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The "Board of Peace" came together after the Trump administration, teaming up with Qatar and Egypt, negotiated a ceasefire in October to halt two years of devastating war in Gaza. Photo: BSS/AFP

Trump kicks off his 'Board of Peace', with eye on Gaza and beyond

Gaza's health ministry, which operates under Hamas authorities, says at least 601 people have been killed by Israeli forces since the truce began.

A rescue team departs to the site of an avalanche in a backcountry slope of California's Sierra Nevada mountains, where a group of skiers were stranded, in Nevada County, California, US on 17 February 2026, in this still image from a video. Photo: Nevada County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS

Eight backcountry skiers perish in California avalanche, ninth presumed dead

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a Los Angeles Superior Court trial in a key test case accusing Meta and Google's YouTube of harming kids' mental health through addictive platforms, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 18, 2026 in a courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Mona Edwards

Meta's Zuckerberg denies at LA trial that Instagram targets kids

Zorro Ranch, one of the properties of financier Jeffrey Epstein, is seen in an aerial view near Stanley, New Mexico, U.S., July 15, 2019. REUTERS/Drone Base

New Mexico probes allegation of bodies buried near Epstein ranch

A drone view shows tugboats assisting a liquified natural gas (LNG) tanker to dock at a port in Yantai, Shandong province, China, 14 February 2025. cnsphoto via REUTERS

China isn't importing any US LNG, but it's still in the game

Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky walks out of the InterContinental hotel as the U.S.-mediated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine continue in Geneva, Switzerland, February 18, 2026. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy

Ukraine peace talks end in Geneva after Zelenskiy says Russia stalling

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

In letter to Iowa friends, Xi offers reassurance over Sino-American exchanges

A drone view of Nuuk, Greenland, February 7, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

Nordic region seeks deeper ties with Greenland after Trump threats

Randy Fine, Republican nominee for 2025 Florida's 6th congressional district special election, speaks at a watch party, as Florida holds a special election for a US House of Representatives seat vacated by National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, in Ormond Beach, Florida, US April 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo

US lawmaker Fine criticized by rights advocates, Democrats after anti-Muslim remarks

Oman's Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi meets with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner ahead of the indirect US-Iran talks, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17, 2026. Photo: Oman’s Ministry Of Foreign Affairs/Handout via REUTERS

US envoys juggle two crisis talks, raising questions about prospects for success

A drone view shows shipping containers from China, at the China Shipping (North America) Holding Company Ltd. facility at the Port of Los Angeles in Wilmington, California, February 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

'Exports to China look dismal,' leader of busiest US seaport says

A person walks by the Ed Sullivan Theater, where "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" is filmed, in New York City, US, July 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kylie Cooper/File Photo

CBS host Stephen Colbert says network barred airing interview with Texas US Senate candidate

US reveals new details of alleged Chinese nuclear test

US reveals new details of alleged Chinese nuclear test