He will meet Donald Trump on Monday alongside a cohort of European leaders.

US President Donald Trump handed Vladimir Putin a special item at their Alaska summit: a letter written by his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, pleading for the Russian leader to make peace in the name of children.

Iranian security forces yesterday killed seven members of a jihadist group in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, state media reported.

Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner.

European leaders including from Germany, France and Britain will accompany Volodymyr Zelensky to meet Donald Trump in Washington, they said yesterday, seeking to bolster him as the US president presses Ukraine to accept a quick peace agreement.

The Republican governors of three states are deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, DC, at the request of the administration of President Donald Trump, who has portrayed the city as awash in crime.

Israel’s military said yesterday it struck an “energy infrastructure site” in Yemen used by the Houthi rebels, the latest action against the Iran-backed group which has launched attacks at Israel throughout the Gaza war.

Palestinian group Hamas said yesterday that Israel’s plan to relocate residents from Gaza City constitutes a “new wave of genocide and displacement” for hundreds of thousands of residents in the area.

Iraqi authorities have begun excavating the site of a mass grave believed to contain thousands of victims of the Islamic State (IS) group near Mosul city, the project’s director told AFP yesterday.

US President Donald Trump has again brought up the recent India-Pakistan conflict, reiterating his claim that the US helped in averting a nuclear escalation between the two Asian neighbours.

There were no immediate reports of deaths

The current round of negotiations for the proposed bilateral trade agreement is now likely to be deferred to another date

The department said "a small number" of temporary medical-humanitarian visas had been issued in recent days but did not provide a figure.

The NHC had previously said it expected Erin to strengthen into next week.

A spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs expressed concern over Israel's plans to relocate people to southern Gaza saying it would only increase suffering.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen yesterday said that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has become a “problem”, adding she would try to put pressure on Israel over the Gaza war as her country currently holds the EU presidency.

Donald Trump wanted to go bold -- a high-pomp, high-stakes summit with Vladimir Putin to test whether the Russian leader would compromise on the Ukraine war.

China’s top diplomat will visit India next week for talks about their shared boundary, Beijing’s foreign ministry said yesterday, as the two countries consider resuming border trade after a five-year halt.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping told him China would not invade Taiwan while Trump is in office.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he did not immediately need to consider retaliatory tariffs on countries such as China for buying Russian oil, but might have to “in two or three weeks.”