Announcing “the dawn of a new Middle East,” President Donald Trump on Tuesday presided over the signing of  historic diplomatic pacts between Israel and two Gulf Arab nations that he hopes will lead to a new order in the Mideast and cast him as a peacemaker at the height of his reelection campaign, AP reported.

Hungary's FM Peter Szijjarto will be the only EU diplomatic leader to attend the signing ceremony on Tuesday in Washington for the Israel-United Arab Emirates peace deal, his spokesman said on Sunday.

Donald Trump has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for helping broker a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, news wires reported. Fight-wing Norwegian politician Christian Tybring-Gjedde put the US president forward for a nomination.

Former foes Kosovo and Serbia have agreed on a historic pact to normalise economic relations, US President Donald Trump announced on Friday at the White House. "A truly historic day," Trump said, with Kosovo PM Avdullah Hoti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic sitting beside him in the Oval Office.

The US will seek to foster a breakthrough in talks between Balkan war foes Kosovo and Serbia meeting leaders of the two countries at the White House on Thursday and Friday, news wires reported.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday tapped Senator Kamala Harris of California as his choice for vice president, news wires reported. "I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate," Biden said on Twitter.

The US President Donald Trump signed executive orders on Saturday partly restoring enhanced unemployment payments to the tens of millions of Americans who lost jobs in the coronavirus pandemic, as polls showed a large majority of voters unhappy with his handling of the crisis.

China's foreign ministry on Friday accused the US of "political manipulation" and said that it firmly opposes the executive orders announced by the President Donald Trump for TikTok, WeChat’s ban. China will defend the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese businesses, foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing.

Facebook Inc on Wednesday took down a post by US President Donald Trump, which the company said violated its rules against sharing misinformation about the coronavirus, news wires reported. The post contained a video clip, from an interview with Fox & Friends earlier in the day, in which Trump claimed that children are "almost immune" to COVID-19.

Microsoft announced on Sunday it would continue talks to acquire the US operations of popular video-sharing app TikTok, after meeting with President Donald Trump, who seemingly backed off his earlier threats to ban the Chinese-owned platform, news wires reported.