ZAMBIA: Security forces have seized weapons and arrested 11 people, including senior opposition figures, allegedly involved in an insurrection plot, the government said today.

The leading opposition candidate in last Thursday’s presidential election, Brian Mundubile, was also found at the scene of the raid in the capital, Lusaka, according to the country’s top civil servant Patrick Kangwa.

GAZA: Middle East negotiator and son-in-law of United States President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, held a marathon meeting today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu days after the premier rejected the 15-point US backed road map to progress the ceasefire deal in Gaza.

The meeting follows a two-hour meeting between Mr Kushner and leaders of Hamas in Egypt.

SOUTH KOREA: Torrential rains have pounded southern South Korea, leaving one person dead and four others injured, officials said today.

One person died in a landslide that struck an apartment building in the southern city of Geoje on Monday, the Interior and Safety Ministry said in a report. It said two people were injured in Geoje and two others in nearby cities.

UKRAINE: Russia attacked facilities of Ukraine’s Naftogaz Group 13 times over the past week and has targeted its premises almost 300 times since the start of the year, the state energy company said today.

Ukrainian officials, who say Russia is “weaponising winter,” fear Moscow will pursue its campaign through the coming winter, too.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian long-range attacks on Russia killed seven civilians, according to Russian officials on Monday as they collated overnight attacks.