Biden has welcomed Kenyan President Ruto to the White House in preparation for deployment of Kenyan forces to Haiti.
Ireland, Spain and Norway have declared their intention to acknowledge the Palestinian state, urging other Western countries to do same.
A tornado in Iowa destroyed homes and businesses, leaving fatalities, injuries, and widespread devastation in its wake, officials confirmed.
Desperate Palestinians looted aid lorries, prompting the suspension of food deliveries in Rafah.
Australia has reported its first case of the avian influenza - a virus common among animals - in a human.
Haiti has reopened its main international airport after it was closed for almost three months due to intense gang violence.
The closure of New Caledonia airport left travellers stranded causing the use of military airplanes for rescue.
Whistlebowers in Israel have opened up on the routine mistreatment of Palestinian detainees from Gaza.
One passenger was killed and several others injured on a Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore due to turbulence.
Three Syrian officials will face trial in absentia in Paris for the death of a French-Syrian father and son.