Iran students stage first large anti-government protests since deadly crackdown
Students at several universities in Iran have staged anti-government protests - the first such rallies on this scale since last month's deadly crackdown by the authorities.
The BBC has verified footage of demonstrators marching on the campus of the Sharif University of Technology in the capital Tehran on Saturday. Scuffles were later seen breaking out between them and government supporters.
A sit-in was held at another Tehran university, and a rally reported in the north-east. Students were honouring thousands of those killed in mass protests in January, according to BBC.
Trump's foreign policy dilemma laid bare by Iran tensions
US President Donald Trump delivered his latest ultimatum to Iran on Thursday during a meeting of the Board of Peace, the Middle East coalition Trump formed to stabilise a region he could soon plunge into a new war, BBC reported.
The irony of simultaneously calling for peace and threatening military action underscored the competing impulses at the heart of Trump's foreign policy in his second term.
Perhaps nowhere is that contradiction clearer than the impasse between Washington and Tehran - a standoff that has quickly escalated and could now lead to the largest US air campaign in years, according to BBC.
US and Indonesia finalise deal to cut tariffs to 19%
President Donald Trump's administration and the Indonesian government say they have finalised an agreement to lower US tariffs on the South East Asian country to 19% from 32%, BBC reported.
Under the deal, Indonesia will cut trade barriers on more than 99% of US imports and facilitate more than $30bn (£22.3bn) of purchases of American goods, the White House said on Thursday.
Washington said it granted tariff exemptions on some Indonesian goods, including certain clothing and textiles that are produced with cotton and man-made materials from the US, according to BBC.
US pays $160 million of more than $4 billion owed to UN
The United States has paid about $160 million of the more than $4 billion it owes to the U.N., a United Nations spokesperson said on Thursday as President Donald Trump hosted the first meeting of his "Board of Peace" initiative that experts say could undermine the United Nations, Reuters reported.
"Last week, we received about $160 million from the United States as a partial payment of its past dues for the U.N. regular budget," the U.N. spokesperson said in a statement.
Trump said during his comments at the opening "Board of Peace" meeting that Washington would give the United Nations money to strengthen it, according to Reuters.
