The agreement Japan secured has added pressure on South Korea to defuse the threat of high tariffs on its exports to the United States.

The flow of goods in Manzhouli, China’s main border crossing with Russia, underscores increasingly close ties between the two countries, complicating China’s relationship with Europe.

President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bill limiting two Ukrainian agencies leading efforts against corruption. Critics say it was an overstepping of his authority.

More than 100 organizations, including Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders, add to growing calls for aid restrictions to be eased and the war to end.

For weeks, fires and explosions have been reported almost daily in Iran. Officials are investigating what they think is a coordinated campaign.

Washington had been a buffer against China’s efforts to use UNESCO to influence education, historical designations and even artificial intelligence.

Many Scots refuse to make peace with President Trump or his golf resorts, even after he deepened his investment in the land where his mother was born.

Russia and Ukraine are expected to hold another round of negotiations on Wednesday in Istanbul, but the two warring countries have flatly rejected each other’s demands.

Ukraine’s president ran on a promise to clean things up, but critics say his government is cracking down on anti-corruption activists, critics and agencies.