Vladimir Putin delivered a bellicose speech on Red Square at a commemoration of the Soviet Union’s victory in World War II, signaling his confidence about Russia’s battlefield advances in Ukraine.

In his first threat to withhold U.S. military aid, President Biden also acknowledged that American bombs used by Israel had killed civilians in the Gaza Strip.

After months of warnings of a looming Israeli offensive in overcrowded Rafah, the ground operation appears to be underway.

The delay came as Israeli forces continued their incursion into Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, despite warnings from President Biden that more needs to be done to protect civilians.

The Olympic flame spent 12 days at sea before arriving in the French port of Marseille on a three-mast ship for a ceremony kicking off the Paris 2024 Games season.

Israel’s seizure of the Gaza-Egypt crossing plunged the aid community into crisis, severing key supply lines and stranding international aid workers.