Six members of Canada's parliament travelling from Jordan were denied entry to the occupied West Bank on Tuesday by Israeli authorities who accused the delegation of being sponsored by "a terror entity."

Jenny Kwan, an opposition lawmaker with Canada's left-wing New Democratic Party, told AFP that one MP, Iqra Khalid of Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party, was "pushed multiple times" by an Israeli border officer.

The lawmakers were on a trip sponsored by Canadian-Muslim Vote, a charity group.

WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - ​President Donald ​Trump has signed ⁠a proclamation further restricting and limiting the ​entry of ‍foreign nationals to ​the United States, the White House said ⁠on Tuesday.

The U.S. has imposed full restrictions and entry limitations on nationals from five ​countries - Burkina ⁠Faso, ⁠Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria - in addition to the ‌initial list of ​12 countries, the White House said.

Full restrictions have ‍also been imposed on individuals holding ‌Palestinian Authority-issued ‌travel documents, it said.

Iranian authorities are refusing to allow an independent medical examination of Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi after she was beaten during her arrest last week, her family said on Tuesday.

Her brother Hamid Reza Mohammadi, who lives in Norway, told reporters in Paris via video link that she had informed her other brother in Iran in a brief telephone call late on Sunday that police had beaten her with truncheons on her face, head and neck.

By John Irish

PARIS, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The brother and lawyer of ​Iranian human rights activist and Nobel ​Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi said on Tuesday they have no information ⁠on her whereabouts or health, four days after her arrest.

Mohammadi was arrested on Friday after denouncing the suspicious death of lawyer Khosrow ​Alikordi during his memorial ceremony in the northeastern city ‍of Mashhad.

Some pushed cars through the Gaza Strip's flooded streets, while others took to donkey-pulled carts to wade through the floodwaters after fresh winter rains lashed the war-battered Palestinian territory.

The rains have flooded tents and makeshift shelters in Gaza, where most of the buildings have been destroyed or damaged by two years of war between Israel and Hamas.

The health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said a two-week-old baby named Muhammad Khalil Abu Al-Khair died because of severe hypothermia caused by extreme cold.

By Mahmoud Hasano

NAYRAB, Syria, Dec 16 (Reuters) - As Australia's worst mass shooting in nearly ​30 years unfolded, a Sydney shopowner was ​captured on camera charging at one of the gunmen and disarming him. Halfway around ⁠the world in Syria, a group of men watching the footage recognised a familiar face.

By Francois Murphy

VIENNA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The host broadcaster of the next Eurovision Song ​Contest, Austria's ORF, will not ban the ​Palestinian flag from the audience or drown out booing during Israel's performance as has happened ⁠at previous shows, organisers said on Tuesday.

The 70th edition of the contest in May will have just 35 entries, the smallest number of participants since 2003, after ​five national broadcasters including those of Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands ‍said they would boycott the show ​in protest at Israel's participation.

KABUL, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The U.N. World Food Programme is ​unable for the first time ​in decades to provide effective aid to millions of Afghans ⁠suffering from malnutrition, with deaths especially among children likely to rise this winter, the WFP said on Tuesday.

International aid to ​war-torn Afghanistan has dwindled significantly since 2021, ‍when U.S.-led forces exited the ​country and the Taliban regained power. The crisis has been compounded by multiple natural calamities such as earthquakes.

By Rishika Sadam

HYDERABAD, India, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Indian police said ​on Tuesday that the dead ​gunman in Australia's Bondi beach shooting incident, Sajid Akram, was ⁠originally from the southern Indian city of Hyderabad but had limited contact with his family in India.

The attack on ​Sunday was Australia's worst mass shooting in ‍nearly 30 years, and is ​being investigated as an act of terrorism targeting the Jewish community.

NICOSIA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The key U.N. envoy seeking to ​break a deadlock in Cyprus's ​long-running division said she was cautiously optimistic about a ⁠breakthrough but that it would be premature to convene a multi-nation summit on the conflict.