EU lawmakers and member states reached a deal in the early hours of yesterday to implement the bloc’s nearly year-old trade pact with the US, with President Trump threatening new tariffs unless it is done by July 4.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered Cubans a “new path” in a special video address yesterday hours before Washington was expected to criminally indict the island’s former leader Raul Castro.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took selfies at the Colosseum

Move comes as Mark Zuckerberg shifts focus to AI, with thousands reassigned and costs rising despite investor concerns

Russian leader seeks deeper energy cooperation and strategic backing from China as war in Ukraine and turmoil in the Middle East reshape global alliances

Iran claims new military gains and warns the next phase of conflict would bring “many more surprises”

The deal includes safeguards allowing the EU to suspend favourable tariff terms if Washington breaches its commitments

Two teenage gunmen opened fire on Monday at the Islamic Center of San Diego, California, killing a security guard and two other men outside the mosque before the suspects were found dead, apparently from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, police said.

Cuba’s leader warned Monday of a “bloodbath” in the event of an American attack, while the US Treasury sanctioned Cuba’s main intelligence agency and top leaders as tensions spiked between the arch-foes.

The World Health Organization (WHO) chief yesterday voiced concern about the “scale and speed” of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has killed an estimated 131 people.

The United States said Monday it had approved the sale of more than $4 billion in military helicopters to South Korea, which has vowed to buy more US weapons as it defends against the North.

Russia’s army yesterday began three days of nuclear weapons drills involving thousands of troops across the country, as Kyiv escalates its drone attacks and with President Vladimir Putin headed to China.

Iran’s army yesterday warned it would “open new fronts” against the United States if it resumes attacks, after President Donald Trump said he had held off launching a new offensive in hopes of striking a deal.

US President said he was planning major new assault on Iran, but held off as he saw hope for securing a so far elusive agreement to end the war

No. 2 US diplomat ordered visa for wanted former Polish minister

Settlement creates $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponisation Fund for legal claims

TV footage from a helicopter showed armed response teams gathered outside a building, with one unidentified person lying in a pool of blood

Israel carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon yesterday, Lebanese security sources and the state news agency said, while Hezbollah announced new attacks on Israeli forces, continuing the war in Lebanon despite the extension of a US-backed truce.

Cuba has obtained more than 300 military drones and recently began discussing plans to use them to attack the US base at Guantanamo Bay, US military vessels and possibly even Florida, Axios reported Sunday, citing classified intelligence.

The organisers of a flotilla of aid vessels bound for Gaza said yesterday that Israeli forces had intercepted 10 of their boats and that contact had been lost with a total 23 vessels in the eastern Mediterranean.