WASHINGTON, July 22 — United States President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) today, repeating a move he had ordered during his first term, which was reversed under ex-president Joe Biden.

BRUSSELS, July 22 — All options are on the table if Israel does not deliver on its pledges to facilitate humanitarian aid in Palestine’s Gaza, the European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas said today.

GENEVA, July 22 — The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) today said its staff, as well as doctors and humanitarian workers, were fainting on duty in Gaza due to hunger and exhaustion.

DHAKA, July 22 — At least 19 people were killed and 164 injured as a Bangladesh air force training jet crashed into a college and school campus in the capital Dhaka on Monday after experiencing a technical problem shortly after take-off, a military spokesperson said.

ISTANBUL, July 22 — The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) says it will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss Israel's ongoing assaults against Palestinians, Anadolu Ajansi reported.

HAMILTON (Canada), July 22 — The United Nations (UN) said on Monday that 87.7 per cent of the Gaza Strip lies within Israeli militarised zones, under displacement orders, or in areas where the two overlap, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported.

BOSTON, July 21 — Harvard University will urge a federal judge today to order United States President Donald Trump’s administration to restore about US$2.5 billion (RM10.6 billion) in cancelled federal grants and cease efforts to cut off research funding to the prestigious Ivy League school.

TOKYO, July 21 — Japan's ruling coalition lost its majority in the House of Councillors in Sunday's election, an outcome that will add pressure on embattled Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who vowed to stay on despite yet another heavy blow to his party, Kyodo News Agency reported.

HONG KONG, July 21 — China's Premier Li Qiang announced the start of construction on what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, located on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau and estimated to cost around US$170 billion (RM730 billion), the official Xinhua news agency said.

CAIRO, July 21 — At least 67 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire as they waited for UN aid trucks in northern Gaza yesterday, the Gaza health ministry said, as Israel issued new evacuation orders for areas packed with displaced people.

TOKYO, July 21 — Japan's ruling coalition is certain to lose control of the upper house in yesterday's election, public broadcaster NHK reported, an outcome that further weakens Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's grip on power as a tariff deadline with the United States looms.

MOSCOW, July 20 — Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to move toward a peace settlement for Ukraine, but Moscow's main objective is to achieve its goals, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state television in a clip published on Sunday.

ANKARA, July 20 — The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Sunday once again accused Israeli authorities of using starvation as a weapon of war against the civilian population of Gaza, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported.

HALONG BAY, Vietnam, July 20 — The death toll from a tourist boat accident in Vietnam's Halong Bay climbed to at least 38 with several people still missing, the government said, as rescuers continued to search for survivors while bracing for the approach of Typhoon Wipha.

RAMALLAH, West Bank, July 20 — US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called on Saturday for the perpetrators of an attack on a Palestinian church in the occupied West Bank blamed on Israeli settlers to be prosecuted, calling it an "act of terror".

TOKYO, July 20 — Japanese voters could unleash political turmoil as they head to the polls on Sunday in a tightly contested upper house election, with rising prices and immigration concerns threatening to weaken Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's grip on power.

WASHINGTON, July 19 — A federal judge has blocked the enforcement of United States (US) President Donald Trump's executive order targeting those who work with the International Criminal Court.

GAZA, July 18 — Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the highest ranking Catholic official in Jerusalem, entered Gaza today to bring humanitarian aid and comfort to victims of Israel’s strike on the sole Catholic church of the Palestine enclave.

LONDON, July 18 — Oil prices edged higher today, heading for a small weekly loss, as investors weighed new European Union sanctions against Russia.

JAKARTA, July 18 — The Asean Centre for Energy (ACE) has received a NZ$200,000 (RM506,151) grant from the New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry to support the region’s energy transition and the implementation of the Asean Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC).