Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a warning for tsunami waves as high as three metres (10 feet).

The fresh ICJ order also calls on Israel, as a signatory to the Genocide Convention, to undertake those measures, “including by increasing the capacity and number of land crossing points."

The 1948 Genocide Convention, enacted in the wake of the mass murder of Jews in the Nazi Holocaust, defines genocide as "acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group".

Ali Gholampour, Iran's ambassador to Kenya, said the release of the detainees was a sign of Somalia's readiness to thaw diplomatic relations after years of stagnation.

The December hijacking of the ship was the first time since 2017 that any cargo vessel had been successfully boarded by Somali pirates.

Taliban authorities have repeatedly dismissed such international criticism as propaganda.

AlMatrooshi, who wears a hijab as part of her Muslim faith, explained that NASA developed a strategy to allow her to keep her hair covered while donning the agency's iconic white space suit and helmet.

Newly sworn-in lawmakers in Pakistan's National Assembly elected Shehbaz by 201 votes, three weeks after national elections marred by widespread allegations of rigging.

Its new session which began on Monday is the longest ever, running until April, and promises a packed agenda, with ongoing wars in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine.

A key focus on the agenda is the increase in wasteful and fuel-intensive plastics, a major contributor to the climate crisis.

This agreement grants Ankara the right to receive 30 per cent of the marine resources in exchange for securing the country's coastline.

Foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki underscored the ongoing denial of rights to seven million refugees, noting their inability to return to their lands and homes.

A total of 127 people died in 24 hours, Hamas-run Gaza's health ministry said, as the main battlefront edged closer to far-southern Rafah, where 1.4 million Palestinians live

Nearly 205 million people are eligible to vote in the polls across 800,000 polling stations with 20,000 seats up for grabs.

CIA Director William Burns was due in Cairo Tuesday for a new round of talks on a Qatari-brokered ceasefire proposal that would temporarily halt fighting in exchange for Hamas freeing hostages.

The US-owned F-35 parts are stored at a warehouse in the Netherlands and then shipped to several partners, including Israel, via existing export agreements.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted the challenging conditions aid workers are facing as they strive to assist in extremely difficult circumstances.

The organisations note the absence of meaningful action by Alice Wairimu Nderitu's office in response to sustained mass atrocities endured by Palestinians in Gaza.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani earlier accused the United States and Britain of "fuelling chaos, disorder, insecurity and instability" by supporting Israel.

Hassan met representatives from the UAE, Qatar, Turkiye, the UN, UK and the US, countries which form the Somalia Quint Group.

The verdict, a week before national elections, comes a day after he was given a prison sentence of 10 years in a case related to leaking state secrets.

President Wavel Ramkalawan says Seychellois special military forces took complete control of the vessel and rescued all on board.

Israel's ensuing military offensive has killed at least 26,422 people, most of them civilians, in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory.

The countries are the US, Australia, Britain, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Switzerland. They have welcomed investigation into the allegations that some UNRWA staff took part in Hamas's October 7 attack.

A number of donor countries -- including Australia, Britain, Finland, Germany and Italy -- on Saturday followed the lead of the United States in suspending additional funding to UNRWA.

Guterres called for reform of the UN Security Council, saying it is paralysed by geopolitical divisions while its composition does not reflect the reality of today’s world.

Spokeswoman Tess Ingram, back from a recent visit to the Gaza Strip, described mothers bleeding to death and one nurse who had performed emergency caesareans on six dead women.

As the risk of famine grows, and more people are exposed to deadly disease outbreaks, a fundamental step change in the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza is urgently needed, UN humanitarian agencies say.

Eleven people were killed in November in an accident at another coal mine in the same province.

The East African trade bloc Igad said Thursday it will meet January 18 in Uganda to discuss the tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia.