Syria on Tuesday accused Israel of committing 'state terrorism' after Israeli air strikes killed 15 people including civilians. Israeli air strikes near Damascus and in Homs province late on Sunday killed nine pro-regime fighters and six civilians, including three children, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. 'Israeli authorities are increasingly practising state terrorism,' the Syrian foreign ministry said in a statement. 'The latest heinous Israeli aggression falls within the framework of ongoing Israeli attempts to prolong the crisis in Syria,' it added.

NASA has successfully tested a new launch-abort system in Florida today as part of its planned Artemis human spaceflight missions to the moon and possibly Mars. It's part of NASA's certification of the new Orion spacecraft, a capsule designed to carry humans to the moon and bring them back safely. This was the third of five launches to test the capsule, which will form an integral part of the Artemis mission - due to launch in 2024. Today's test carried a model of the capsule on top of a refurbished first-stage rocket engine from a Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile. 🚀🌖

The little boy was with a woman who was cradling a baby and pushing a pram on the platform of Sydenham station, in Sydney's inner-west. As the doors of the train opened the boy began to walk forward while clapping his hands. Other commuters stepped off the train and the boy pushed his way forward - before disappearing between the train and the platform. Survived.

Moment a seagull swallows a small rabbit whole after shaking it to death, on the remote Welsh island of Skokholm.

Fourteen Russian submariners were killed after a blaze started on their submersible in the Arctic. The research vessel was carrying out a survey of the sea floor on Monday and the crew died of smoke inhalation, the Russian defence ministry told state news agencies. The fire was extinguished and the vessel was taken back to the Russian Northern Fleet's base in Severomorsk on the Barents Sea. An investigation has been launched to establish the cause, the ministry were quoted as saying. 😢

A staggering 56 people were shot – five fatally – in Chicago over the last weekend of June but police claim that shootings in the city have hit a 'four-year low'. In the first 12 hours alone, between Friday at 5pm and Saturday at 5am, one person was killed and 20 others injured in gun violence, according to the Chicago Sun Times. 😱

33-year-old motorcyclist died in hospital, Ekaterinburg City, Russia.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent holds infant dolls in preparation for a demonstration during a 'Border Safety Initiative' media event at the U.S.-Mexico border in Mission, Texas. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

Pedestrians walk past a manhole fire in the Brooklyn borough of New York. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Former University of Southern California gynecologist George Tyndall, accused of sexually abusing hundreds of women under the guise of medical exams, appears in court for arraignment in Los Angeles, California. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon

A person holds a placard next to a banner displayed inside a chamber, after protesters broke into the Legislative Council building during the anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China in Hong Kong, China. The banner reads "There are no thugs, only tyranny". REUTERS/Stringer

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters during a signing ceremony for a border security funding bill passed by the U.S. Congress to provide for the detention of illegal immigrants and funds for more immigration judges at an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Stunning 2-1 victory over England propels USA to the World Cup final: Birthday girl Alex Morgan, 30, doubles down on controversial goal celebrations with 'tea sipping' jibe as the Americans sail through without injured captain Rapinoe ⚽️

Scorned woman 'smashes Indiana restaurant's window after dumping her cheating partner's clothes outside when she discovered he had been having an affair with a waitress for TEN years'. 😂

Woman riding a scooter gets knocked down and run over by a huge truck - and SURVIVES. #fuck_lucky

Donald Trump is closing down Washington D.C.'s Reagan National Airport for his 'biggest fireworks ever' and Air Force One flypast as part of his 'Salute to America' but the weather may rain on his July Fourth celebration. The Federal Aviation Administration announced that flights would be grounded from National, which is close to the center of D.C., during the flypast, from 6.15pm to 7.15pm, and for the fireworks, from 9pm to 9.45pm. It will be the first time the airport has ever been closed for the annual July 4 fireworks, whose launch site was moved closer to the airport to accommodate Trump's 'Salute to America.'