Digest for international stories for this week

 Washington: After spending his first night at the White House, the US President Donald Trump today kicked off the first full day of his presidency with a national prayer breakfast that also included Hindu and Sikh prayer services among others.

Beirut: A car bomb blast killed at least 11 people at a camp for displaced Syrians by the border with Jordan today, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.

Washington: Thousands of women from across the US, many wearing bright pink hats, today poured in the nation's capital to protest against Donald Trump's allegedly anti-women views, just a day after the billionaire Republican was sworn in as 45th US President.

Sunday

Paris: Partial results suggest that Manuel Valls, a center-leaning former prime minister who rallied France together after extremist attacks, will confront stalwart Socialist Benoit Hamon in the country's left wing presidential primary runoff.

Washington: US President Donald Trump pledged today to begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement in upcoming talks with the leaders of Mexico and Canada.

Aden: Clashes in Yemen killed at least 66 people in 24 hours, medics and security sources said today, as pro-government forces pushed to oust rebels from a key stretch of coastline.

Monday

Washington: The White House today warned China that the United States will defend "international interests" in the South China Sea and that trade must be a "two-way street." Mexico City: Mexico today vowed "no confrontation and no submission" in renegotiating relations with the United States under its President Donald Trump but admitted it planned to seek alternative trade partners.

Banjul: Gambia's new vice president will be a female leader of the opposition coalition that helped bring new President Adama Barrow to power, a presidential spokesman announced today, as regional troops continued security sweeps to prepare for Barrow's return to the country he now rules.

Tuesday

Washington: US President Donald Trump has asked FBI director James Comey to stay in his post, despite criticism for his actions during the presidential election which many Democrats say damaged Hillary Clinton's candidacy, media reports said today.

Astana: Russia, Iran and Turkey presented a united front at the conclusion of two days of talks in Kaza

Wednesday

Washington: US President Donald Trump took a first step toward fulfilling his pledge to "build a wall" on the Mexican border today, signing two immigration-related decrees.

Berlin: India has marginally improved its ranking in the graft watchdog Transparency International's corruption perception index for 2016, a list topped by New Zealand and Denmark which are jointly ranked as the world's least corrupt nations.

Mogadishu: Twenty-eight people were killed today when Al-Shabaab fighters attacked a popular Mogadishu hotel, setting off two car bombs and opening fire on security guards, according to the city's main ambulance service.

Thursday

Washington: US President Donald Trump today defended his plan to limit the entry of people from several Muslim countries, saying it was necessary as the world is "a total mess", even as he was non committal on whether nations like Pakistan, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia would be on the list of the proposed visa ban.

Washington: Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto today cancelled his planned trip to the US after President Donald Trump tweeted that he should cancel his visit if Mexico is "unwilling to pay" for the massive border wall being build to stop illegal migrants from entering America.

London: The UK government today published a draft legislation in Parliament that would allow it to begin the process of leaving the EU, two days after the Supreme Court ruled that Prime Minister Theresa May cannot unilaterally trigger Britain's exit from the 28-nation bloc and must seek Parliament's approval.

Friday

Washington: US President Donald Trump today played down speculation that he may lift sanctions on Russia, even as British Prime Minister Theresa May urged him to continue with them until Moscow implements the international agreement on Ukraine.

Washington: US Defence Secretary Gen (rtd) James Mattis has ordered a review of the F-35 fighter jets programme and of the presidential plane Air Force One, the Pentagon said today.

Washington: US President Donald Trump today met British Prime Minister Theresa May in his first summit with a foreign leader since inauguration, as he hailed Brexit and said it would give the UK its "own identity".

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)