Thirteen people died in a blast during a disposal of expired military ammunition in Indonesia’s West Java on Monday, army officials told local media, the second incident involving expired ammunition in the country in little over a year.

France will respond to Algeria’s “unjustified” decision to expel 15 French officials, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Monday, as relations between the countries worsened further.

Pope Leo XIV took his first trip outside the Vatican on Saturday, heading about an hour’s drive east of Rome for a visit to a Catholic shrine and stopping on the way back to pay respects at the tomb of his predecessor Francis.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in the Turkish capital Istanbul that he said should be aimed at bringing a durable peace and eliminating the root causes of the war.

Top U.S. and Chinese officials wrapped up the first day of talks in Switzerland on Saturday aimed at defusing a trade war that threatens to hammer the global economy and planned to resume negotiations on Sunday, a source close to the discussions said.

Albania holds parliamentary elections on Sunday in which prime minister Edi Rama is seeking an unprecedented fourth term in office after a campaign dominated by promises to join the European Union and accusations of widespread graft.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday that if the United States’ goal is to deprive Iran of its “nuclear rights”, Tehran will never back down over those rights.

Major European powers threw their weight behind an unconditional 30-day Ukraine ceasefire on Saturday, with the backing of U.S. President Donald Trump, and threatened President Vladimir Putin with “massive” new sanctions if he did not accept within days.

Nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire after U.S. pressure and diplomacy.

The Global South says it will not tolerate unipolar economic bullying.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday an 80% tariff on Chinese goods “seems right,” suggesting for the first time a specific alternative to the 145% levies he has imposed on Chinese imports ahead of closely watched weekend talks between the two countries.

As Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, he spoke a few words in English. It was a reminder – if anyone needed one – that a baseball fan who hails from Chicago was now leader of the Roman Catholic Church.