Somalia and Saudi Arabia signed a military cooperation agreement weeks after Israel’s recognition of an independent Somaliland. But what’s in it for Saudi Arabia?

A judge in the United States has ordered the National Park Service (NPS) to restore an exhibit about nine people who were enslaved by former president George Washington at a historical site in the city of Philadelphia.

Two bomb attacks and a gunfight between police and militants in northwest Pakistan killed at least 11 security personnel and three civilians, including a child, a security official said.

Tributes have been pouring out for Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall, who died at the age of 95 on Sunday.

A conservative media critic picked by US President Donald Trump to be US ambassador to South Africa has arrived to take up his post, the US embassy said, as relations between the countries remain fraught.

US President Donald Trump said that he would be involved “indirectly” in high-stakes talks between Iran and the US over Tehran’s nuclear programme in Geneva, adding he believed Tehran wanted to make a deal.

Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has accused President Donald Trump of orchestrating a “cover-up” over files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The Kremlin has “strongly” rejected an assessment by five European countries that the Russian state killed jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny by poisoning him.

A group of gunmen attacked three villages in Nigeria in a dawn raid. At least 30 people have died and several are reportedly missing.

The Democratic Party is willing to spend tens of millions on a Virginia redistricting effort that could gain the party four more seats in the US House of Representatives, the chamber’s top Democrat said.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reflected a feeling of profound change among European leaders at the Munich Security Conference when she said: “Some lines have been crossed that cannot be uncrossed anymore.”

Lebanon said an Israeli strike near the Syrian border in the country’s east killed four people, as Israel said it had targeted operatives from Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad.

Accused Bondi Beach killer Naveed Akram appeared in an Australian court via video link, in his first public hearing since the nation’s worst mass shooting in nearly three decades.

Iran is pursuing a nuclear agreement with the US that delivers economic benefits for both sides, an Iranian diplomat was reported as saying on Sunday, days before a second round of talks between Tehran and Washington.

Iranian authorities have freed two senior reformist figures who were arrested in recent days following anti-government protests in January, local media reported.

A top lawyer for Goldman Sachs will leave the Wall Street bank, its chief executive said, after her close ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were revealed.

US President ‌Donald Trump plans to scale back some tariffs on steel and aluminium goods, the Financial Times reported ‌on Friday, citing people familiar with the ⁠matter.

The flamboyant designer behind Hello Kitty — the cute Japanese character that became a global mega brand — is stepping down after more than four decades in charge of her look.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) claimed a thumping win in the first elections held since a deadly 2024 uprising, with leader Tarique Rahman poised to become prime minister.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has entrenched his daughter as heir apparent ahead of a landmark party conference, a South Korean lawmaker said after a briefing from Seoul’s main intelligence agency.