CANBERRA, July 31 — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said that he discussed the situation in Gaza with his United Kingdom counterpart Keir Starmer and affirmed his government's strong support for the two-state solution, the Palestine News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 — Malaysia has called on all nations to urgently recognise the State of Palestine and support its full membership in the United Nations (UN), stressing at a landmark UN meeting on Palestine that such recognition is vital to safeguarding the two-state solution.

LONDON, July 30 — The United Kingdom yesterday said it would recognise Palestine’s statehood in September unless Israel takes steps to relieve suffering in Gaza, where starvation is spreading, and reaches a ceasefire in the nearly two-year war with Hamas.

ISTANBUL, July 29 — At least 60,034 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s unrelenting war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, Anadolu Ajansi reported, citing Palestine’s Health Ministry on Tuesday.

NEW YORK/GENEVA, July 29 — Famine is "playing out" in the Gaza Strip, a global hunger monitor said in an alert issued on Tuesday as international criticism of Israel intensifies over rapidly worsening conditions in the Palestinian enclave.

NEW YORK, July 29 — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres reaffirmed that the two-state solution remains the only credible path to achieving a just and lasting peace, describing it as an essential condition for peace across the broader Middle East, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

UNITED NATIONS, July 29 — Dozens of ministers gathered at a United Nations conference yesterday to urge the world to work towards a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine, but the United States and Israel boycotted the event.

JERUSALEM/GAZA, July 27 — Israel has said it would halt military operations each day for 10 hours in parts of Gaza and allow new aid corridors in the shattered enclave, where images of hungry Palestinians have alarmed the world.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

DAMASCUS, July 17 — Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa promised to protect the rights of Druze citizens today as a ceasefire appeared to be holding in the country’s south following the United States’ intervention to end fighting between government forces and Druze fighters.

DAMASCUS, July 16 — Powerful airstrikes shook Damascus today, targeting the Defence Ministry as Israel vowed to destroy Syrian government forces attacking Druze communities in southern Syria and demanded they withdraw.

GAZA, July 12 — A proposal seen by Reuters and bearing the name of a controversial United States-backed aid group described a plan to build large-scale camps called “Humanitarian Transit Areas” inside — and possibly outside — Gaza to house Palestinians, outlining a vision of “replacing Hamas’ control over the population in Gaza”.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, June 30 — Israeli strikes killed at least 58 people across Gaza on Monday as residents in the enclave's north reported one of the heaviest bombardments in weeks, while Israeli officials were due in Washington for a new ceasefire push by the Trump administration.

JAKARTA, June 30 — The Indonesian government has evacuated its 97 citizens from Iran and 26 from Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and the Arabah area, following tensions in those regions, said Foreign Minister Sugiono.

CAIRO, June 29 — The Israeli military has ordered Palestinians to evacuate areas in northern Gaza on Sunday before intensified fighting against Hamas, as United States (US) President Donald Trump called for an end to the war amid renewed efforts to broker a ceasefire.