BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - ​U.S. envoy ​Steve Witkoff and ⁠President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner on ​Monday briefed ‍EU foreign ​ministers on Trump's Gaza peace plan via video ⁠conference, an EU official said.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said earlier on Monday that ​he had ⁠suggested ⁠to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas that Kushner ‌and Witkoff provide ​an update on the implementation of the plan ‍to the foreign ministers during their ‌meeting in ‌Brussels.

DUBAI, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi ​was taken to the hospital ​emergency room twice after suffering blows from security forces ⁠who arrested her on December 12, her family told the Narges Foundation on Monday.

The human rights activist won the ​award whilst in prison in 2023, following ‍her three-decade campaign for ​women's rights and the abolition of the death penalty in Iran.

She was re-arrested on Friday - having been released late last year - after denouncing the suspicious death of ⁠lawyer Khosrow Alikordi.

By Alasdair Pal

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Like many people in Sydney, Glenn Nelson spent his ​Sunday evening watching television coverage of a deadly ​shooting on the city's iconic Bondi Beach.

But stepping onto his front porch, flanked by neatly trimmed ⁠box hedges, he saw armed police cordoning off the street before raiding the house opposite - home of the two suspects who are alleged to have killed 15 people in Australia's ​worst mass shooting in decades.

By Kirsty Needham

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The deadly attack on a Jewish festival at a famed Australian beach has deepened diplomatic tensions between Prime ​Minister Anthony Albanese and his Israeli counterpart, as domestic pressure mounted for his ​government to respond to antisemitism.

Albanese called for unity on Monday and said his government was prepared to take whatever action is necessary, after Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ⁠said Albanese "did nothing" to curb antisemitism, rising since 2023.

When she first started learning to ride a motorbike, Iranian Maryam Ghelich, now an instructor, would drive through Tehran's empty streets at night to avoid scrutiny over her clothing or lack of a licence.

Fifteen years on, Ghelich has trained hundreds of women, helping them navigate not only the capital's gridlocked streets but the barriers facing women motorcyclists in the conservative Islamic republic, with a marked surge in demand for lessons in recent months.

By Scott Murdoch and Christine Chen

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Stories of horror and heroism emerged as Australians mourned the 15 ​people killed by two gunmen at Sydney's Bondi Beach during ​a Hanukkahevent.

Police said two shooters, a father-son duo, opened fire on the crowd gathered for the Jewish festival beside the landmark Sydney beach ⁠late on Sunday, in the worst shooting in Australia in three decades.

The 50-year-old father was killed at the scene while his 24-year-old son was in a critical condition in hospital, police said.

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - A Sydney fruit shop owner who ​wrestled a gun from one ​of the alleged attackers during the mass shooting at ⁠Bondi Beach is recovering in hospital after undergoing surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hand, his family ​said.

Forty-three-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed was identified on ‍social media as the ​bystander who hid behind parked cars before charging at the gunman from behind, seizing his rifle and knocking him to the ground.

BEIJING, Dec 15 (Reuters) - China and Saudi Arabia agreed ​to have closer communication and ​coordination on regional and international issues, with Beijing lauding ⁠Riyadh's role in Middle East diplomacy, statements following a meeting between the nations' foreign ministers on Sunday ​showed.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is on ‍a three-nation tour in ​the Middle East that began in the United Arab Emirates and is expected to end in Jordan. He met with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince ⁠Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud in Riyadh on Sunday.

By Renju Jose and Lucy Craymer

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - ​Australian police said on Monday ​that the alleged offenders behind an attack at a ⁠Jewish celebration in Sydney's Bondi beach that killed 15 people, were a father and son duo. One ​of the gunmen was also killed, bringing ‍the death toll to ​16.

It was the country's worst gun attack in about 30 years.

The father, a 50-year old, was killed at the scene while his 24-year-old son was ⁠in critical condition in the hospital, the police said in the press conference on Monday.

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - ​Australian police ​said on ⁠Monday that the alleged offenders behind ​the ‍attack at Sydney's ​Bondi beach were a father and ⁠son duo, and that they were not looking for a third ​offender.

Police said ⁠during ⁠a media briefing that investigations showed only two ‌offenders were ​responsible for the attack at a Jewish ‍holiday celebration that killed 16 ‌people and ‌injured 40.

(Reporting by Renju Jose in Sydney; ⁠Editing by Nia Williams)