Washington expressed optimism after trade talks with China aimed to de-escalate trade tensions sparked by President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff rollout.

France yesterday backed calls for a review of the cooperation agreement between the European Union and Israel over a blockade of aid to Gaza.

A fragile ceasefire was holding between India and Pakistan yesterday, after hours of overnight fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours, as US President Donald Trump said he will work to provide a solution regarding Kashmir.

Bangladesh will propose lowering the import tariff for certain American goods and increasing the volume of imports of some items as part of the efforts to narrow the trade gap with the US, which elicited a fresh 37 percent reciprocal tariff from the Trump administration.

`After spending days in temporary homes and with relatives, people from both sides of the Indian and Pakistani border are sceptical about this weekend’s ceasefire and in no hurry to return to their villages.

Pope Leo XIV appealed to the world’s major powers for “no more war” in his first Sunday message to crowds in St Peter’s Square since his election as pontiff.

The US government’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff had a fourth round of direct and indirect discussions with Iran in Muscat, Oman, yesterday where they were discussing “technical elements” of a nuclear deal, according to a senior US administration official speaking on condition of anonymity.

Gaza’s civil defence yesterday reported eight deaths, including four young children, in an Israeli air strike on tents housing displaced people in the southern city of Khan Yunis.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday said that Kyiv would meet with Moscow for talks in Istanbul on May 15, but said that Russia must first commit to a 30-day ceasefire starting today.

The arch rivals had been involved in the worst fighting in nearly three decades

Iran and the United States kicked off the fourth round of nuclear talks in Oman Sunday amid a standoff over uranium enrichment, with Tehran calling it "non-negotiable", while Washington has described it as a "red line"..The negotiations follow earlier rounds that began nearly a month ago,

As conflict between India and Pakistan escalated, United States Vice President JD Vance told Fox News on Thursday that it was "fundamentally none of our business"

The ceasefire comes after four days of attacks and counter-attacks by both sides

Cardinals chose Leo as the 267th pope at a secret conclave Thursday

The posts spreading online share a version of McMahon's message with what appears to be red, handwritten comments scribbled across the text, resembling grading feedback returned by a schoolteacher.

Hamas's Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades shows one of the hostages, 36-year-old Bohbot, visibly weak and lying on the floor wrapped in a blanket

"We propose to the Kyiv authorities to resume the talks that they broke off in 2022, and, I emphasise, without any preconditions," Putin said.

At least seven people were killed in an overnight devastating flood in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, local government officials said yesterday.

The leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Poland yesterday agreed to call on Russia to accept a 30-day unconditional ceasefire starting Monday, Kyiv said.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would like Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to “get this war ended” in Ukraine as he pushes for a 30-day ceasefire.