An explosion at a dry dock in New York City’s Staten Island killed one ​person and injured 36 others on Friday, ‌as the blast occurred while firefighters were on the scene responding to a fire and attempting to rescue ​two people who were trapped, officials said.

Eight ​people were confirmed ‌dead and 38 remain trapped underground after ​a coal mine ​accident in northern China’s ⁠Shanxi province, state ​news agency Xinhua ​reported on Saturday, citing local emergency management authority.

The United States has seen some progress towards a deal ​with Iran but more work is required, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday, while Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said the two sides’ differences were deep ‌and significant.

Tulsi Gabbard said on Friday she is resigning from her job as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, saying her ​husband had been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and that she was stepping away from her role to help ‌him.

Activists released from Israeli custody after being detained on a flotilla trying to bring aid to Gaza were subjected to abuse, organisers said on ​Friday, with several hospitalised with injuries and at least 15 reporting sexual assaults, including rape.

The United States ‌arrested Adys Lastres Morera, the sister of the executive president of GAESA, a sprawling conglomerate of ​military-run businesses, Secretary of State ​Marco Rubio said on Thursday.

The U.S., Japan, Australia ​and India will ‌hold a meeting of foreign ministers of ​the ‘Quad’ grouping ​in New Delhi on ⁠May 26, Japan’s ​foreign ministry said ​on Friday.

The U.S. opening of a larger diplomatic hub in Greenland on Thursday was met by demonstrators opposed to President Donald Trump’s ambition for greater ​influence in the Arctic island, while local government ministers shied away from ‌the event.

A man accused of threatening to shoot worshippers at a mosque with an AK-47 assault rifle is before the courts after Muslim leaders warned against rising hate.

The U.S. and Iran stuck to opposing stances on Thursday over Tehran’s uranium stockpile and controls on the Strait of Hormuz, although U.S. Secretary of ​State Marco Rubio said there had been “some good signs” in talks.

A case of ​Ebola has been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, hundreds of kilometres from the outbreak’s epicentre, the rebel alliance that controls the ‌area said on Thursday.

Secretary of State ​Marco Rubio ‌on Thursday said ​the U.S. ​was designating Faustine ⁠Jackson ​Mafwele, a ​Tanzanian police official, for alleged ​human ​rights violations.