U.S. and Russian delegates wrapped up a day of tense talks on a plan for a ceasefire at sea between Kyiv and Moscow, even as a Russian missile strike in Ukraine wounded scores of people.

President Trump announced on Monday that a 25% tariff would be imposed on U.S. trade with any country that buys oil or gas from Venezuela, a retaliatory move for illegal Venezuelan immigration of criminals into the U.S. and further his policy of securing America’s borders.

The anti-Hamas mayor of Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, has been suspended and jailed ahead of a corruption trial despite tens of thousands of protesters demanding his freedom.

Pope Francis has appeared in public for the first time in five weeks after an extensive hospitalization and will soon meet British King Charles III, officials said.

Just days after calling Israel “a terror state that feeds on blood,” Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing the biggest protests in a decade following the detention of his anti-Hamas political rival Ekrem Imamoglu.

Heathrow in London is “fully operational” after an “apocalyptic” fire at a nearby electrical substation brought Europe’s busiest airport to a standstill on Friday, its leadership says.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered an additional aircraft carrier to the Red Sea next month, in a substantial ramp-up of U.S. military presence in the Middle East. This rare move is intended to strengthen the Navy’s presence, coincides with increased airstrikes on Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, and aligns with President Donald Trump’s recent ultimatum to Iran’s Supreme Leader concerning its nuclear program.

Britain and the United States have refused to sign an international agreement on artificial intelligence (AI), citing fears that it could lead to “global governance” and the overregulation of new technology.

Students and rights activists have rallied outside Indonesia’s parliament building, where legislators passed changes to a military law that protesters say will bring the Islamic nation closer to dictatorship.

All European Union countries except Hungary signed a joint statement Thursday backing war-torn Ukraine, but they failed to agree on a 40 billion euro ($43.4 billion) military package for Kyiv.