Hurricane Melissa was cutting a deadly path through the Caribbean yesterday, strengthening into a Category 4 storm as it crawled along a worryingly slow course toward Jamaica and the island of Hispaniola.

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group said yesterday it was withdrawing from Turkey as part of a disarmament process being coordinated with the government, pressing Ankara to move ahead with steps allowing it to enter politics.

Lebanon’s health ministry said yesterday that an Israeli strike on the country’s south and east killed two people, the latest in a string of deadly attacks despite a ceasefire.

Tens of thousands of climate protesters marched in The Hague yesterday, seeking to push the fight against climate change up the political agenda days ahead of an election dominated by immigration and housing.

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was increasing tariffs on Canada by an additional 10 percent “above what they’re paying now,” as he reacted again to an ad by Canada’s Ontario province, a day after it was aired during the World Series broadcast.

French authorities have detained two of the suspected robbers believed to have stolen precious crown jewels from the Louvre in a museum heist that stunned the world, officials said yesterday.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky called for new strong sanctions against Russia and its allies after Russian drones killed three and injured 31, including six children, in an overnight air attack on Kyiv.

India and China resumed direct flights yesterday after a five-year suspension, a move important both for trade and a symbolic step as Asia’s giants cautiously rebuild relations.

Five Pakistani soldiers and 25 militants have died in clashes near the border with Afghanistan, the military said yesterday, as delegations from both countries met to try to defuse tensions after the deadliest fighting in years.

Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushila Karki yesterday expanded her interim cabinet which was formed in the wake of youth-led uprising last month, inducting two ministers seen as popular among young people.

The leaders of Thailand and Cambodia signed an expanded ceasefire deal yesterday watched over by US President Donald Trump, who landed in Malaysia for the Asean Summit and to oversee a series of pivotal trade talks.

Israeli forces carried out a “targeted strike” on an individual in central Gaza who was planning to attack Israeli troops, Israel’s military said earlier yesterday.

One arrest made at Charles de Gaulle airport

Trump, addressing a US-ASEAN summit, said the United States was having its golden age

Ahead of his arrival, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he hoped for a "comprehensive deal" with Xi

He was received on the tarmac near the KL airport’s VIP complex by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim

East Timor, also known by its Portuguese name Timor-Leste, is the youngest country in the region

The move comes a day after the Pentagon ordered the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group into the region

Trump would also sign a critical minerals agreement with Malaysia

Trump's aides have accused India of fuelling Russia's war in Ukraine by buying Moscow's oil