US President Donald Trump has undeniably scored a diplomatic victory by helping to broker a truce for Gaza, but the path to the lasting peace he says he wants for the Middle East is littered with obstacles.

Eighteen people are presumed dead after a huge blast at an explosives factory in Tennessee, officials said Saturday

Political bureau member Hossam Badran says in an interview

The fragile truce could open access, but aid agencies fear Israel may continue to impose restrictions on access

French President Emmanuel Macron reappointed his staunch supporter late on Friday

The flight carried three Hondurans and 56 Guatemalans, it said.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the task force aimed "to crush the cartels, stop the poison, and keep America safe."

The White House and the CDC did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment

A court filing Friday said the government has fired more than 4,000 federal workers

The blast was so massive that it was heard across a large distance

Trump unveiled additional levies of 100% on China's US-bound exports

Returns home from Istanbul

Trump has said he expects to head to the Middle East on Sunday, with stops in Egypt, where the talks took place, and Israel

The White House had criticised the Nobel Committee's decision to grant the peace prize to the Venezuelan opposition leader instead of Trump

Downpours triggered several landslides

Both allies and the opposition had been hoping for a fresh face in government to help end months of paralysis over an austerity budget

Large parts of Kyiv were plunged into darkness in the early hours of Friday after Russian drones and missiles struck Ukrainian energy facilities, cutting power and water to homes and halting a key metro link across the Dnipro river.

A skeleton found on Britain’s Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new species of ichthyosaur, a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the seas, scientists said yesterday.

US President Donald Trump yesterday threatened to hike tariffs on Chinese exports and cancel a meeting with President Xi Jinping in a broadside against Beijing that sent markets and relations between the world’s largest economies into a spiral.

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te vowed Friday to speed up construction of a multi-layered air defence system as part of efforts to counter “enemy threats”.