The United States and China have agreed to hold “intensive exchanges on balanced growth”, the US Treasury Department said in a statement, after two days of talks between Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her Chinese counterpart He Lifeng in Guangzhou.

Seven children were killed in southern Syria’s Daraa province yesterday when an “explosive device” detonated, state media reported.

Russia yesterday said it had evacuated 4,000 people in the Orenburg region, in the southern Urals near Kazakhstan, due to flooding after a dam burst.

Pakistan yesterday denounced “provocative remarks” made by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in which he said India would enter Pakistan to kill anyone who escapes over its border after trying to carry out militant attacks.

Iran yesterday again threatened retaliation for the deaths of seven Revolutionary Guards in a strike on Damascus, with the army chief saying his country’s enemies will “regret” the killings.

The United States, Australia, Japan and the Philippines will hold joint naval and air drills in the disputed South China Sea today, their defence chiefs said in a statement, as they deepen ties to counter China’s growing assertiveness in the region.

Taiwan rescue helicopters flew sorties yesterday to pluck tourists to safety after a massive earthquake cut off roads and blocked tunnels, leaving hundreds stranded for days in the mountains.

Elon Musk revealed Friday that Tesla will pull back the curtain on a robotaxi this summer, news that comes as adoption of self-driving vehicles hits speed bumps over safety concerns

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Saturday that information from Israel about the death of an Australian aid worker killed in a Gaza air strike was "not sufficient"

The Israeli military dismissed two officers and formally reprimanded senior commanders after an inquiry into the killing of seven aid workers in an air strike in Gaza this week found serious errors and breaches of procedure, the military said

US President Joe Biden on Friday asked Egyptian and Qatari leaders for help in getting Hamas to agree to a deal with Israel, an American official said, ahead of negotiations in Cairo

The largest-ever global deployment of cholera rapid diagnostic tests got underway yesterday, the World Health Organization and its partners said, boosting the fight against surging infections.

Thousands of people chanted against Israel and the United States at yesterday’s funeral for seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members killed in a strike in Syria, which Iran blamed on Israel.

The United States and China held talks this week on safety in interactions between their armed forces for the first time in more than two years, the US military said yesterday.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said yesterday that “scattered measures” for Gaza aid are not enough after Israel told the UN it will allow a “meaningful increase” in aid.

Ukraine said yesterday it had destroyed at least six Russian military planes at an airbase in the southern Rostov region in a barrage of overnight drone attacks.

The UN Human Rights Council yesterday demanded a halt to all arms sales to Israel, highlighting warnings of “genocide” in Israeli offensive that has killed more than 33,000 people in Gaza.

Millions of people in Myanmar “cannot afford for us to forget” their suffering, a UN official said Thursday, describing mounting hunger, mass displacement and safety concerns as the conflict between the junta and ethnic minority groups drags on.

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near New York City on Friday morning, the US Geological Survey said, shaking buildings and surprising residents in an area that rarely experiences notable seismic activity but apparently causing no major damage

The move comes hours after the United States warned of a sharp shift in its policy over the Gaza war