Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants Wednesday near the main hospital in Gaza's second-largest city, where medics said hundreds of patients and thousands of displaced people were trapped by the fighting.
More than 600 Mongolian firefighters were deployed after a truck carrying more than 50 tonnes of liquified natural gas exploded in the capital, Ulaanbaatar, causing a huge fire and killing at least six people. Nearby apartment buildings quickly caught fire, sending residents fleeing for safety.
Four more Udinese fans who racially abused AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan were identified and punished on Wednesday in Italy. They were handed five-year bans from attending all sports events in Italy after being identified from the stadium's security camera footage.
Warren Foegele and Evander Kane each had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers kept their spectacular win streak going with a 4-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.
An independent Palestinian photojournalist whose social media coverage of the war in Gaza gave millions of people around the world a view of life and death in the besieged territory, has evacuated after surviving 108 days of reporting amid relentless bombings and battles.
