Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a congressional committee that she did not remember ever meeting the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and had no information to share about his criminal activities.

Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s fraud conviction and prison sentence were overturned by a Hong Kong court on Thursday, in a surprise legal decision that comes soon after Lai was jailed for 20 years on a separate national security charge.

Cuba said it thwarted gunmen trying to infiltrate from the US as its coastguard opened fire at a Florida-registered speedboat near its shores, killing four people and wounding six.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrived on Wednesday in Jordan, where they met with Syrian refugees at the Zaatari camp and Palestinian children evacuated from the Gaza Strip.

Iran and the US hold the latest round of talks in Geneva on Thursday aimed at resolving their longstanding nuclear dispute and averting new US strikes on Iran following a large-scale military buildup.

A top Democrat ‌in Congress accused the Justice Department of withholding FBI interviews with a woman who accused US President Donald Trump of sexually abusing her as a minor ‌from its public release of documents related to the ⁠late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Kenyan leader William Ruto wants more trade between the East African neighbours. But previous mooted border openings have failed, and fears of Al-Shabab attacks remain.

Bill Gates has admitted making a “huge mistake” in associating with Jeffrey Epstein, telling staff at his charity foundation that he had affairs with two Russian women but denying involvement in the disgraced financier’s crimes.

Sri Lanka’s criminal investigators arrested the country’s former intelligence chief on Wednesday in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people, police said.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz touched down in China, beginning his inaugural visit to his country’s largest trade partner and a high-tech rival as Europe’s biggest economy struggles.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has praised Ukrainians for withstanding four years of Russian attacks with “immense courage”, saying Moscow has failed to break their spirit or win the war it started.

Seventeen international aid groups said they have petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court to allow them to keep working in the Gaza Strip and other areas in the occupied Palestinian territory, where the Israeli government is set to halt their life-saving work.

Iran is close to a deal with China to purchase anti‑ship cruise missiles, according to six people with knowledge of the negotiations, just as the US deploys a vast naval force near the Iranian coast ahead of possible strikes on the Islamic Republic.

US President Donald Trump boasted of a “turnaround for the ages” in a State of the Union speech, seeking to reverse his dismal polls and see off mounting challenges at home and abroad ahead of crucial midterm elections.

Two Ugandan women were arrested for kissing in public, a police spokesperson told AFP, under an anti-gay law considered among the harshest in the world.

France moved to block US envoy Charles Kushner from having access to government ministers, after he failed to show up to explain comments about a killed far-right activist.

Queen Camilla met French rape survivor Gisèle Pelicot and revealed she was left “speechless” after reading her memoir.

Tourette’s sufferer John Davidson, who inspired a BAFTA-winning film, on Monday said he was “deeply mortified” after shouting a racial slur at the London awards ceremony.

Iranian students defied authorities with protests for a third day, weeks after security forces crushed mass unrest with thousands killed and as the US weighs possible air strikes against the Islamic Republic.

Iran vowed on Monday to retaliate “ferociously” against any attack by the United States and reiterated warnings of a regional conflagration in response to President Donald Trump’s threat of limited strikes.

The Mexican army announced that it had killed powerful drug lord Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera in an operation that sparked a wave of violence in various parts of the country.