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Palestinians clean up after Israeli nationalist march in Jerusalem

Palestinian traders in Jerusalem's Old City returned to their shops on Tuesday to clean up a day after a march by Israeli nationalists that saw scuffles, insults and acts of vandalism.

Some had to use crowbars, hammers and wirecutters to regain access to their own shops after many were vandalised during the Jerusalem Day march the day before.

Jerusalem Day commemorates Israeli forces taking east Jerusalem during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

An Israeli flag is removed from above a Palestinian-owned shop in the wake of Jerusalem Day

Sudan's RSF attacks army amid cholera outbreak

A paramilitary drone strike hit a fuel depot and a military base in war-torn Sudan's south Tuesday, a military source said, as the capital Khartoum battles a deadly cholera outbreak.

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), targeted the city of Kosti in White Nile State, after weeks of a long-range drone campaign that has hit vital infrastructure across the country.

The RSF and regular army have been locked in a devastating war since April 2023.

Sudanese soldiers on a tank after they captured a base used by the RSF in the Salha area of Omdurman, on May 26

Brunei sultan in KL hospital for 'fatigue'

Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah was admitted to a hospital in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday due to fatigue, though his office insisted the world's longest-serving monarch was in "good health".

The sultan is in Kuala Lumpur with other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders, who on Tuesday met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and dignitaries from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

A Malaysian government source told AFP the sultan "was hospitalised in between the ASEAN-GCC and ASEAN-GCC-China summit" for fatigue.

Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (L, with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim) was in Kuala Lumpur for the ASEAN summit

Ronaldo says Al-Nassr chapter 'over'

Questions swirled over Cristiano Ronaldo's future in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, hours after the superstar indicated he might be leaving Al Nassr in a social media post, just hours following the end of the Saudi Pro League season.

The 40-year-old Portuguese forward joined Al Nassr in 2022 from Manchester United and his contract with the Saudi club ends this summer.

A special transfer window runs from June 1-10 to allow the 32 clubs involved in the Club World Cup to sign players.

Al-Nassr are not at the Club World Cup unlike fellow Saudi side Al Hilal.

Ronaldo ended as the Saudi Pro League's top scorer this season on 24 goals

Filmmaker Panahi cheered on return to Iran after Cannes triumph

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was given a hero's welcome by supporters on his return to Tehran on Monday after winning the top prize at the Cannes film festival, footage posted on social media showed.

After being banned from leaving Iran for years, forced to make films underground and enduring spells in prison, Panahi attended the French festival in person and sensationally walked away with the Palme d'Or for his latest movie, "It Was Just an Accident".

Jafar Panahi issued a resounding call for freedom in Iran after winning the Palme d'Or

Filmmaker Panahi cheered on return to Iran after Cannes triumph

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was given a hero's welcome by supporters on his return to Tehran on Monday after winning the top prize at the Cannes film festival, footage posted on social media showed.

After being banned from leaving Iran for years, forced to make films underground and enduring spells in prison, Panahi attended the French festival in person and sensationally walked away with the Palme d'Or for his latest movie, "It Was Just an Accident".

Jafar Panahi issued a resounding call for freedom in Iran after winning the Palme d'Or

Iran rejects push to suspend uranium enrichment to reach US deal

Iran on Monday ruled out suspending uranium enrichment as part of any nuclear deal with the United States -- a key demand from Washington in successive rounds of talks between the foes.

The issue has come into focus in recent weeks, with Iran staunchly defending its right to enrich uranium as part of what it says is a civilian nuclear programme, while the United States wants it to stop.

US President Donald Trump described the latest round of talks in Rome as 'very, very good'

Scuffles, insults as Israelis celebrate Jerusalem Day under shadow of Gaza war

Crowds of Israelis streamed through Jerusalem's Old City, where some scuffled with residents and hurled insults at Palestinians, as annual celebrations of Israel's capture of east Jerusalem took place on Monday.

Jerusalem Day, as the celebrations are known, commemorates Israeli forces taking east Jerusalem during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

Israeli police tussle with a young man in the Old City during a march for Jerusalem Day on Monday

Israel strikes Gaza as PM vows to bring hostages home

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday to bring back all hostages, "living and dead", as Gaza rescuers said Israeli strikes killed at least 52 people in the war-battered Palestinian enclave.

Netanyahu's remarks came amid confusion about the fate of a proposed 70-day ceasefire that was to see the release of 10 Israeli hostages alongside more Palestinian prisoners.

Dozens were killed in Gaza on Monday in Israeli air strikes, as mediators put forward a new ceasefire proposal

Trump calls Iran-US nuclear talks 'very, very good'

US President Donald Trump on Sunday described the latest negotiations between Washington and Tehran over Iran's nuclear program as "very, very good."

Speaking on the tarmac at Morristown airport before boarding Air Force One, Trump hailed "real progress, serious progress" following a fifth round of nuclear talks, which wrapped up in Rome on Friday.

The Oman-mediated talks, which began in April, are the highest-level contact between the countries since the United States quit a landmark 2015 nuclear accord during Trump's first term as US president.

Since returning to office, US President Donald Trump has revived his "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran