A tornado slammed into the US city of Dayton, Ohio on Monday as severe storms were forecast to pound the area overnight, officials and media reports said. At least two other tornadoes touched down near the city, including one near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, just east of Dayton, media reports said.

Tornado hits city of Dayton, more storms expected in south, central US

Oil prices were mixed on Tuesday as supply cuts, led by producer club OPEC, and US sanctions on fuel exports from Iran and Venezuela supported crude, while concerns about an economic slowdown weighed on the market.

Oil mixed as OPEC cuts, US sanctions prop up prices while trade war weighs

Alibaba is considering raising as much as $20 billion through a listing in Hong Kong, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, lining up a second blockbuster deal following its 2014 record $25 billion floats in New York.

Alibaba plans $20 billion in Hong Kong listing, biggest follow-on sale in seven years

US President Donald Trump and Japan President Shinzo Abe holds a formal meeting in Tokyo, Japan. President Donald Trump exclusively talks about billateral ties between Japan and US, and how they are best.

'Ties with Japan have never been better' says Donald Trump during formal meeting with Shinzo Abe

US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a joint press conference after holding talks. While Trump stated that US ties with Japan have never been better, Abe said he is determined to show the strength of US-Japan ties to the world.

Japan to buy 105 F-35 US stealth warplanes: Donald Trump 

Israel voiced openness on Monday to US-mediated talks with Lebanon on resolving a dispute over the neighbours' maritime border that has dogged Mediterranean oil and gas exploration.

Israel open to US-mediated talks with Lebanon on sea border

Rescuers in the US state of Oklahoma were searching Sunday for survivors in the tangled remains of mobile homes and other structures demolished overnight by a powerful tornado that killed at least two people.

Powerful tornado devastates US town, killing two

The United States is not seeking regime change in Iran, President Donald Trump said Monday, as tensions between the two countries rise with Washington deploying troops to the region.

United States 'not looking for regime change' in Iran: Trump

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday announced his new 22-member Cabinet which includes a record seven women. The new Cabinet will be sworn in on Wednesday.

Australian PM Scott Morrison's new Cabinet includes a record seven women

US National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Saturday North Korea's recent missile launches violated a UN Security Council resolution and urged leader Kim Jong Un to return to denuclearisation talks.

North Korean missile test violated UN resolution: John Bolton

In response to Pyongyang`s statement that the dialogue between the United States and North Korea would not resume unless Washington comes up with " a new method of calculation," US State Department on Friday said that it remains open to holding talks with the communist country and is "very clear" about that position.

Doors remain open for North Korea to resume talks: United States

At least 10 people were injured in a shooting incident outside a bar in New Jersey on Saturday. The incident happened at about 12:25 am (local time) on the Brunswick Avenue of Trenton city, reported SputnikTrenton police spokesman Captain Stephen Varn said that five men and five women injured in the gunfire were rushed to the hospital.

United States: 10 injured in shooting incident outside bar in New Jersey

US President Donald Trump, declaring a national emergency because of tensions with Iran, swept aside objections from Congress on Friday to complete the sale of over $8 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.

Defying Congress, Trump sets $8 billion-plus in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE

US President Donald Trump urged Japanese business leaders on Saturday to increase their investment in the United States while saying Japan had a substantial edge on trade that negotiators were trying to even out.

Trump urges greater Japanese investment in US, knocks trade advantage

Hours after the United States announced that it will deploy 1500 additional troops to the Middle East as a "protective measure", Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday deemed the move "extremely dangerous for world peace", state media reported.

US move to deploy additional troops 'threat to world peace': Iran FM

US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced Thursday that the US has proposed a new regulation allowing it to impose countervailing duties on imports from countries that seek to undervalue their currencies.

US considering duties on countries that undervalue currency

Israel Hidalgo and his wife left home around 7:30 a.m. to reach a supermarket across Havana because they heard it might be selling chicken, a staple of the Cuban diet increasingly scarce on the shortage-plagued island.

Shortages plague Cuba as US sanctions sharpen economic woes

China ramped up a war of words with the United States over Huawei on Friday, accusing Washington of spreading "lies" about the telecom giant thrust to the centre of their trade war.

China slams US 'lies' about Huawei's government ties

Pacific Island countries that have diplomatic ties with Taiwan should maintain them in the face of "heavy-handed" attempts by China to reduce Taiwan`s overseas contacts, a top US official said on Friday.

US official urges Pacific Island nations to keep ties with Taiwan

North Korea said on Friday an "arbitrary and dishonest" US position had resulted in the failure to reach a deal during a second North Korea-US summit, warning the nuclear issue would never be resolved without a new approach.

North Korea blames US for failed summit, urges 'new calculation'

Oil prices dropped on Thursday, extending falls from the previous session amid surging US crude inventories and weak demand from refineries. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $70.

Oil prices fall on surging US crude stockpiles, economic concerns

At least 300 fighters from Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), designated a global terror organisation by the US and the UN, are active in war-torn Afghanistan, a Pentagon report has said.

Around 300 LeT terrorists active in Afghanistan: Pentagon

Special US Representative on Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has done an amazing job by bringing the parties to the peace table, the Trump Administration said as the envoy briefed lawmakers in the US capitol on the progress in the peace process.

Khalilzad did amazing job in Afghanistan by bringing parties to peace table: US

Japan's Panasonic on Thursday said it was halting business with Huawei, joining a growing list of firms distancing themselves from the Chinese telecoms giant after a US ban over security concerns.

Panasonic joins firms stepping away from Huawei after US ban

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