A hospital in the south of Gaza has stated that 24 Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces near a humanitarian aid distribution site.
The aid seekers say that the forces started to fire indiscriminately on the people who had queued up for food.
In response, the Israeli defense rejected the accusations and said it had no information about any “injured individuals” from its firing.
In a separate development, former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, 100, was admitted to the hospital for fatigue after attending a birthday picnic. Despite cycling and driving himself, he left early feeling tired.
Authorities have confirmed that the aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff. Flights at the airport were promptly grounded to allow emergency crews to begin extinguishing the flames as quickly as possible.
A large police cordon has been established to ensure the safety of emergency responders while they carry out their work.
In what is termed “serious incident” by police, a plane crashed soon after taking off at Southend Airport.
Police in Essex and East of England Ambulance Service said it received reports that a 12-metre plan collided moments before 4pm on Sunday.
Images on social media displayed that the crash site was full of smoke and fire.
Emergency crews in central Texas suspended their search for flood victims as more rain threatened to raise river levels, AP reports. The July 4 floods devastated Kerr County, washing away homes, cabins, and summer camps. Search operations may resume Monday depending on river flow and weather conditions.
At least 30 people were reported killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, including six children at a water point, The Associated Press reports. The total death toll from the conflict has now exceeded 58,000. In the West Bank, a Palestinian-American was killed, reportedly by Israeli settlers, escalating tensions further.
EU President Ursula von der Leyen has said the bloc will extend its suspension of countermeasures to US tariffs until early August, aiming to reach a trade deal, Reuters reports. The move comes after Trump threatened new 30% tariffs on EU imports, raising pressure in already tense negotiations.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, 100, was admitted to the hospital for fatigue after attending a birthday picnic, Reuters reports. Despite cycling and driving himself, he left early feeling tired. His office says he is under observation and should return home by evening
Australia won’t pre-commit troops to any future conflict, including Taiwan, Minister Pat Conroy has said, Reuters reports. As US pushes allies for clarity, Australia has stressed sovereignty. Meanwhile, a major military drill, Talisman Sabre, has begun with 40,000 troops from 19 nations.
Just days before clinical trials were set to begin, South African scientists were forced to halt a groundbreaking HIV vaccine project after the Trump administration abruptly cut $46 million in U.S. funding.
The BRILLIANT study, designed to leverage Africa’s genetic diversity in the global fight against HIV, became a casualty of Trump’s foreign aid rollback, leaving the world’s most affected region reeling and global progress against the virus in jeopardy.
Australia has firmly ruled out making any advance commitment to join a potential US-led conflict with China over Taiwan. Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy stated that Canberra would not support hypothetical military engagements, pushing back against reported US efforts to secure such guarantees during AUKUS submarine talks.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese echoed this stance, stressing Australia’s desire for peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific and noting that even Washington maintains “strategic ambiguity” over its military response regarding Taiwan.
The Justice Department has dismissed several lawyers and support staff involved in special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutions of former President Donald Trump, sources revealed. The terminations affect personnel tied to both the classified documents and election interference cases.
While the exact number remains unclear, the move includes prosecutors on detail and non-lawyer staff, signaling a significant shakeup in the high-profile investigations.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged “unconditional support” for Russia’s actions in Ukraine, according to state media KCNA.
In a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Pyongyang, Kim expressed full backing for Moscow’s measures to address what he called the “root cause of the Ukrainian crisis.” Western officials allege that North Korea has sent around 11,000 troops to aid Russia’s war effort over the past year.
Queensland’s Liberal National Party has vowed to use the upcoming commission of inquiry into the state’s CFMEU branch as a platform to target the Labor opposition, branding it a “protection racket” for the controversial union.
Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie, leading the charge, described the inquiry as a modern-day equivalent of the historic Fitzgerald inquiry, which exposed deep-rooted corruption in Queensland in the late 1980s. That landmark probe ultimately led to the political downfall of Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen and reshaped the state’s governance.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has condemned Israel for its aid distribution program in Gaza and referred to it as a “cheap form of genocide,” local media reports said.
Speaking on the social media platform X, he said that Israel has given two options to Palestinians in Gaza – “either perish under the rubble of hunger or get shot trying to obtain a food package.”
