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Israel and Hamas were due to resume indirect talks in Qatar on Monday, according to a Palestinian official, ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting in Washington with President Donald Trump, who is pushing for a deal.

US President Donald Trump threatened China, India, and some of the world's fastest-emerging economies with higher import tariffs, hitting back at BRICS' criticism of his trade policies as the bloc meets Monday.

It may look like an ordinary building site but Akmatbek Uraimov's new house in Kyrgyzstan is being built with blocks of rice.

A massive concert in Croatia by a singer notorious for his pro-Nazi sympathies was branded a "neo-fascist Woodstock" Monday, with the opposition calling it a "global disgrace" that the prime minister was photographed with him beforehand.

Fifty-two thousand petals fell in St Paul's Cathedral on Monday to mark the 52 victims of London's July 7 bombings, as King Charles III paid tribute to the spirit of unity shown after the atrocity.

Poland reimposed checks on its borders with EU neighbours Germany and Lithuania on Monday in a bid to crack down on irregular migration amid surging anti-immigrant sentiment creating political pressure in Berlin and Warsaw.

Wiaan Mulder, who stopped short on Monday of attempting to break the record for the highest score in Test history, had an inauspicious start to his Test career.

England coach Brendon McCullum says Jofra Archer is "ready to go" as he contemplates recalling the express paceman for the third Test against India after four years of injury-induced exile.

Wimbledon title rivals Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner will move closer to a blockbuster semi-final showdown if they win their fourth-round ties on Monday as officals blamed human error for an embarrassing electronic line-calling blunder.

Michael Vaughan said Zak Crawley was the "luckiest" player to have won so many England caps after the opening batsman was twice out in familiar fashion as India levelled the Test series.

Russia said Monday it captured its first village in Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region after grinding towards the border for months, dealing a physchological blow for Kyiv as its worries mount.

US envoy Thomas Barrack said Monday he was satisfied by the Lebanese authorities' response to Washington's request to disarm Hezbollah, which was heavily weakened in a recent war with Israel.

European stock markets and the dollar strengthened Monday as countries fought to hammer out trade deals days before US President Donald Trump's tariff deadline.

Wimbledon chiefs on Monday blamed human error for an embarrassing failure of the tournament's electronic line-calling system.

Lando Norris confirmed he has rediscovered his mojo with a win at the British Grand Prix to ensure he can maintain a challenge for the Formula One drivers' championship in a likely McLaren team battle with Australia's Oscar Piastri.

Environmental groups welcomed on Monday Malaysia's decision to tighten regulations on plastic waste imports, but urged stricter enforcement of the laws in a country that recycles tonnes of trash from the United States, Europe, and elsewhere each year.

Wiaan Mulder set an individual South African Test batting record -– and closed in on the world record -- on the second day of the second Test against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo on Monday.

The UK on Monday commemorated the 20th anniversary of the London July 7 bombings that killed 52 people, as King Charles III paid tribute to the spirit of unity shown after the atrocity.

Apple filed an appeal on Monday against 500-million-euro fine imposed by the EU and accused Brussels of forcing the US tech giant to make changes that are "bad" for users.

Hundreds of well-wishers lined up outside the home of Nepal's deposed king to celebrate his 78th birthday on Monday, the latest pro-monarchy show of support in the Himalayan republic.

Dozens of flights to and from Indonesia's Bali island were cancelled Monday after a volcano belched a colossal ash tower 18 kilometres (11 miles) into the sky, authorities said.

Hamas and Israel were resuming talks in Qatar on Monday, a Palestinian official said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Washington to meet President Donald Trump, who has pushed for a "deal this week" between the foes.

Rescuers in Texas raced against time to find dozens of missing people, including children, swept away by flash floods that killed more than 80 people, with forecasters warning of new deluges.

Hong Kong football fans queued for hours on Monday to snap pictures of Cristiano Ronaldo's trophies and jerseys at an exhibition billed as the first of its kind outside the superstar's native Portugal.

Maro Itoje returns to captain a strong British and Irish Lions team named Monday to face the ACT Brumbies, while Finn Russell and Jamison Gibson-Park are restored as the half-back combination.

Equities struggled Monday as countries fought to hammer out trade deals days before Donald Trump's tariff deadline, with the US president saying he would begin sending letters to some capitals outlining the rates he had decided upon.

Nearly 450,000 Afghans have returned from Iran since the start of June, the United Nations' migration agency said on Monday, after Tehran ordered those without documentation to leave by July 6.

North Korea has barred Western influencers from joining a delegation of tourists to an international trade fair in October, a China-based tour operator told AFP on Monday.

Typhoon Danas battered Taiwan's west coast early Monday, killing two people, injuring hundreds and leaving nearly 400,000 households without electricity, authorities said.

Jan van den Berg stares out at the sea where his father vanished seven decades ago -- lost in a storm just days before his birth. Now aged 70, he clings to the hope of finding even the smallest fragment of his father's remains.

Mexico's attorney general office said a court has so far rejected requests from boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. to not be arrested in the event of his deportation from the United States, where he was detained for alleged drug trafficking ties.

New captain Shubman Gill was hailed Monday for leading from the front after India recorded their maiden Test win at Edgbaston to level the series against England 1-1.

Australian Erin Patterson served a beef Wellington lunch that was "delicious" by all accounts, using eye fillet steak, flakey golden pastry, and the deadliest mushrooms known to man.

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted on Monday spewing a colossal ash tower 18 kilometres (11 miles) into the sky, authorities said, just weeks after it caused dozens of flight cancellations to and from the popular resort island of Bali.

Chelsea's young side are targeting a place in the final of the Club World Cup when they take on Fluminense in the last four on Tuesday, with the Brazilian team marshalled by former Blues defender Thiago Silva who is still going strong at the age of 40.

An Australian police officer who shot and killed an Indigenous teenager was a racist drawn to "high adrenaline policing", a landmark inquiry found Monday.

Novak Djokovic and world number one Jannik Sinner face their stiffest tests of the tournament on Monday as they aim to take another step towards a blockbuster semi-final face-off at Wimbledon.

An Australian woman murdered her husband's parents and aunt by lacing their beef Wellington lunch with toxic mushrooms, a jury found Monday at the climax of a trial watched around the world.

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted, spewing a colossal ash tower 18 kilometres (11 miles) into the sky on Monday, authorities said, just weeks after it caused dozens of flight cancellations to and from the popular resort island of Bali.