President Donald Trump pledged to strengthen U.S. ties to the United Arab Emirates and announced deals with the Gulf state totalling over $200 billion and the two countries also agreed to deepen cooperation in artificial intelligence.

The Cannes film community mourned Palestinian journalist Fatima Hassouna, cramming into theatres to watch the documentary about her life in Gaza.

At least 13 people were hurt when a driver lost control and plowed into a crowd gathered outside a soccer match between RCD Espanyol and city rivals FC Barcelona, police said.

Mexico’s powerful security cabinet is investigating the murder of a young beauty influencer killed as she livestreamed a video on TikTok, President Claudia Sheinbaum said.

Russia’s Vladimir Putin spurned a challenge to meet face-to-face with Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Turkey.

The United Nations said it will not take part in a U.S.-backed humanitarian operation in Gaza because it is not impartial, neutral or independent, while Israel pledged to facilitate the effort without being involved in aid deliveries.

Britain and Germany will jointly develop a new “deep precision strike” weapon with a range exceeding 2,000 kilometres (1,242 miles), the British government said on Thursday, as Europe’s two largest economies step up their defence cooperation.

A Russian-born scientist and research associate at Harvard University who has been held for months in an immigration detention center in Louisiana has been criminally charged with attempting to smuggle frog embryo samples into the United States.

The New Zealand government said it would set up a new NZ$190 million ($112 million) social investment fund in its 2025 budget to make targeted investments designed to help improve the lives of its vulnerable people.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will travel to the United States on a working visit next week and will meet U.S. President Donald Trump on May 21, Ramaphosa’s office said in a statement late.

A New Zealand government committee recommended three Indigenous lawmakers be temporarily suspended from parliament following the performance of a haka during the reading of a contentious bill last year.

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte named Eduardo Arana, the Andean nation’s latest justice minister, to become prime minister.