Foreign ministers from Muslim nations on Saturday rejected calls by U.S. President Donald Trump to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population and backed a plan for an administrative committee of Palestinians to govern the territory to allow reconstruction to go ahead.

Foreign ministers from Muslim nations support a plan to rebuild Gaza put forward by Egypt and backed by Arab states, including Saudi Arabia and Jordan.

Trump has said he wants to relocate Gaza's population to other countries so that the US can rebuild it as a "Riviera of the Middle East."

The Stand Up for Science rallies are a response to the Trump administration’s actions, which critics see as a threat to scientific progress.

Scientists and their supporters from around Philadelphia crowded outside City Hall Friday to decry President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to research funding and attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion policies at a rally organized in coordination with dozens of other events around the country.

Protesters say firings, budget and grant cuts in health, climate, science and other research government agencies by the Trump administration are endangering not just the future but the present.