At least eight people are dead and 38 others are trapped underground after a gas explosion in a coal mine in northeast China’s Shanxi province on Friday night, according to state media.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there was “slight progress” in mediated negotiations with Iran, as the prospect of a deal to turn a fragile ceasefire into a lasting peace agreement remains uncertain.

The appeal marked the first significant update since the former British prince was arrested in February over allegations of misconduct while in office.

The move was expected to come after a federal appeals court on Friday ruled against Mr. Khalil, who became the face of President Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters.

The United States on Friday temporarily banned the entry of lawful permanent residents ​who have been in the Democratic Republic of ‌Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in the previous 21 days, citing concerns over Ebola.

Raúl Castro is back at the center of U.S.-Cuba tensions after a U.S. indictment accused him in the 1996 shootdown of exile planes.

Trump joked about using a U.S. aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, to scare the Cuban regime led by Miguel Díaz-Canel into capitulation.

Activists on board a humanitarian flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces on their way to Gaza say they were subjected to beatings, torture and sexual violence while in detention.