CANBERRA: Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Monday that her country will provide 10 million Australian dollars ($6,800,000) in response to the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. She affirmed that this support will go to UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund to provide life-saving assistance. Wong indicated that Australia will continue to press for safe, rapid and unhindered humanitarian access to Gaza. Source: Palestine news & Information Agency - WAFA
Earthquake of Magnitude 5.9 Hits Indonesia’s Flores
August 17, 2026
Abu dhabi: An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Indonesia’s Flores region Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The