Iran yesterday said that its military capabilities were not up for negotiations, after France called for a “comprehensive deal” with Tehran that covers its missile programme and regional influence.

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday said food must not be used as a weapon of war as world leaders gathered for a food summit in Africa, where 280 million people face hunger and starvation.

They are among thousands of families whose houses have been bulldozed in the past few weeks by authorities

About 100 passengers were aboard the train when the accident occurred

The Congolese army denounced the "large-scale massacre", adding that "around forty civilians were surprised and killed with machetes and several others were seriously injured".

At least 35 people have been killed and more than 200,000 displaced since Thursday as the countries fight over a smattering of contested ancient temples.

UN emergency relief coordinator Tom Fletcher said the United Nations would try to reach "as many starving people as we can" in the time window.

Investors were also gearing up for a busy week of data, central bank decisions and earnings from some of the world's biggest companies.

Talks between the world's top two economies are slated to happen over two days in the Swedish capital Stockholm

Donald Trump and Ursula von der Leyen announced the deal at Trump's luxury golf course in western Scotland

The twice-postponed deadline for duties to take effect is now Friday, August 1

The United States struck a framework trade deal with the European Union yesterday, imposing a 15 percent US import tariff on most EU goods, while averting a spiralling battle between two allies that account for almost a third of global trade.

The leaders of Thailand and Cambodia will attend mediation talks over their deadly border conflict in Malaysia today, the Thai government said, even as both sides accused each other of launching fresh artillery strikes across contested areas.

At least six people were crushed to death at a popular Hindu temple in northern India’s Uttarakhand state yesterday, officials said, after a massive crowd surge.

Lisa Tate, whose family has been farming in Ventura County since 1876, cannot recall a threat to crops like the one emanating from Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant onslaught.

Greece battled wildfires that have ravaged homes and sparked evacuations for a second day yesterday, with the help of Czech firefighters and Italian aircraft expected to arrive later.

Islamic State-backed rebels killed 38 people yesterday in an attack on a church in eastern Congo, city officials said.

Israel said yesterday it would halt military operations each day for 10 hours in parts of Gaza and allow new aid corridors in the enclave, where images of hungry Palestinians have alarmed the world.

Passengers on a US domestic flight were forced to evacuate onto a runway due to a brake fire just ahead of the plane taking off in Denver, the airline said.

Russian air defence units downed 291 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones, the Russian Defence Ministry said yesterday.