Millions of Americans from the Plains to the East Coast face the threat of blizzards, heavy snow, treacherous ice and freezing rain through to Monday.

The administration of President Joe Biden has notified Congress of a proposed $US8 billion arms sale to Israel, a US official says.

Donald Trump must be sentenced in the criminal case in which he was convicted on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, a judge has ruled.

Authorities have failed to arrest South Korea's impeached president after evading protesters supporting Yoon Suk Yeol, but coming to a standoff with security inside his compound.

Firefighters are bracing for bushfire flare-ups and increasing fire danger as southern Australia swelters through a three-day heatwave.

Law enforcement officials named a US Army soldier as the likely person inside a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.

South Korean police have raided Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport as they investigate a crash that killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on the country's soil.

A woman has fallen to her death after dangling from the balcony of an apartment in Australia, leaving a man in custody as investigators examine the scene, their relationship and multiple emergency calls.

A gunman who killed at least 10 people in a rampage on a small town in Montenegro has died from his injuries after attempting suicide, the country's interior minister says.