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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant Tuesday that civilian casualties in Gaza are "too high" and suggested alternatives to a major Israeli operation in the territory's south.

New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra hit an explosive 46 and took three catches to help holders Chennai Super Kings to their second straight IPL win with a 63-run thrashing of Gujarat Titans on Tuesday.

Italian club Napoli said they were "stunned" after Italy's football federation (FIGC) on Tuesday dropped a probe into alleged racist comments made by Inter Milan's Francesco Acerbi to Napoli's Juan Jesus due to lack of evidence.

New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra hit an explosive 46 and took three catches to help holders Chennai Super Kings to their second straight IPL win with a 63-run thrashing of Gujarat Titans on Tuesday.

Vietnam called Tuesday on the United States to recognize it as a market economy, saying stronger trade ties would benefit Washington in key areas as it seeks to diversify from China.

The US Supreme Court appeared poised on Tuesday to reject restrictions imposed by a lower court on an abortion pill widely used in the United States to terminate pregnancies.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday kicks off a visit to Brazil in the Amazon city of Belem, the host of 2025 UN climate talks, where he and Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will seek to reset frayed ties.

A judge on Tuesday ordered the disclosure of eBay and PayPal records that may contain evidence that a former British Museum employee sold items allegedly stolen from its collection.

EU member states Tuesday agreed to unpick more eco-friendly requirements under the bloc's common agricultural policy (CAP) in a new bid to pacify months-long protests by farmers -- who faced off with riot police in Brussels for the third time in two months.

Global stock markets mostly rose Tuesday as US data comforted expectations that the Federal Reserve will be able to cut interest rates in the world's top economy.

Insured property losses could double in the coming decade due to climate change and more frequent and more intense severe weather events, reinsurance giant Swiss Re warned Tuesday.

Venezuela's main opposition leader said Tuesday that President Nicolas Maduro had "chosen" his poll rivals after key contenders were blocked from running in the July presidential election.

Italy's football federation (FIGC) on Tuesday dropped a probe into alleged racist comments made by Inter Milan's Italian international Francesco Acerbi to Napoli's Brazilian defender Juan Jesus due to lack of evidence.

Chinese battery and automotive giant BYD achieved a record profit in 2023, annual results showed Tuesday, despite fierce competition in the country as demand for electric vehicles grows.

Australia and Iraq were in rampant goalscoring form on Tuesday as they both cruised into the next stage of Asian qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, while Son Heung-min's South Korea are on the brink of joining them after beating Thailand.

Conspiracy theorists said Tuesday that the Baltimore bridge collapse resulted from an intentional attack -- despite officials quickly saying there was no evidence of foul play.

British consumer goods giant Unilever is mulling an Amsterdam stock market flotation for its ice cream division, whose top-selling products include Ben & Jerry's and Magnum, according to CEO Hein Schumacher.

The futuristic Paris apartment of late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld sold for 10 million euros ($10.8 millon) at auction on Tuesday, its notary said.

Drowning has been the biggest cause of recorded migrant deaths over the past 10 years, the UN's migration agency said Tuesday, with victim numbers topping 36,000.

At the gas station convenience store where she works in the Baltimore area, Patricia Sisk regularly encounters harried commuters and stressed-out parents in the early morning hours.

Former world heptathlon champion Eunice Barber suffered minor injuries after being punched in the face by a passenger on a Paris suburban train, a police source said Tuesday.

China's BYD posted a record annual profit for 2023 on Tuesday, just months after surpassing Tesla to become the world's leading electric vehicle seller.

Germany have regained their self-confidence after a 2-0 win against France last week three months before hosting Euro 2024, World Cup winner Philipp Lahm told AFP in an interview.

Leah Williamson is in line to make her first England appearance in a year after being included in Sarina Wiegman's squad for the start of Women's Euro 2025 qualifying next month.

As Paris races to clean up the River Seine for the Olympics, houseboat owner Stephane Bachot is one of around 230 river dwellers to have hooked up his kitchen and bathroom to the city sewers.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday was weighing restrictions imposed by a lower court on the drug that is most widely used in the United States to terminate pregnancies.

The BBC is looking at reforming its main source of funding in the light of a government freeze and inflationary pressures, director-general Tim Davie said on Tuesday.

The vision of the Euclid space telescope has been restored following a delicate operation that successfully melted a thin layer of ice that had been clouding its sight, the European Space Agency announced on Tuesday.

Hamas on Tuesday urged foreign nations to stop parachuting aid into war-torn Gaza after officials and humanitarians said 18 people died trying to reach food packages in the starving north.

Kenyan authorities on Tuesday began releasing the bodies of victims of a doomsday starvation cult to dist,raught relatives, almost a year since the discovery of mass graves in a grisly case that shocked the world.

Britain's royal family has been forced to radically change the way it communicates because of social media, after speculation ran riot about the health of Catherine, Princess of Wales.

Russia on Tuesday sought to shift blame for the Moscow concert hall attack onto Ukraine and its Western backers, despite the Islamic State group claiming responsibility for the massacre of at least 139 people.