President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the Secret Service was investigating what he described as “sabotage” at the United Nations, alleging that an escalator malfunction, a teleprompter failure and sound problems disrupted his appearance at the world body a day earlier.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in jail yesterday for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise campaign funds from Libya and will soon become the first former president of France to serve time in prison.

Denmark said on Thursday that drone incursions overnight, which briefly closed two airports and affected military installations, were hybrid attacks aimed at spreading fear, though authorities could not identify the perpetrators.

A new media regulation law in the Maldives will seriously undermine freedom of expression in the country, the United Nations warned Thursday, urging the authorities to repeal the legislation.

Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank village of Tammun on Thursday, the military said, accusing the men of preparing an attack.

Hundreds of thousands of people in southern China were clearing up yesterday after powerful Typhoon Ragasa crashed through Guangdong Province, ripping down trees, destroying fences and blasting signs off buildings.

Security forces yesterday patrolled the streets in India’s Himalayan region of Ladakh, where curfew was clamped in some areas a day after four people were killed in violent protests demanding statehood for the federal territory and job quotas.

Israeli forces advanced deeper into Gaza City yesterday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly, with US President Donald Trump pursuing a deal to end the Gaza war.

Sanctions were imposed for Turkey's acquisition of Russian S-400 missile defenses

Netanyahu is due to arrive in the United States on Thursday

Abbas also pledges cooperation with Trump, others on UN-backed plan

The UN General Assembly voted last week to allow him to speak via video link

Turkish President to visit White House after six years

Says Awami League supporters targeted him at JFK Airport and later attempted to attack him at hotel

Charged on accusation of presidential run being funded by ousted Libya dictator

Prosecutors alleged that Sarkozy made a deal with Gaddafi in 2005

The quake followed a 6.2-magnitude tremor in the same area hours earlier

Hundreds of people protested Wednesday demanding greater autonomy in the Himalayan territory of Ladakh

Kim said this week that he was open to US talks provided he can keep his nuclear arsenal.

Desert solar installations are a key part of China's plans to reach carbon neutrality by 2060