turkish Cypriot authorities said Monday.
The double-hulled ferry, carrying 259 passengers and eight crew members, began taking on water and capsized shortly after leaving the port of Kyrenia on Sunday afternoon. As of Monday, a total of 241 people has been rescued, authorities said. (Cyprus-Ferry-Capsizing)
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BERLIN -- The summer of 2026 was Germany's second-warmest on record, with a preliminary nationwide average temperature of 19.6 degrees Celsius, according to an assessment released Monday by the German Weather Service (DWD).
According to preliminary calculations, only the summer of 2003 is likely to have been warmer, with an average temperature of 19.7 degrees Celsius, the DWD said. (Germany Weather-Record) ■
