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Myanmar's detained ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with an ICRC official Monday, in her first known contact with the outside world since the 2021 coup

The Pacific Island country of Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, its president said, matching the spelling and pronunciation in the national language.

The updated figure comes weeks after the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes struck on June 24, causing nearly 200 buildings to collapse, mostly in the worst-hit coastal state of La Guaira.

The US State Department has notified Congress that it plans to close five foreign missions in a rare downsizing of America's global diplomatic footprint, according to people familiar with the notice.

US President Donald Trump said Monday that major oil companies are making "too much money" due to high prices stemming from the Iran war, seeking to address a political vulnerability ahead of midterm elections.

Brown University President Christina Paxson said on Monday that she would leave her post at the end of the academic year, following a difficult period in which she clashed with President Donald Trump's administration over its threats to slash the Ivy League school's federal funding.

Twenty-five states sued the Trump administration Monday over its latest tariffs, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes the Supreme Court struck down in February.

A US court will hear claims from Ryan's survivors in order to determine damages, in one of the final civil claims stemming from two MAX calamities in 2018 and 2019 that together claimed 346 lives.

The US President further claimed Washington had been prepared to launch a major military operation against Iran before diplomatic interventions from regional countries.

The court filing is tied to a lawsuit filed against Capital One by one of Trump's financial holding companies shortly after he was sworn into office a second time.

Bank accounts held by President Donald Trump were closed by Capital One in 2021 after it flagged financial activity that had characteristics of money laundering, the bank disclosed in a court filing over the weekend.

The weather service said that of the two UK countries, England had recorded just 6.5 millimetres (0.25 of an inch) of rain, 10 per cent of the usual average figure, while Wales had 9.3 mm.

Spain estimates that about 69,500 migrants have returned to Morocco over the past four days, exceeding initial estimates of around 50,000 arrivals in Ceuta on Thursday.

The US defence sector is particularly reliant on samarium and needs 50 to 100 tons each year, but the US capacity is very limited

The embassy said "Kyiv terrorists" wanted to "scare the Italians working in Russia and to show them that they too are in the crosshairs and could become the scoundrels' next victims."

Amazon posted quarterly profits of more than $62 billion thanks to huge increases in two artificial intelligence-related divisions: AI cloud business and chips.

Trump also pushed back on Iranian claims about control of the Strait of Hormuz, a key global shipping route. He said that access through the strait would remain entirely up to the US.

The talks will seek to end the conflict and revive stalled cargo traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway through which about a fifth of all traded oil and natural gas passed before the war.

It marks the latest sign of disconnect between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces a tough reelection fight in October and has heavily promoted his relationship with the US leader, whom he met again last week.

The operation corrected complex gastroschisis, a condition in which the abdominal wall fails to develop properly, leaving the intestines outside the baby's body.