General NewsOvernight reports: Trump hints at Saudi visit, sweeping global news roundup
Overnight reports: Trump hints at Saudi visit, sweeping global news roundup
This happened while you were sleeping. Here's what global agencies reported overnight from Saturday to Sunday.
- U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned on Saturday that his first foreign trip could be to Saudi Arabia, even though U.S. presidents traditionally visit the United Kingdom after taking office.
- American officials at the State Department are working to continue aid to Ukraine, despite the new Secretary of State's announced freeze on all foreign aid, wrote the "Financial Times" on Saturday. More than a day after the announcement, the effects of this decision remain unclear.
- North Korea conducted a test of strategic cruise missiles launched from the sea on Saturday, as reported by the North Korean state agency KCNA on Sunday morning local time.
- The extraordinary United Nations Security Council meeting scheduled for Monday on the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was moved to Sunday due to the escalation of hostilities, AFP reported on Saturday.
- At least 15 people, including children, died on Saturday due to a gasoline tanker explosion near the city of Enugu in southern Nigeria.
- The Speaker of the National Assembly of Cameroon confirmed that the current president, 92-year-old Paul Biya, will run in the presidential election scheduled for October 2025.
