The Russian president donned military fatigues as he tried to counter a narrative that Moscow is stumbling in its war after Ukrainian drone strikes set off an acute fuel shortage.

The first day of public ceremonies honoring the late ayatollah was held in Iran on Saturday. Tehran has paused diplomacy with the US for the funeral. Follow for live updates.

On Saturday, delegates at the national convention of the Alternative for Germany party overwhelmingly reelected the group's leaders, including Alice Weidel, as tens of thousands of protesters aimed to disrupt the meeting.

The shake-up is believed to be an effort to ensure the military's loyalty to the Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping.

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu said he and President Donald Trump agreed to meet in the US in the near future, according to a social-media post Saturday from the prime minister’s office.

As he stressed human dignity in Lampedusa, Pope Leo also issued a July Fourth message to the U.S., saying "in every generation" immigrants "helped to shape the nation's character."

Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori has been declared the winner of Peru’s presidential race following a weeks-long vote count that ended with a razor-thin margin of victory in the deeply polarized South American country.

Varias localidades del norte de Mali, incluidas Gao y Sévaré, fueron blanco de los rebeldes, indicó el sábado el ejército maliense en un comunicado emitido al tiempo que un grupo rebelde anunciaba una nueva ofensiva para capturar un poblado del norte del país.