Amid a period of tense relations between Ankara and Washington, several gunshots were fired on Monday from a vehicle at the U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital, causing no casualties, Reuters reported.

Mariam Hareb Almheiri, Minister of State for Food Security, concluded her trip to Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, by meeting with high-level federal government officials and visiting innovative private sector food production facilities to discuss important issues relating to future food security.

The United States has made it clear to Moscow that the international assistance for Syria aimed at reconstructing the country will not be provided until the United Nations verifies that an irreversible political process is underway, US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs David Satterfield told reporters on Friday.

The United States and Russia should work together to stabilize Syria, US ambassador to Pakistan David Hale said on Thursday during a US Senate confirmation hearing on his nomination for the position Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.

The US military presence in Syria should be reviewed once the Islamic State terror group (IS, banned in Russia) is eliminated, US ambassador to Pakistan David Hale said during his confirmation hearing for the position Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs on Thursday.

The United States needs a complex strategy for Russia that includes publicly condemning Moscow's bad behavior while having private discussions with Russian officials at the same time, US ambassador to Pakistan David Hale said on Thursday during a Senate confirmation hearing on his appointment as under secretary of state for political affairs.

Seventy-six people were found to have overdosed over the course of several hours on Wednesday in the city of New Haven in the US state of Connecticut, prompting the police to investigate what they called an unprecedented number of overdose cases amid a nationwide drug epidemic.

US President Donald Trump's Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt has warned that neither Israel nor the Palestinians will be pleased with the US plan for the Middle East settlement, but stressed that this was the only way to reach peace.

President Donald Trump will not back down from his tough stances as the United States and China resume trade talks later this month, White House Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow said in an interview on Thursday, as he confirmed that a Chinese delegation will visit Washington later in August.