EGYPT: A policeman opened fire today on tourists in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, killing at least two Israelis and one Egyptian, Israeli and Egyptian authorities said.

A statement from Egypt’s Interior Ministry said that another person had been wounded in the attack at the Pompey’s Pillar site in Alexandria. It provided no further details.

CONGO: At least 15 people were killed in eastern Congo after a group of children brought home an explosive device that they had found while they were playing, a community leader said on Saturday.

The tragedy took place on Friday evening in the village of Kyangitsi in North Kivu province.

UNITED STATES: New York Mayor Eric Adams capped off a four-day trip to Latin America on Saturday by calling for a “right to work” for migrants in the US.

Speaking during a visit to Necocli, the northern Colombia town where thousands of migrants start the perilous trek across the roadless Darien jungle into Panama, Mr Adams called on the US government to find pathways for migrants and asylum-seekers to work legally in the US.

EUROPEAN UNION: Migration and interior ministers from five European Union countries most affected by migration across the Mediterranean, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta and Spain, hailed a new EU pact on migration but said more resources were needed.

The ministers from the Med 5 group, who met in Thessaloniki, Greece, on Friday and Saturday, took a hard line on returning migrants who have crossed into the bloc illegally to their countries of origin, arguing that if Europe does not tackle the problem decisively, more extreme voices will take over.