The meeting comes a day after the US envoy held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief in Egypt in an attempt to make progress on the stalled Gaza ceasefire.
There are growing doubts over what the US would be willing to do to deter China, given the enormous distraction and resource drain of the US-Israeli war against Iran.
LATIKA M BOURKE: The Reform UK leader will likely face another by-election following an investigation into his undeclared donation from an offshore crypto billionaire.
Clashes between the Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen raged overnight Thursday, fuelling fears that the Iran war’s escalating violence could be spreading across the region.
Nigel Farage, who is the leader of anti-immigration party Reform UK, stood down in the hope the special election could put to bed awkward questions about his finances.
Authorities in Colombia say there is less than a day left of a 72-hour window during which there are far greater chances of finding earthquake survivors.
For years, the Pacific islands managed to persuade more powerful allies that climate change was the region’s defining security challenge and pushed them to act. That may change.
The US consumer price index rose at a 3.4 per cent annual pace in the year ending in July, down slightly from 3.5 per cent in June, according to new Labor Department data.