France 'has to assist' Gulf states, diplomat says as Macron makes three-day visit

Ukraine has shared a video showing what it says is the world’s first evacuation of an injured soldier from the frontlines by drone. The “historic” mission comes just as Kyiv faces a dire turn in its relationship with Washington over the withdrawal of support in its fight against Russia .

President Trump said Sunday that he is "in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine ," and he accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of not wanting to end the conflict sparked four and a half years ago by Russia's full-scale invasion. In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Mr. Trump criticized Zelenskyy for targeting Russian diesel refineries and said, "he doesn't want to end this war, and probably never did."

Four Canadian service members were killed and 39 people injured, including 19 critically, when a fast-moving fire overtook soldiers conducting live-fire combat training at a military base in Alberta, officials said Sunday. Prime Minister Mark Carney described the incident as one of the worst peacetime tragedies for Canada's military on domestic soil. He ordered flags lowered to half-staff on federal buildings nationwide and said he'd requested a detailed account and formal briefing on the incident at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Wainwright.

Lebanon's economic crisis has dragged on since 2019. A re-igniting of Israel's war with Hezbollah derailed the weak recovery seen last year. The World Bank now forecasts that the Lebanese economy will shrink by 6.4 percent this year, with inflation expected to reach around 17.5 percent. A growing divide is visible everywhere: in households, in businesses and even in consumer habits. Our correspondents Serge Berberi and Renée Davis report.