Former prime minister Boris Johnson returned to Britain yesterday from a Caribbean holiday aiming to launch an audacious political comeback, as Conservative rival Rishi Sunak reached the minimum threshold to contest the UK’s top job.

Joe Biden, the oldest person ever in the US presidency, said Friday it’s his “intention” to run again in 2024 and that his wife Jill thinks he should not “walk away.”

At least 200 people were killed in two days of ethnic clashes in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state, official media said yesterday, up from an earlier toll of 150.

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni was sworn in as Italian prime minister yesterday, to become the first woman to head a government in Italy.

Boris Johnson returned to Britain on Saturday as he considers an audacious attempt to win a second term as prime minister only weeks after he was forced to step down, with some colleagues warning his comeback could create more political chaos.

Former President Donald Trump was ordered on Friday to testify under oath and provide documents to the House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by his supporters.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday accused Russia of deliberately delaying the passage of ships carrying grain exports under a U.N. brokered-deal, and said 150 vessels were waiting to be loaded.

 Boris Johnson and his former finance minister Rishi Sunak were leading potential contenders to replace British Prime Minister Liz Truss yesterday, with candidates canvassing support to become Conservative Party leader in a fast-tracked contest.

Steve Bannon, a prominent figure on the American right who served as a senior strategist for former President Donald Trump, was sentenced by a judge on Friday to four months in prison for refusing to cooperate with lawmakers investigating last year’s US Capitol attack by a pro-Trump mob.

Graffiti with the name of a 15th-century Swiss knight has been discovered in Jerusalem, carved into the walls of a building where pilgrims stayed, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.

We cannot expect any insights or political wisdom from anyone in the West now... especially from Great Britain, where the current head of the executive is not elected by the people.

The entire world needs Venezuela’s oil and natural gas... On the other side, there’s been embargoes on the Iranian oil. Remove these sanctions... if you want the prices to drop…. You cannot solve the problem by threatening a country.

This discussion (among EU leaders) showed a very clear will to avoid being naive, but neither did we want to embark into a logic of systematic confrontation (with China). European Council chief Charles Michel

EU leaders has reached an agreement on a “roadmap” aimed at putting in place measures within weeks to shield European consumers from soaring energy prices.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the West to warn Russia not to blow up a hydroelectric dam that would flood a swath of southern Ukraine, as his forces prepare to push Moscow’s troops from Kherson in one of the war’s most important battles.

At least 150 people including children have been killed in two days of fighting in the latest ethnic clashes over land disputes in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state, a medic said Thursday.

Turkey yesterday said the lifting of Western sanctions on countries including Iran and Venezuela would alleviate the global energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Mexico has reported a first case of the severe H5N1 strain of avian influenza, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Friday.

Giorgia Meloni was on Friday named as Italy's first woman prime minister and chose her cabinet team, setting her seal on the country's most right-wing government since World War Two.

Boris Johnson and his former finance minister Rishi Sunak were leading potential contenders to replace British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Friday, with candidates canvassing support to become Conservative Party leader in a fast-tracked contest.