The Kremlin blamed Ukraine for a car bomb that killed a senior Russian military officer near Moscow yesterday, hours before US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff was due to meet President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

The World Food Programme yesterday said it had run out of food stocks in Gaza due to the sustained closure of crossings into the enclave, while Gaza authorities said Israeli airstrikes had killed at least 78 people in the past 24 hours.

The United States is poised to offer Saudi Arabia an arms package worth well over $100 billion, six sources with direct knowledge of the issue told Reuters, saying the proposal was being lined up for announcement during US President Donald Trump’s visit to the kingdom in May.

The United Nations urged India and Pakistan to show “maximum restraint” as the nuclear-armed rivals imposed tit-for-tat diplomatic measures over a deadly shooting in Kashmir.

The Trump administration yesterday said that it is restoring the student visa registrations of potentially thousands of foreign students in the US whose legal status had recently been abruptly terminated.

US President Donald Trump has insisted Chinese leader Xi Jinping called him despite Beijing denials of any contact between the two countries over their bitter trade dispute.

Russia and Iran further strengthened their alliance Friday with a new gas deal that will see Moscow ship 55 billion cubic meters of gas to Tehran per year.

US envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin yesterday in the Kremlin to tout Washington’s plan to settle the Ukraine conflict, a day after Donald Trump issued a direct appeal to the Russian president to halt his offensive.

President Donald Trump said the United States will “lead the pack” in attacking Iran if talks over Tehran’s nuclear program do not result in a new deal, according to a Time Magazine interview.

President Donald Trump said the United States will “lead the pack” in attacking Iran if talks over Tehran’s nuclear program do not result in a new deal, according to a Time Magazine interview.

Tens of thousands of people flocked to the Vatican yesterday for a last glimpse of Pope Francis’s open coffin, as world leaders and other guests began arriving for his funeral.

US alleges that Dugan helped man evade arrest; Crowd protests Dugan's arrest, chants 'free the judge now'

An Israeli airstrike hit a police station in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, local health authorities said, and Israel's military said it had struck a command centre of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad groups

Huge queues, long wait to get to see Pope Francis; Rome braces as foreign leaders arrive for Saturday's funeral

The Vatican said at least 130 foreign delegations had confirmed their attendance at Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, including around 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs

Asked whether he has spoken with Xi since enacting his tariff plan, Trump told reporters: "I don't want to comment on that, but I've spoken to him numerous times."

Authorities are examining the aircraft's black box data recorder to determine the cause of the crash

Indian security forces have launched a giant manhunt for those responsible for killing 26 men in Pahalgam

The Vatican will make final preparations Friday for Pope Francis's funeral as the last of the huge crowds of mourners file through St Peter's Basilica to view his open coffin.

Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff is due in Russia on Friday where he is expected to hold another round of ceasefire talks with Putin.