U.S. President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign yesterday after fellow Democrats lost faith in his mental acuity and ability to beat Donald Trump while endorsing Vice President Kamal Harris to replace him as the party’s candidate.

Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi military targets near Yemen’s Hodeidah port on Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding 87, a day after a drone launched by the Iranian-backed group hit Israeli economic hub Tel Aviv.

Donald Trump held his first campaign rally on Saturday since he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt one week ago, mocking Democrats and comparing former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to a “dog.”

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris pressed the case for the re-election of President Joe Biden at a fundraiser in Massachusetts on Saturday despite continued pressure from fellow Democrats and big-money donors seeking an end to his bruised campaign.

A U.S. plan to use Japanese factories to boost production of Patriot air defense missiles – used by Ukraine to defend against Russian attacks – is being delayed by a shortage of a critical component manufactured by Boeing, four sources said.

Chinese leaders reiterated their wide-ranging economic policy goals, from modernizing industry to expanding domestic demand and curbing debt and property sector risks, without detailing implementation steps.

President Joe Biden vowed to continue his reelection campaign even as more fellow Democrats in Congress urged him to end his floundering campaign, fearing that it could cost the party dearly in the Nov. 5 election.

Israeli forces bombed parts of central Gaza on Friday, killing at least eight Palestinians in the Al-Nuseirat camp area, while fighting with Hamas militants raged in Rafah city in the south, where health officials said another five residents were killed.

A Russian missile hit a children’s playground in Ukraine’s southern city of Mykolaiv on Friday, killing a child and two adults, and injuring five others, officials said.

Two oil tankers have caught fire about 55 km northeast of the Singaporean island of Pedra Branca, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said on Friday.

Telecommunications were widely disrupted in Bangladesh on Friday amid violent student protests against quotas for government jobs in which nearly two dozen people have been killed this week.

U.S. President Joe Biden is taking calls to step aside as the Democratic presidential candidate seriously and multiple Democratic officials think an exit is a matter of time, according to sources familiar with the matter.