The White House has described the cash gifts to Harp and three others as personal - and legal.

The father had threatened to behead a female primary school teacher near Toulouse.

Declassified documents show Spanish and Moroccan authorities were alerted to social media calls for a mass migrant crossing the day before tens of thousands entered Ceuta.

Officials say there was a stampede as they fled a fire that engulfed two schools in the eastern rebel-held city of Bukavu.

Mokha's capture would bring the Iran-backed group closer to controlling the Bab al-Mandab Strait waterway, a key shipping route.

Analysts question if the US president's election year offer is workable, legal or affordable.

The fire broke out as the vessel nearing its destination at the tourist hotspot of Coron in Palawan.

The president also said oil prices won't come down until after the November races, claiming without evidence that Iran wants to impact the election.