Although the White House did not immediately confirm the meeting when contacted by USA TODAY, Zelenskyy said the sit down "is specifically for the purpose of finalizing everything as much as we can." On social media,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that he would meet US President Donald Trump this weekend to discuss efforts to end Russia's invasion.

“We have agreed on a meeting at the highest level — with President Trump in the near future,” he wrote on social media.

Israel ‍has ​recognised ​Somaliland, a ⁠breakaway region of Somalia, ‌as an "independent and ​sovereign state," ‌Israeli ‍Prime Minister ⁠Benjamin Netanyahu said on ​Friday, making Israel the first co...

At least eight people were killed in an explosion at a mosque of the Alawite minority sect in the Syrian city of Homs on Friday, Syrian state news agency SANA said. Emma Jehle produced this report.