CANBERRA -- Australia will formally recognize a Palestinian state at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Monday.
Speaking at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra alongside Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong, Albanese said that Australia will recognize the "right" of the Palestinian people to a "state of their own." (Australia-PM-State of Palestine)
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ISLAMABAD -- At least eight people were killed and four others injured on Monday in a landslide in the Gilgit district in the northern region of Pakistan, the local police said.
According to the police, a group of volunteers was busy with restoration work on the flood-affected stream named Danyor in Gilgit, a district in the country's Gilgit-Baltistan region. (Pakistan-Landslide-Death)
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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand's government will decide in September whether to formally recognize a Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said Monday.
"The government will carefully weigh up its position over the next month on recognition of a State of Palestine," a New Zealand government statement quoted Peters as saying. (New Zealand-Palestinian-State) ■
