US President Donald Trump sent his top border enforcer to Minneapolis and struck a conciliatory note in a bid to tamp down nationwide outrage over the second killing of a US citizen protesting militarised immigration raids.

More than 100 political prisoners were freed in Venezuela, where detainees are slowly being released under pressure from the US, the non-governmental organisation Foro Penal said.

A ferry with more than 350 people onboard sank in choppy seas off the southern Philippines, leaving at least 15 dead and 28 still missing, the coast guard said.

A landmark trial beginning this week in Los Angeles could establish a legal precedent on whether social media companies deliberately designed their platforms to addict children.

Israel has said it will allow a “limited reopening” of Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt when the operation to locate the body of the last remaining Israeli captive in the Palestinian territory is completed.

Former US presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton issued pointed calls for America to stand up and defend their values after the second killing of a citizen in Minneapolis by immigration agents that Donald Trump blamed on Democratic “chaos”.

Video footage of the moment immigration agents shot dead a 37-year-old nurse in Minneapolis on Saturday appears to contradict Trump administration claims the man was a violent aggressor who sought to “massacre” federal law enforcement officials.

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed two teenagers in a drone strike on Saturday, while the military said it eliminated two “terrorists” who planted an explosive device near troops.

A federal judge ‌has ordered US President Donald Trump’s administration to delay its termination of the ‘Temporary Protected Status’, or TPS, for Myanmar while a lawsuit challenging the termination continued.

Spanish prosecutors dismissed a sex abuse and human trafficking case against Julio Iglesias, citing lack of jurisdiction as the alleged acts occurred outside Spain.

Ukrainian, US and Russian officials will hold security talks in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, the Kremlin said, following a meeting of top US negotiators with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on a US-drafted plan to end the Ukraine war.

At least 11 Palestinians, including two children and three journalists, have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, with six others injured, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.

With Iran still largely under an internet blackout after weeks of unrest, eyewitness testimony is key for understanding how the events unfolded.

Venezuela’s interim president will soon visit the US, a senior US official said, further signaling President Donald Trump’s willingness to embrace the oil-rich country’s new leader.

US President Donald Trump abruptly stepped back from threats to impose tariffs as leverage to seize Greenland, ruled out the use of force, and suggested a deal was in sight to end a dispute over the Danish territory that risked the deepest rupture in transatlantic relations in decades.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed developments in Syria and Gaza with US counterpart Donald Trump in a telephone call on Tuesday as Syria’s Turkey-backed government announced a ceasefire with US-allied Kurdish forces after days of clashes.

Much of Uganda has returned to normal after millions voted in tense presidential and legislative elections marked by violence in some parts of the country and disputed results.

David Beckham addressed social media use by his children, a day after his son, Brooklyn Beckham, said he did not want to reconcile with his parents after a family rift.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a stirring speech on Tuesday to political and financial elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. This is the full address.

Europeans tempted to weaponise their holdings of US government debt amid the standoff with US President Donald Trump over Greenland are making a “dangerous bet” that risks backfiring.

The gunman charged with killing Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe was found guilty and jailed for life, more than three years after the broad-daylight assassination shocked the world.