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Some 3,600 firefighters struggling against one of the most destructive wildfires in California's history hoped calmer winds on Tuesday would allow them to make more progress in carving out buffers to contain the blaze.

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President Donald Trump stepped up his assault on federal Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russia and the 2016 U.S. election on Tuesday, saying that his campaign did not collude with Moscow but that collusion is not a crime anyway.President Donald Trump stepped up his assault on federal Unique Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russia and the 2016 U.S. election on Tuesday, saying that his campaign did not conspire with Moscow but that collusion is not a criminal activity anyway.

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Helicopter pilots on Tuesday plucked a stranded Russian mountaineer from a northern peak in Pakistan's very first such rescue at a height of more than 6,000 metres (20,000 ft), ending his six-day experience, the military stated.

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Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) opposition party is preparing a court application to force the election commission to release arise from Monday's national tally, a senior MDC authorities stated on Tuesday.

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Yemen's Houthi group said on Tuesday it is ready to unilaterally halt attacks in the Red Sea to support peace efforts, days after Saudi Arabia suspended oil exports through a strategic Red Sea channel following an attack on crude tankers last week.

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Senior Iranian officials on Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's offer of talks without prerequisites as useless and an embarrassment after he acted to reimpose sanctions on Tehran following his withdrawal from a landmark nuclear offer.

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