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The White House recently told Congress of its plans to send more than $1bn in weapons to Israel, despite growing pressure and international concern over Israel’s Rafah offensive.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering legal action against Boeing over two fatal crashes involving its 737 Max airplanes.

The fate of Zhang Zhan, a Chinese citizen journalist imprisoned for her coverage of the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, remains uncertain despite expectations of her release after serving a four-year sentence.

At least 14 fatalities and numerous injuries have been reported in Mumbai, India, following the collapse of a massive billboard during a sudden storm on Monday.

A United Nations staff member was killed and another injured in southern Gaza on Monday while en route to the European Hospital near Rafah.

Protesters in Israel disrupted aid deliveries to Gaza on Monday, obstructing trucks and causing chaos at the Tarqumiya checkpoint near Hebron in the West Bank.

Australian whistleblower David McBride, pivotal in exposing allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan, has been sentenced to five years and eight months behind bars.

Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen took to the stand on Monday to testify in the former president’s New York hush-money case. 

In Georgia, overnight protests have spilt into the morning in a last-minute bid to halt the approval of a contentious law. The protests are aimed at blocking a controversial foreign influence bill, labelled by critics as the “Russia law”.

The Kremlin has announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin has replaced his long-time ally Sergei Shoigu as defence minister. Shoigu, who has held the position since 2012, will now serve as secretary of Russia’s Security Council.