As NATO leaders gather in Turkey, they are preparing for another summit shaped as much by managing President Donald Trump as by the alliance's security agenda.

President Trump is expected to discuss American weaponry, NATO spending and the Russia-Ukraine war during a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.

NATO leaders plan to unveil arms deals ​worth tens of billions of dollars in Ankara on Tuesday to show they are heeding U.S. calls to spend ‌more to defend Europe before joining President Donald Trump for a summit.

President Trump will leave for Turkey on Monday night to attend the annual NATO summit. The president is set to meet with allies he has chastised for insufficient support in the war in Iran and defense spending.

Explosions rocked Damascus on Tuesday as France’s president met with his Syrian counterpart in a landmark visit, wounding at least 18 people, Syria's Interior Ministry said. Emmanuel Macron had entered the presidential palace to meet Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa when the explosions happened near the Four Seasons Hotel.

French ⁠President Emmanuel ⁠Macron landed in Syria ​on Monday, Syria's ‌state news agency said, ‌in ⁠the ⁠first visit to Damascus by a ​European Union head of state since rebels ​led by President Ahmed ⁠al-Sharaa toppled ⁠Bashar al-Assad ⁠in 2024.

Bombs exploded near the hotel where Emmanuel Macron was staying in Syria on Tuesday (July 7), a security source said. The French president did not hear the explosions, the Elysee said, and he met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa soon afterwards.

Explosions have been heard near a hotel in Damascus, where French President Emmanuel Macron was staying last night as he visited Syria. Smoke was seen rising from an area near the Four Seasons Hotel where the French leader was staying before meeting Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Tuesday.

A former economic development official in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing has been sentenced to death for taking bribes worth $325 million over three decades

A court in eastern China has sentenced a former city official to death for taking more than 2.2bn yuan ($325m; £243m) in bribes over 30 years. Yang Youlin, who served in various positions in Nanjing city from 1993 to 2023,

A Chinese court handed a rare death sentence to a former official on corruption charges, in a severe punishment underscoring the intensity of President Xi Jinping’s anti-graft crackdown.

The punishment given to Yang Youlin is one of the harshest handed down in a corruption case in China in recent years A court in eastern China has handed down a rare death sentence to a former municipal official convicted of taking more than 2.

A tanker traveling off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz caught on fire early Tuesday morning after being struck by a projectile, the British military said. The attack was the latest targeting a vessel moving through the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf,

Iran's military fired at least two missiles at commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night, two U.S. officials tell Axios. Why it matters: The reported attack took place after a one-week agreement between the U.

A commercial tanker caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after being struck by a projectile, while the United States accused Iran of attacking two commercial vessels in the strategic waterway. The incident has renewed fears over global energy supplies and raised the prospect of fresh military escalation in the Gulf.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fired at least two missiles at commercial ships transiting through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night, Axios reported, citing two US officials.

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