New Zealand sees brain drain to Australia amid stagnating economy

Four months after its creation, the Gaza reconstruction fund of US President Donald Trump's so-called Board of Peace has yet to receive any of the billions of dollars pledged by donor countries. Israel has continued to carry out strikes across the devastated Palestinian territory despite a US-backed ceasefire, killing at least 910 people since the truce was signed.

A funeral has been held for Mohammed Odeh, believed to be the leader of Hamas’s military wing.

Mogadishu has been tentatively emerging from the waves of violence that have rocked the city over recent decades.

The fragile logistics corridor via Gulf states that connects African patients with critical Indian pharmaceuticals has been thrown into disarray with the Strait of Hormuz closed.