With one choreographed photo and one short but powerful sentence, Xi Jinping has sent a message to the world: China's military might can match other world superpowers.
Russia and China's presidents use a security forum to pitch the establishment of a "new, more effective" world order, as North Korean leader Kim Yong Un travels to China by train.
This week, Xi Jinping's China will stage a major military parade with a guest list that includes some of the world's most powerful leaders. But US President Donald Trump isn't on it, writes Allyson Horn.
While Israel's security cabinet has — for now — only approved a takeover of Gaza City, it is still a major escalation in the war that targets the symbolic heart of Gaza and an area that has been largely untouched through the last 22 months of the war.
Food has been airdropped in Gaza and "humanitarian corridors" have been set up to make it easier to distribute aid throughout the strip. But aid officials and Palestinians question whether it's enough.
At least 1,250 Australians are registered with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as wanting to be repatriated from either Israel or Iran, as the two countries target each other with ballistic missiles.
The conflict between Israel and Iran shows no signs of slowing down and even for a population used to living under conflict many are wary of another protracted war.
Now 13, Hiba dreams of being able to go to school, like other girls her age. Instead she sits on the side of the road, surrounded by bombed and broken houses, selling handmade bracelets.
One year ago today, Hamas-led terrorists infiltrated southern Israel from Gaza and went on a rampage. In this oral history, survivors recall the deadliest attack on Jews in a single day since the Holocaust.