Washington, Jul 21: US President Joe Biden on Sunday announced that he will end his candidacy for re-election, saying "it is in the best interest of my party and the country".

Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): Israeli airstrikes killed at least 15 people including women and children overnight in Gaza, according to hospital officials and a body count by an Associated Press journalist on Sunday.

Vincennes (France): A Lebanese photojournalist who was severely wounded during an Israeli strike on south Lebanon carried Sunday the Olympic torch in Paris to honour journalists wounded and killed in the field.

Bangladesh's top court on Sunday scaled back a controversial quota system for government job applicants, in a partial victory for student protesters after days of nationwide unrest and deadly clashes between police and demonstrators that have killed scores of people.

In a chilling confession, Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, has admitted to killing 42 women, including his wife, and dumping their mutilated bodies in a scrapyard. The victims were killed between 2022 and Khalusha's arrest, with most bodies found in an abandoned quarry.

Violence in Bangladesh has resulted in over 130 deaths as students call for reforms to the quota system for government jobs. The protests intensified after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina referred to the protestors as "Razakars," a term historically associated with the pro-Pakistani force that opposed Bangladesh's independence during the 1971 War of Independence.

Sanaa (Yemen): The Israeli army said on Saturday it has struck several Houthi targets in western Yemen following a fatal drone attack by the Houthi group in Tel Aviv the previous day. The Israeli strikes appeared to be the first on Yemeni soil since the Israel-Hamas war began in October.

The top UN court said on Friday that Israel's presence in the Palestinian occupied territories is “unlawful” and called on it to end and for settlement construction to stop immediately, issuing an unprecedented, sweeping condemnation of Israel's rule over the lands it captured 57 years ago.