Trump pressures Ukraine to compromise, warns against NATO aspirations

A Hamas source told AFP yesterday that the Palestinian group had agreed to a new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, devastated by more than 22 months of war between the group and Israel.

US President Donald Trump yesterday said a peace agreement for the war in Ukraine is attainable as he met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday claimed that the States monitors the India-Pakistan situation “every single day”, after repeated claims by Donald Trump of having brokered a ceasefire between the two nations.

US envoy Tom Barrack yesterday called on Israel to honour commitments under a ceasefire that ended its war with Hezbollah, after the Lebanese government launched a process to disarm the militant group.

Myanmar will hold the initial phase of its general election on December 28, state television said yesterday, outlining a roadmap for the first polls in the war-torn country in nearly five years that have already been derided by critics as a sham.

China’s top diplomat landed in neighbouring India yesterday, seeking to bolster long-fraught relations in the face of intense pressure and tariffs from the United States.

China yesterday lashed out at Germany, warning Berlin against “inciting confrontation and hyping up tensions” after its foreign minister said Beijing was “increasingly aggressive” in the Asia-Pacific region.

Rain yesterday halted search and rescue operations in northern Pakistan after flash floods that have killed nearly 350 people with around 200 still missing, officials said.

Trump will meet first Zelensky and then the leaders of Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Finland, the European Union and NATO, the White House says

Efforts by mediators Egypt and Qatar, along with the United States, have so far failed to secure a lasting ceasefire in the ongoing war

Simcha Rothman was scheduled to visit Sydney and Melbourne this month

Zelensky, who has repeatedly rejected territorial concessions, is expected to meet Trump one-on-one before being joined by a cohort of European leaders

Israel, while heavily restricting aid allowed into the Gaza Strip, has repeatedly rejected claims of deliberate starvation in the 22-month-old war

Myanmar's civil war has killed thousands, left more than half the nation in poverty, and more than 3.5 million people living displaced

Southeast Asia's second-largest economy is heavily reliant on international trade

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Federal Court Justice Michael Lee said he wanted the penalty to be a "real deterrence" to firms that might be tempted by the financial rewards of breaching employment law.

The rally was the culmination of a day of nationwide protests and a general strike to pressure the government to halt the military campaign.

He will meet Donald Trump on Monday alongside a cohort of European leaders.