The U.S. and Canada say they are close to finalizing a trade deal after Trump paused threatened 50% tariffs on Canadian goods. Officials praised progress, but key details on autos, dairy and other sectors remain unclear.
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Trump said he expects to meet Kim Jong Un this year, though neither the White House nor Pyongyang has confirmed plans. His comments followed a reduction in U.S. participation in joint military drills with South Korea.
Israel has issued tenders for 1,234 homes in the E1 area of the occupied West Bank, reviving a settlement plan long condemned internationally. Palestinians and Israeli rights groups say the project would sever the West Bank and isolate East Jerusalem.
Israel’s military has acknowledged for the first time that its troops fired at the car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab before she was found dead with six relatives in Gaza. The IDF said it has opened a criminal investigation into her killing and into the deaths of 15 Palestinians, including medics, in Rafah in 2025.
German prosecutors say a Ukrainian scuba diver arrested in Croatia helped plant explosives on the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022. He is the second Ukrainian suspect detained in the German investigation into the blasts near Bornholm.
Erin Patterson is appealing her convictions for murdering three relatives with death cap mushrooms, while prosecutors seek a life sentence without parole. Her lawyers say a jury hotel mix-up and disputed evidence undermined the trial.
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has reached 5,021 cases and 2,378 deaths, according to government data. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned the epidemic is “far from being under control.”
The United States called Israeli airstrikes on Syria’s Abu Duhur airbase an “unnecessary escalation.” Israel said it acted to prevent Turkish troops from deploying at the base, a claim rejected by Syria and Turkey.