Resident doctors in England have called off ​strikes due to start next week after ‌the government made a “last-minute” offer that will be put to a vote of union members, the British ​Medical Association said on Saturday.

U.S. President Donald Trump and mediator Pakistan said on Saturday an initial deal to end the war in ​the Middle East would be signed on Sunday, although Iran denied the signing would take place so soon.

U.S. forces shot ​down multiple Iranian one-way ‌attack drones heading toward the Strait of Hormuz, ​a source familiar ​with the matter told ⁠Reuters on Friday, in ​the latest military ​flare-up even as Washington and Tehran cite progress in peace ​talks.

The United States and Iran signaled on Friday that an agreement to end their war was close, with a senior U.S. administration official saying both sides had agreed on a text and that Washington ​expects to sign an initial deal in the coming days.

A woman swimmer was seriously injured in a shark attack at a Sydney beach on Saturday, authorities said, in the latest of ​a spate of shark attacks off Australia’s coast.

Thousands of people gathered in central Seoul on Saturday for an annual LGBTQ pride parade, ​while a conservative Christian group held a ‌nearby counter-rally, organisers and police said.

A Haitian woman’s death after her release by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ​in March was a homicide, a Pennsylvania medical examiner ‌said on Friday.

Vietnamese authorities have dismantled a suspected transnational crime group that was allegedly preparing to establish a large-scale online scam centre in the country.

While the Justice Department has said it has abandoned plans for President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.8 billion “weaponization” fund, some of his allies are shifting focus to a different way to make payouts to his supporters, including those who took part in the January 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol.

The United States and Iran signalled on Friday that an agreement to end their war was close, with a senior U.S. administration official saying both sides had agreed on a text and that Washington expects to sign an initial deal in the coming days.

The leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party said on Friday that ‌she had used a visit to the U.S. to correct “many misunderstandings” about her pro-engagement approach to China, amid strong criticism from hawks in Washington.

Four British pro-Palestinian activists were sentenced to a total of more than 20 years over a 2024 raid on a factory ​operated by Israeli defence firm Elbit which caused more than £1 million of damage, with the judge giving longer terms after ‌determining there was a “terrorism connection.”