Palestinians are reckoning with an incoming U.S. president who expressed near unreserved backing for Israel in his first term. Abbas, who once barred senior Palestinian officials from communicating with the Trump administration, recently spoke to Trump by phone, and they discussed the possibility of meeting.

Ukraine's top military commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said on Saturday that there were reports North Korean troops were preparing for combat alongside Russian forces. "We have numerous reports of North Korean soldiers preparing to participate in combat operations alongside Russian Forces,