The attacks came two days after the first direct peace talks between officials from Russia and Ukraine

Trump, who has been pressing Russia to agree a 30-day unconditional ceasefire, said he would speak with Putin by phone on Monday.

They died after a Mexican Navy training ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge

Donald Trump labeled former FBI director James Comey a “dirty cop” Friday over a social media post that the US president deemed a veiled call for assassination and which prompted a Secret Service probe.

Turkey has discovered a new natural gas reserve in the Black Sea that will meet its residential energy needs for more than three years, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering taking part in a reality TV show in which immigrants would compete for American citizenship, the department confirmed on Friday.

Arab leaders meeting at a summit in Baghdad yesterday urged the international community to press for a Gaza ceasefire, as Israel launched an expanded military offensive in the Palestinian territory.

Israel and Hamas yesterday resumed ceasefire talks in Qatar, both sides said, even as Israeli forces ramped up a bombing campaign that has killed hundreds of people over 72 hours, and mobilised for a massive new ground assault.

South Korea’s ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol left his conservative party on Saturday as it gears up for snap elections triggered by his impeachment over a bid to impose martial law.

A week since Trump announced a surprise truce between India and Pakistan to end a brief but intense conflict

Iraq backs the creation of an 'Arab fund to support reconstruction efforts' after crises in the region

The army said on Telegram it had begun the "initial stages" of the offensive, known as Operation Gideon's Chariots.

Trump then lambasted what he called the "neo-cons" that oversaw bloody US military interventions in the region and beyond.

The downgrade to Aa1 from Aaa adds to the bad news for the US president

The Israeli military said Saturday it had launched "extensive strikes" in the Gaza Strip over the past day as part of the "initial stages" of a fresh offensive on the besieged Palestinian territory

The United States on Friday approved the first blood test for Alzheimer's, a move that could help patients begin treatment earlier with newly approved drugs that slow the progression of the devastating neurological disease

The first direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in more than three years lasted well under two hours, with no apparent sign of progress so far in narrowing the gap between the sides, and a Ukrainian source called Moscow’s demands “non-starters”.

US President Donald Trump said yesterday “a lot of people are starving” in the besieged Gaza Strip, where rescuers reported more than 74 deaths in Israeli air strikes since midnight.

The United Nations expressed deep concern Thursday over new unrest in Libya’s capital, warning the clashes risk mass displacement and endangered civilians.

Ukraine’s air force said yesterday it lost another US-made F-16 fighter jet, a significant blow as the aircraft have provided precious help to Ukrainian forces fighting Russia’s invasion.