Key Muslim nations on Monday threw their weight behind a plan by US President Donald Trump to end the war in Gaza, even as some Palestinians decried the proposal as a "farce"

The conditions include many proposals that have long been rejected by Hamas

Europe is a world leader in the fight against climate change but must do more to improve its resilience against global warming, the European Union’s environment agency warned on Monday.

Turkey helped evacuate activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla after one of the vessels broke down and began taking on water, organisers and Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu reported Monday.

An appeals trial of Air France and Airbus opened Monday over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in the French flag carrier’s history.

At least 22 people have been killed in protests in Madagascar that security forces have met with a “violent” response, the office of the UN’s human rights chief said on Sunday.

US President Donald Trump was upbeat about the chances of a Gaza deal yesterday as he hosted Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House to push the Israeli prime minister to accept his peace plan.

President Donald Trump yesterday said that he had Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s backing for a wide-ranging Gaza peace plan that would bring an immediate ceasefire.

A huge communications blackout hit Afghanistan yesterday, weeks after Taliban authorities began severing fibre optic connections in multiple provinces to prevent “vice”.

A man opened fire in a Mormon church in Michigan and set the building ablaze on Sunday, killing at least four people in the latest deadly tragedy that US President Donald Trump called part of a national “epidemic of violence.”

Thailand’s influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has applied for a royal pardon to reduce his one-year prison sentence, his lawyer told reporters yesterday.

US President Donald Trump’s envoy Keith Kellogg has floated the possibility of long-range strikes by Ukraine against Russia with American weapons, following the administration’s recent pivot on the conflict.

Nepal has imposed travel bans on ousted prime minister KP Sharma Oli and four former senior officials as part of an investigation into deadly unrest earlier this month, the interior minister said yesterday.

A typhoon that ripped roofs off homes has killed dozens of people across Vietnam and the Philippines, officials from both countries said yesterday, as a weakened storm Bualoi crossed into neighbouring Laos.

Britain’s interior minister proposed tough new rules yesterday for migrants seeking to settle in the UK, as the ruling Labour party sought to bolster its fight against the hard right at its annual conference.

Israel is becoming increasingly isolated on the world stage as the war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza continue, with the backlash seeping into economic, cultural and sporting arenas.

Taliban authorities severing fibre optic connections in multiple provinces

High-level conference set for Sept 30

Karnataka High Court ruling sparks debate on censorship, digital rights, and online regulation

However, Netanyahu has given little reason for optimism in recent days.