Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has asked all cabinet secretaries to submit their resignations.

Torrential rain pummelled Australia’s southeast on Thursday.

U.S. President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday with explosive false claims of white genocide and land seizures during a tense White House meeting that was reminiscent of his February ambush of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

The body of a man has been found in a flooded home north-east of Taree on the New South Wales Mid North Coast.

Israel allowed 100 aid trucks carrying flour, baby food and medical equipment into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, as UN officials reported that distribution issues had meant that no aid had so far reached people in need.

Police are investigating a suspicious house fire in Melbourne’s east that has left three people critically injured, including two children.

The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen targeting Israel early, in the latest attack bearing the hallmarks of Yemen’s Houthi militants.

The top U.N. official for Syria warned Wednesday of the “real dangers of renewed conflict and deeper confrontation” in the war-battered country but also hoped for a better life for its people following decisions by the U.S. and European Union to lift sanctions.

U.S. President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with explosive false claims of white “genocide” and unfair land seizures.

A top adviser to Tulsi Gabbard, the U.S. director of national intelligence, acknowledged in a March 24 email that the Venezuelan government may not have specifically directed the activities of a gang that the Trump administration has used to justify fast-tracking deportation of immigrants, but argued that a link between Venezuela and the gang was “common sense.”

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday after remarks he made this week about rice triggered a firestorm of criticism from voters and lawmakers, posing a fresh challenge to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s embattled government.

President Donald Trump’s use of the Guantanamo Bay naval base to house migrants appears to cost $100,000 per day for each detainee, U.S. Senator Gary Peters said during a hearing on Tuesday, decrying what he described as a prime example of wasteful government spending.