U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday President Donald Trump will chair a meeting on Gaza at the White House on Wednesday and added that Washington expected Israel’s war in the Palestinian territory to be settled by the end of the year.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Tuesday launched its giant Starship rocket for a tenth test flight aiming to overcome development setbacks and clinch long-sought technical milestones key to the Mars rocket’s reusable design.

Against the backdrop of the US imposing 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods, Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka on Tuesday said he has conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that somebody is “not very happy with you”.