Turkey Warns Syria Against Helping Kurds

The Turkish deputy prime minister has said that it would be a disaster if Syrian government forces were to enter a border region where Turkey is mounting a major operation against Kurdish fighters.

US President Donald Trump supports efforts to improve background checks on gun ownership, the White House says.

And a new report from the United Nations' Children's Fund suggests that more needs to be done to combat mortality among newborn infants in the world's poorest countries.