An Australian government review into the deaths of aid workers in Gaza found that serious failures to follow procedures by the Israeli military led to the air strikes on their vehicles, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Friday.
Israeli air strikes in April killed 7 charity workers from World Central Kitchen in Gaza, drawing widespread condemnation from the United States and several allies. The dead included citizens of Australia, Britain and Poland as well as Palestinians and a dual citizen of the US and Canada.
An Australian review into the deaths released on Friday found serious failures to follow Israel Defense Forces procedures, mistaken identification and errors in decision-making.
The IDF has called the incident a grave mistake which should not have occurred.
Wong said Australia would push for full accountability for those responsible, including criminal charges if appropriate.
"The Military Advocate General of Israel is still to decide on further action," she said in a statement.
"Our expectation remains that there be transparency about the Military Advocate General’s process and decision."
Myanmar's junta leader attended a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, a week after a massive earthquake devastated parts of the impoverished war-torn country, killing more than 3,100, and spurring an appeal for help by the United Nations chief.
Hackers targeting Australia's major pension funds in a series of coordinated attacks have stolen savings from some members at the biggest fund and compromised more than 20,000 accounts in A$4.2 trillion (AED 10.3 trillion) retirement savings sector.
South Korea's Constitutional Court on Friday decided to oust President Yoon Suk Yeol, upholding parliament's impeachment motion over his short-lived imposition of martial law last year that sparked the country's worst political crisis in decades.
At least seven migrants have died, including one boy, one girl and two women, after their boat sank off the Greek island of Lesbos, Greece's coastguard said on Thursday.
Variable parking fees will come into effect in Dubai on Thursday, with premium rates of AED 6 an hour marked for "busy zones near public transport, shopping destinations and business districts".