International from Tuesday, May 13th, 2025

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would remove all sanctions against Syria, saying they had served an important function, but it was now time for Syria to move forward.

US President Donald Trump secured a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to invest in the United States after the Kingdom accorded him a gala welcome at the start of a tour of Gulf states.

Albania's prime minister Edi Rama has secured an unprecedented fourth term in power after his Socialist Party sailed to victory in Sunday's election, official results showed on Tuesday, although the opposition claim the vote was stolen.

Bangladesh's election commission has suspended the registration of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, effectively barring the party from contesting the next national elections.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will only attend talks on Ukraine if Russia's Vladimir Putin is also there, the Ukrainian leader's top aide said on Tuesday, challenging the Kremlin to show it is genuine about seeking peace.

Pakistan's army said on Tuesday that more than 50 people were killed in last week's military clashes with India which ended in a US-mediated ceasefire.

Half a million people in the Gaza Strip face starvation, a global hunger monitor said on Monday, saying the Israeli-blockaded enclave still confronts a critical risk of famine with a high risk of one occurring by the end of September.

US President Donald Trump has arrived in Saudi Arabia, marking his first official foreign visit since taking office in January.