Canadian Prime ​Minister Mark Carney ‌on Sunday called for stronger ​ties with France ​in the face ⁠of new global ​threats.

Italy is preparing to ban face coverings in schools and to cap the number of foreign students per class, Prime Minister Giorgia ​Meloni said on Sunday as she played up her right-wing ‌credentials at a youth event organised by her party.

President ‌Donald Trump’s administration has prepared sanctions against the entire International Criminal Court and plans to announce them soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, a move that would step up its attack on the global tribunal that prosecutes war crimes and genocide worldwide.

World leaders gather in New York this week for the UN General Assembly, bracing for President Donald Trump’s return to the rostrum for a second year running, with talks centering on the widening conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine ​and the risks of artificial intelligence.

Denmark and Greenland on Saturday said any ​agreement with the United States would not compromise Greenland’s sovereignty, after President Donald Trump said the deal would give Washington “permanent control” ‌over the Arctic island’s security, leaving its precise scope unclear.

The risks posed by the growing use of AI need to be mitigated, the prime minister has warned, as he spruiks Australia’s world-leading social media ban with tech titans.

Australia needs to slow down its artificial intelligence use and create better security laws, the companies creating the technology have told the federal government.

Britain’s King Charles sounded “like a lottery winner” after the death of his late first wife Diana, her brother writes in his forthcoming book, new extracts of which were published ​on Thursday.

Indonesia’s new ​finance minister ‌Suahasil Nazara pledged at a ​press ​conference on Friday ⁠to refund ​taxpayers who ​have overpaid, in accordance with regulations.

Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis exchanged fresh strikes across their border on Thursday and Yemenis took to boats in the Red Sea to escape fighting, ‌as the spreading Middle East war created new threats to global oil supplies.

China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen’s Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the Iran-backed group’s military blitz in the past week, according to three Iranian sources familiar with ​the matter.

European Commission President Ursula von ‌der Leyen said on Thursday the European Union will ​disburse €3.3 billion to ​Ukraine on Friday to procure ⁠missiles and drones.