Trump’s comments broke with longstanding U.S. neutrality on the question of reuniting the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland — a highly sensitive issue in the U.K.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that sending European troops into Ukraine would amount to direct conflict with Russia.

More than 76,000 people in Yemen have fled their homes amid escalating fighting with Houthi militants in the country's southwestern coast.

Leaders of the BRICS nations were meeting in New Delhi on Saturday for a summit focused on trade, investment and global conflicts, as the bloc seeks a bigger role in shaping the global agenda for emerging and developing countries.

It comes after some Israeli ministers floated proposals for the mass displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, framing the effort as encouraging voluntary emigration.

Oil prices retreated on Friday on hopes of a resumptions in negotiations, but notched sharp weekly gains after soaring above $100 a barrel.

Israel's military on Thursday said it conducted strikes that demolished a series of tunnels used by Hezbollah as a base in southern Lebanon.

The funeral is underway in western Uganda for a traditional monarch who ascended the throne of the Tooro Kingdom as an infant in 1995 and died last month at 34.