After watching images of masked groups rampaging through the streets of Belfast — some targeting the homes and ​businesses of those believed to be immigrants — members of the city’s ethnic minority communities say they are afraid to leave their homes.

President Donald Trump said he ​is nominating Jay Clayton, the top U.S. attorney for Manhattan, to be the next U.S. spy chief in an ‌apparent bid to quell a political firestorm over his pick to fill the role temporarily.

Fuel stations on the ​Russian-held Crimean peninsula were out of petrol, Reuters witnesses said, as a Ukrainian campaign against supply lines ‌to the peninsula escalates.

SpaceX (SPCX.O), priced the biggest-ever U.S. initial public offering at $135 per share, making Elon Musk’s rocket and spacecraft manufacturer one of the world’s most valuable companies.

The United States and Iran traded air attacks on Thursday for a second straight day, with President Donald Trump vowing further strikes if Tehran does not immediately agree to a peace deal.

At least 15 people – 11 civilians and four security officers – have been killed in clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, local authorities say.

An explosion ​killed seven people early ‌on Thursday in China’s southwestern region of ​Guangxi, local ​authorities said in a notice, ⁠adding that ​they were investigating its ​cause, but ruling out a risk from gas ​pipelines.

Taiwan’s maritime sovereignty cannot be “violated” by Chinese efforts to create a false ‌impression of jurisdiction, the island’s coast guard said after China ended a patrol off its eastern shores.

The US military has launched new strikes on Iran after President Donald Trump said US forces would hit the country “hard” as Tehran has taken “too long to make a deal” to end the war.

The Canadian government introduced a digital safety bill on Wednesday that would ban social media for children under 16 ‌, with exemptions for platforms that meet certain safety standards, months after Australia enacted the world’s first social media ban for young people.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to embrace data showing inflation has risen more than ‌4%, telling reporters that he “loved” inflation and reiterating his belief that prices will fall as soon as the Iran war ends.

A man accused of committing one of Australia’s worst mass shootings, at Sydney’s famed ​Bondi Beach last December, has been charged with ‌19 additional offences.