"The proposed sale will enhance Israel's capability to meet current and future threats by improving its ability to defend Israel's borders, vital infrastructure, and population centers," the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a statement.

The four countries, known as the Quad, share concerns about China's growing power, but their ties have been strained by President Donald Trump's global tariff offensive from which none of the Quad members have been spared. 

Thailand's ruling political dynasty faces legal peril on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra risks suspension from office and her father, the former premier, appears in court for a separate royal defamation trial.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House next week for talks with President Donald Trump, a United States official said Monday, as Washington ramps up the pressure for a ceasefire in Gaza.

France, Italy, Portugal and Spain have been sweltering for several days as the mercury climbed to 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit) in some places.

Tehran has accused Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, of "betrayal of his duties" for not condemning the Israeli and US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites, and Iranian lawmakers this week voted to suspend cooperation with the agency.

The latest report from human rights group Amnesty International has revealed damning evidence of human rights abuses in Cambodia’s scamming industry on a massive scale, with victims coming from several Asian countries, including Indonesia.

Trump is hoping the "One Big Beautiful Bill" will help seal his legacy, extending his expiring first-term tax cuts at a cost of $4.5 trillion and beefing up border security.

Dalai Lama said his successor to be born outside China, possibly in India.

In an interview with Israel's Channel 12 that aired on Saturday, former prime minister Bennett said Netanyahu "has been in power for 20 years... that's too much, it's not healthy".

At an Oval Office event where he highlighted his efforts to resolve global conflicts, Trump was asked whether he had written a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as was reported this month.

"The United States of America spends Billions of Dollar a year, far more than on any other Nation, protecting and supporting Israel. We are not going to stand for this," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.

"Bezos, out of the lagoon", the demonstrators chanted as they wound through the city centre, some brandishing signs that read: "Eat the rich", "Rejected", and accusations that Venice's mayor is "corrupt".

US President Donald Trump voiced optimism on Friday about a new ceasefire in Gaza saying an agreement involving Israel and Hamas could come as early as next week.

The prime minister has been battered by controversy and abandoned by her largest backer the Bhumjaithai Party after her phone call with Cambodia's ex-leader Hun Sen leaked earlier this month.

Amid a slew of global crises, such as flare-ups in the Middle East and economic uncertainty caused by United States trade policy, Indonesia and Malaysia must band together as strategic neighbors in protecting their national interests and resolving common concerns, the two leaders said in a joint statement.

Brazil, where a Supreme Court judge famously took Elon Musk's X offline last year for 40 days over disinformation, has gone further than any other Latin American country in clamping down on questionable or illegal social media posts.

New Delhi says the people deported are undocumented migrants.

Trump said key facilities, including the underground Fordo uranium enrichment site, had been "obliterated" by American B-2 bombers.

At least 60 people evacuated by the government from Iran, Israel and other Middle Eastern countries amid the heightened tensions in the region have safely landed in Jakarta in the past few days, with more expected to arrive in Indonesia in the coming days.

"Thank you so much Mr President... for the excellent meeting we just had and our discussion about the need for tougher immigration laws," said Wilders on X, sharing a selfie of the pair.

In a video distributed to Israeli media on the second day of a fragile ceasefire between the warring countries, Mossad chief David Barnea thanked his agents for their work making Israel "safer, more powerful and better prepared for the future". 

Speaking in The Hague where he attended a NATO summit on Wednesday, Trump said he did not see Iran again engaging in nuclear weapons development.

During the call on Monday evening Jakarta time, both leaders agreed to strengthen the special strategic partnership between Indonesia and South Korea that was established in 2017 on trade, investment, defense and green industries.

A candidate to fill the long-vacant post of Indonesian ambassador to the United States has been nominated to the House of Representatives, House Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad confirmed on Tuesday, signaling that an official announcement by the government is imminent.

Only a handful of allies -- such as Poland and the Baltic states -- are coming close to five percent at the moment, with the United States itself under 3.4 percent in 2024.

The decision still requires the approval of the Guardian Council, a body empowered to vet legislation.