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The death toll from heavy rains that have caused flooding in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to at least 78, local authorities said on Sunday, with more than 115,000 people displaced. Laila Shahrokhshahi reports.

Ukrainians in the embattled east flocked to church on Sunday (May 5) to mark their third wartime Easter as Russian troops inched closer to threatening some of the region's key cities. Angela Johnston reports.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at his country's annual commemoration of the victims of the Nazi Holocaust, vowing that Israel would confront what he called its 'genocidal enemies.'

Israeli police raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its de facto office on Sunday (May 5) following a government decision to shut down the Qatari-owned TV station's local operations, an Israeli official and an Al Jazeera source told Reuters. Angela Johnston reports.

Prospects for a Gaza ceasefire appeared slim on Sunday as Hamas reiterated its demand for an end to the war in exchange for the freeing of hostages, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flatly ruled that out. Zachary Goelman produced this report. This edit contains graphic images.

Israel's Holocaust commemorations this year have a searing significance for six elderly survivors now deeply scarred by the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7 that sparked the ongoing Gaza war. Olivia Chan has more.

Some 20 rockets were launched from Lebanon towards the northern Israeli town on Sunday (May 5), some of which made direct hits to houses and residential buildings, injuring at least one man, according to Israeli media.

Panamanians headed to the polls in Sunday's (May 5) general election to elect one of eight contenders to be the nation's next president and vote for hundreds of local lawmakers and officials.

Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly disrupted a commencement ceremony at the University of Michigan on Saturday (May 4) as U.S. colleges braced for more turmoil during graduation festivities.

Ukrainians in Odesa attended Orthodox Easter service on Sunday (May 5) at the Transfiguration Cathedral which was severely damaged in a Russian missile strike in summer 2023. Inna who attended the service said she felt sorry for the cathedral, but hopeful that one day she could go inside the building again.

Australian police said on Sunday (May 5) they had shot dead a boy after he stabbed a man in Western Australia's capital Perth, in an attack authorities said indicated terrorism. Olivia Chan has more.

Police on Saturday (May 4) arrested at least 25 pro-Palestinian protesters and cleared an encampment at the University of Virginia (UVA), the university said in a statement, as U.S. campuses braced for more turmoil during graduation celebrations.

Israeli forces killed five Palestinians, including four fighters from the militant group Hamas, in an overnight raid near the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli officials said on Saturday (May 4). This report is produced by Freddie Joyner.

Brazil's army rescued a toddler who was trapped inside a flooded house on Friday (May 3) amid deadly floods in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Sadiq Khan was re-elected as London's mayor, final results showed on Saturday (May 4), helping to cement the Labour Party's commanding lead over the governing Conservatives in local elections ahead of Britain's national vote later this year.

Volunteers in Indonesia were rescuing animals on Saturday (May 4) that had been abandoned by their owners following a volcano eruption earlier in the week that prompted authorities to evacuate residents.

The death toll from rains in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul rose to 57, local authorities said on Saturday (May 4) afternoon, while dozens still have not been accounted for. Angela Johnston reports.

The worst heatwave in recent memory in the semi-arid Sahel exposed the the struggle of junta-led countries, such as Chad and Mali. It has been a struggle to guarantee basic services when the need for water and electricity is most acute. Olivia Chan has more.

Thousands of Christian worshippers filled Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday (May 4) to celebrate the Orthodox Holy Light ceremony.

Dozens of people in two rubber dinghies reached the southern coast of England on Saturday (May 4), the latest among thousands of asylum-seeking migrants to make the risky sea crossing from France this year. Rachel Graham has more.

Israeli forces on Saturday (May 4) were conducting a raid in the town of Deir al-Ghusun, near Tulkarm, surrounding a house and partially demolishing it.

Search and rescue efforts are under way in Luwu Regency in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province after floods hit the area and killed 14 people.

Rescue workers in Ukraine's Kharkiv were putting out fires caused by what Ukraine's military said were intercepted Russian strikes on Saturday (May 4).

Mexican authorities found three bodies on Friday (3 May) in the state of Baja California, where an American and two Australian tourists were reported missing, according to three sources with knowledge of the investigation.

Hundreds of university students demonstrated in Havana on Friday (May 3) in a pro-Palestinian rally while cliticizing the United States for police repression against students and professors at universities in the neighboring country.