More than 100 dead after flooding in eastern DR Congo, officials say | Floods News

The victims were mostly children and elderly people, with an additional 28 injured. Heavy overnight floods have washed away several villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing more than 100 people, according to local officials, in a nation suffering war and mass displacement. The floods were triggered by torrential rains and surged through…

Hamas says it will release US-Israeli captive Edan Alexander | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Hamas has said it will release a US-Israeli captive held in Gaza, as the group confirmed it was engaged in direct talks with the United States towards securing a ceasefire in the war-ravaged enclave and getting aid flowing again to a suffering Palestinian population. The Palestinian group released a statement on Sunday: “Israeli soldier Edan…

US, China hail ‘substantial progress’ made in tariff talks in Geneva | Trade War News

Beijing and Washington have both hailed the progress made at the end of a weekend of closed-door discussions in Switzerland aimed at de-escalating trade tensions sparked by US President Donald Trump’s aggressive worldwide tariff rollout in March and China’s retaliation. Following the talks on Sunday at the Geneva villa of the Swiss ambassador to the…