Middle East

‘Get out’: Israel’s warns Gaza residents amid calls for ceasefire

Despite increasing calls for a ceasefire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there is no end in sight to its campaign against Gaza.

Europe

Pope promises solutions to priestly celibacy issue

Pope Francis has promised “solutions” to the issue of priestly celibacy in an interview raising the possibility the Catholic Church could eventually lift the interdiction on married priests.

USA

Aussie debutante excites in Jazzy NBA performance

Dante Exum has begun his NBA career with a couple of high-flying dunks and other flashes of brilliance.

Whooping cough surge in California

California public health department officials have reported 835 more whooping cough cases in the last two weeks, for a total of 5,393 since January 1 – and there’s little sign of it abating even though July is traditionally the peak month of the disease.

Africa

Women’s rights campaigner Malala meets Nigerian girls who escaped Boko Haram

Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who was shot in the head by the Taliban and made a miraculous recovery to become a global campaigner for education and women’s rights, will meet some of the girls who escaped from the notorious Boko Haram in a bid to draw attention to their cause.