Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 27 September, covering the latest developments you need to know.
New Zealand will not recognise a Palestinian state at this time but remains committed to a two-state solution, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said.
Microsoft has stopped providing certain services to a unit within the Israeli Ministry of Defence following reports that the military was using the company’s cloud technology for mass surveillance of Palestinians.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he would condemn recent recognitions by some nations of a Palestinian state in his upcoming address at the United Nations General Assembly.
If U.S. President Donald Trump really wants to win the Nobel peace prize, he needs to stop the war in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet leaders and officials from multiple Muslim-majority countries on Tuesday (23 September) and discuss the situation in Gaza.
Several global leaders announced their countries’ recognition of the State of Palestine on Monday during a high-level international conference held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
Britain, Canada, Australia and Portugal all officially recognised a Palestinian state on Sunday (21 September), with other countries expected to follow suit this week at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin stated that countries recognising a Palestinian state this week were taking an irreversible step that safeguarded the two-state solution and brought Palestinian independence and sovereignty closer.
Portugal will formally recognise a Palestinian state on Sunday, the Foreign Ministry announced on Friday. The declaration will come ahead of next week’s High-Level Conference.
Japan does not plan to recognise a Palestinian state at United Nations meetings this month, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Friday.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he disagreed with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over recognising a Palestinian state, speaking following a bilateral meeting on Thursday during his state visit.
Japan will not recognise a Palestinian state for the time being, and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will skip a relevant meeting during the United Nations General Assembly this month, the Asahi newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed government sources.
The European Commission says it will propose sanctioning "extremist Israeli ministers" and a partial suspension of the European Union's association agreement with Israel, targeting trade-related matters. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made the announcement on Wednesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump was heckled by protesters with pro-Palestinian slogans after he arrived at a restaurant in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, 9 September.
Belgium will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly and impose sanctions on Israel, joining a growing list of countries pushing for a two-state solution.
Thousands of mourners gathered in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Monday for the funeral of 12 senior Houthi officials, including their prime minister, killed in an Israeli airstrike. The group vowed revenge and pledged intensified action against perceived enemies and spies.
The United States has suspended approvals of almost all visitor visas for individuals holding Palestinian passports, The New York Times reports.
A 23-year-old Palestinian woman, Saja Hamad, was rescued from the rubble of her home in Nuseirat, central Gaza, after it was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday.
Eight Palestinians have been killed after an overnight Israeli airstrike hit a tent encampment in Gaza’s Khan Younis, prompting mourners to gather at Nasser Hospital to bid farewell to loved ones.
The Scottish National Party (SNP) urged the UK government to immediately recognise a Palestinian state after Israel’s far-right finance minister announced plans to expand settlements in the West Bank, undermining the prospect of a two-state solution.
New Zealand parliamentarian and Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick was ordered to leave Parliament on Tuesday (12 August) after refusing to apologise for remarks made during a heated debate on the government’s position regarding the recognition of Palestinian statehood.
New Zealand is weighing the formal recognition of a Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Monday, confirming that Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s cabinet will make a decision in September and present it during the U.N. Leaders' Week.
Australia says it will recognise a Palestinian state during the United Nations General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Monday.
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