Rwandan-backed fighters closed in on eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma, forcing thousands of civilians to flee and grounding flights from the local airport as government forces battled to stop the rebels seizing the city.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians waited at roadblocks to return to their homes in northern Gaza, voicing frustration after Israel accused Hamas of breaching a ceasefire agreement and refused to open crossing points.

Colombia’s Army announced that 104 fighters from a faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), including 20 minors, have deserted from the illegal armed group.

North Korea conducted a strategic cruise missile test on Saturday, state media KCNA reported.

The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is “more likely” to have emerged from a lab rather than from nature, an agency spokesperson said on Saturday.

Brazilian officials demanded that U.S. agents remove handcuffs from a group of deportees who were flown to the South American country.

Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trump’s administration to allow a U.S. military aircraft deporting migrants to land in the country, a U.S. official and a Mexican official told Reuters.

The U.S. State Department issued a “stop-work” order for all existing foreign assistance and paused new aid.

More than 4,200 aid trucks have entered the Gaza Strip in the six days since a ceasefire began between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas.

The Trump administration’s Interior Department said it had officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the Alaskan peak Denali to Mount McKinley.

One of Europe’s most wanted fugitives, convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers, has found refuge and high-level protection in Sierra Leone.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States was rejoining an international accord that critics say aims to limit abortion access for millions of women and girls around the world.