Gaza (AFP) – Palestinians carry bags of flour from aid convoys in the Israeli-controlled Zikim border crossing in the northern Gaza Strip. More than 100 aid and human rights groups have warned that “mass starvation” is spreading in Gaza.
Bangkok (AFP) – Thai foreign ministry spokesperson Nikorndej Balankura says Thailand welcomes Malaysia mediating a ceasefire but Cambodia must first “cease the hostilities and show sincerity. In short, good faith”. The address came after the closed meeting of the UN Security Council in New York with UN ambassadors from both countries attending. The two neighbours are locked in their most intense fighting in more than a decade, battling with artillery and ground troops over sections of their disputed 800-kilometre (500-mile) border.
Hongkong (AFP) – Thousands of cosplayers and fans of anime, comics and games flock to the annual Ani-com & Games Hong Kong festival, featuring more than 610 exhibitors selling merchandise and collectibles at the city’s Convention Centre.
Maiquetía (AFP) – A flight carrying children whose parents were deported from the United States without them arrives at Venezuela’s Maiquetia International Airport. They were sent on a flight with 200 other expelled Venezuelans. Last week, another seven children and dozens of other Venezuelans were brought home from the United States, as well as 252 migrants who had spent four months in a notorious Salvadoran prison where they were sent by the Donald Trump administration.
Mexiko-Stadt (AFP) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum condemns the food crisis in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians are dying from hunger according to the World Food Program, which estimates that one-third of Gaza’s population goes without eating for days. “We are seeking peace so there can be the peaceful existence of two states, which is the State of Israel and the State of Palestine,” says Sheinbaum during her daily morning press conference.
Sisaket (Thailand) (AFP) – Thai evacuees take shelter at a temple in Sisaket province, just 10 kilometers from the frontier near the Cambodian border, as the two countries continue to exchange deadly strikes. A long-running border dispute erupted into intense fighting with jets, artillery, tanks and ground troops. IMAGES
Samraong (Cambodia) (AFP) – Military vehicles are seen driving on the road in Samraong, a Cambodian border town, as deadly clashes between Cambodia and neighbouring Thailand continues. The death toll from the neighbours’ bloodiest fighting in years rose to 33 on Saturday, and Phnom Penh called for an “immediate ceasefire”. IMAGES
Taipei (AFP) – Taiwanese voters head to polls in a high-stakes recall election that could give President Lai Ching-te’s party control of the parliament. Supporters of Lai’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) are seeking to unseat 31 lawmakers belonging to the main opposition Kuomintang party, who they accuse of being pro-China and a security threat. The KMT, which wants closer ties with Beijing, controls parliament with the help of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) and has slammed the unprecedented recall effort as a power grab. IMAGES
Prague (AFP) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slams the international community for turning a blind eye to the suffering of Palestinians starving in the Gaza Strip, calling it a “moral crisis that challenges the global conscience”. Guterres is speaking via videolink to Amnesty International’s global assembly.
Bogotá (AFP) – Polo and Rafa, two black-coated labradors, are therapists at a military hospital in the Colombian capital of Bogota. The dogs play a key role in the recovery of soldiers wounded in combat, amid an escalation of armed conflict in the country.
Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Palestinians and Israelis react to French President Macron’s decision to recognise a State of Palestine. In Ramallah, people call for other countries to follow suit, while some in Israel urge caution.
Bulacan (Philippines) (AFP) – Hours after Typhoon Co-May made landfall, residents of Bulacan in the Philippines wade through knee-high floodwaters and ride through the streets on boats. Co-May, which has been downgraded to a tropical storm, caused flooding in towns and villages north of Manila before heading to the west coast province of La Union.
