Russian and North Korean forces suffered &significant& losses in intense fighting in Russia&s southern Kursk region, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni made a surprise trip to Florida to meet with Donald Trump late on Saturday, as the key European leader sought to strengthen ties with the president-elect before his inauguration on January 20.

The New Orleans attacker who killed 14 people by ramming a pick-up truck into a crowd built two bombs with a &very rare explosive compound,& senior law enforcement officials have said.

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 14 Palestinians in three separate attacks in the Gaza Strip yesterday, taking the weekend death toll to 102, Palestinian medics said, as US and Arab mediators stepped up efforts to conclude a ceasefire deal.