China and Russia’s leaders are set to meet for ​a summit in Beijing on Wednesday featuring discussions on bilateral and international issues, capped by an intimate tete-a-tete between “old friends” over tea.

For years, the islands scattered across the Strait of Hormuz drew a particular kind of traveller.

President Donald Trump said ​on Tuesday that the United States may need to strike Iran again and that he had been an hour away from ordering an attack before postponing it.

Nigerian forces, in coordination with the United States, have killed 175 Islamic State militants in a series of joint air and ground operations in northeastern Nigeria, according to the country’s Defence Headquarters.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at preventing illicit ​activity in the U.S. financial system, ​the White House said.

Four people were killed in protests against fuel price hikes ‌prompted by the Iran war in several Kenyan towns on Monday, its interior minister said, after a nationwide public transport strike stranded commuters.

Pakistan has deployed 8,000 troops, a ​squadron of fighter jets and an air defence system to Saudi Arabia under a mutual defence pact, ramping up military cooperation with ‌Riyadh even as Islamabad serves as the main mediator in the Iran war.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday created a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate victims of political “weaponization” to settle a ​lawsuit Trump had filed against his own government over the alleged mishandling of his tax records.

Japan stands ready to act against excessive foreign exchange volatility at any ​time, while ensuring that any yen-buying, dollar-selling intervention is conducted in a way ‌that avoids pushing up U.S. Treasury yields, officials said on Monday.

Russia says it has “very serious expectations” for President Vladimir Putin’s trip to China this week.

Two teenage gunman opened fire on Monday at the Islamic Center of San Diego in California, killing three men outside the mosque, one of ​them a security guard, before the two suspects were found dead, ​apparently from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, police said.

At least 100 deaths have been reported in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with more than 390 cases suspected, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has told the BBC.