Summary Australia is voting in a historic referendum on Indigenous recognition and representation Voters are being asked to enshrine an Indigenous advisory body in the constitution that recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the nation’s First Peoples

Moscow suggests that the UN Security Council call for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East, according to a Russia-proposed resolution. The document says that it is possible to ensure a long-term solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict only through peaceful means. Russia

Palestinians fled in a mass exodus Friday from northern Gaza after Israel’s military told some 1 million people to evacuate to the southern part of the besieged territory ahead of an expected ground invasion in retaliation for the surprise attack by the ruling Hamas militant group.

Israeli attack in Lebanon kills Reuters journo, injures 6 others A Reuters videographer was killed and six other journalists were wounded Friday in southern Lebanon when the area they were reporting from was struck by Israeli shelling, according to two colleagues who spoke to the injured

A teacher has been killed and two people have been seriously injured in a knife attack at a school in France, officials say. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the attack happened at the Gambetta high school in the northern city of Arras. Local officials say the attacker

The morgue at Gaza’s biggest hospital overflowed Thursday as bodies came in faster than relatives could claim them on the sixth day of Israel’s heavy aerial bombardment on the territory of 2.3 million people. With scores of Palestinians killed each day in the Israeli

More than 423,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations said, following heavy Israeli bombardments in retaliation for Hamas's attacks. As of late Thursday, the number of displaced in Gaza rose by 84,444 people to reach 423,378, the UN

The French government has banned pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin warned that foreign nationals who break the rules would be "systematically" deported, while President Emmanuel Macron called for unity. The move comes as European

Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler and Iran's president spoke by phone about the war between Israel and Hamas, Saudi state media said early Thursday, their first call since a surprise rapprochement in March. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a call on Wednesday from

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Thursday that the number of Palestinians displaced in Gaza has risen to more than 338,000 amid intensified fighting. An OCHA official in Gaza, Hamada Al-Bayari, called for a humanitarian truce to allow relief

Summary Essential supplies of food, fuel and water must be allowed to reach civilians in Gaza under Israeli bombardment and blockade, says the UN secretary-general "We need rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access now," says Antonio Guterres Palestinian health officials

At least four people were killed and several others injured when an express train derailed in the Indian state of Bihar, local media and officials reported. The train from Anand Vihar Terminal railway station in Delhi came off the rails at around 9:35pm local time (16:05 GMT) on

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin have exchanged another set of letters – a month after Kim made a rare trip to Russia –  with Kim wishing Putin victory over “imperialists’ anti-Russia scheme” and both men lauding their

As hundreds of thousands of Israeli troops, regular and reservist, gather on Gaza's borders, the Israeli government faces a near impossible situation. At least 150 hostages seized by Hamas gunmen from southern Israel last Saturday are now being held at secret locations inside Gaza.

The Gaza Strip’s sole power plant went out of service on Wednesday due to a lack of fuel. A source with the Palestinian Energy Authority told Anadolu that the power plant ran out of fuel leading to a complete electricity outage in the strip. Earlier on Wednesday, the head of

A 104-year-old Chicago woman who recently set out to break a world record as the oldest person to ever jump from a plane has died. Dorothy Hoffner was found dead Monday morning by staff at the Brookdale Lake View senior living community after passing away in her sleep Sunday night, her

A hurricane described as "extremely dangerous" has made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast. Hurricane Lidia, a Category 4 strength storm, will bring wind speeds of up to 140mph (220km/h) in the state of Jalisco, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said before it hit.

The French army confirmed Tuesday it had begun withdrawing its troops from Niger. "The first troops have left," the spokesman of the French chief of staff told AFP. A French defence source said a first group of soldiers that were considered priority for evacuation for

A second large earthquake has hit Afghanistan just days after a 6.3 magnitude quake in the same region killed more than 1,000 people. The latest quake, of the same magnitude, struck at around 05:10 local time (00:40 GMT) on Wednesday. The epicentre is 28km (17 miles) north of the

There have been appeals for the the global community to help Afghanistan following Saturday's deadly 6.3 magnitude earthquake which the Taliban government said killed more than 2,000 people in the west of the country. Aid group CARE USA — a member of CARE International