The diplomatic tensions came after pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced for 20 years in one of the city's most prominent prosecutions.

Iran's president has described the Friday nuclear talks with Washington as "a step forward" and said "dialogue has always been our strategy for resolving issues peacefully." Bloomberg's Michael Heath reports on the latest.

Many Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are struggling to get by after losing their permits to work inside Israel. Israel revoked around 100,000 permits after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack

Detained Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has received another prison sentence of over seven years.

Officials said 27 people were arrested amid protests over the visit by Israel President Isaac Herzog, during which police have been authorized to use rarely invoked powers.

The strike in the eastern Pacific, the third on suspected drug trafficking boats this year, was the second authorized by Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the new head of the Southern Command.

A rubber boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea last week after taking on water, leaving 53 people migrating to Europe from North Africa presumed dead.

Japanese stock gains have been fueled by the "Takaichi trade" after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's landslide victory in the Lower House.