The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations for resettling Palestinians from Gaza .

The contacts with Sudan , Somalia and the breakaway region of Somalia known as Somaliland reflect a plan that has been widely condemned and raised serious legal and moral issues.

Because all three places are poor, and in some cases wracked by violence, the proposal also casts doubt on Trump ’s stated goal of resettlers in a “beautiful area.

Somaliland seceded from Somalia over 30 years ago , but it is not internationally recognized as an independent state.

Somali military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan told an Arab leaders’ summit last week that his country “categorically rejects" any plan that aims to transfer "the brotherly Palestinians from their land under whatever justification or name".

Kosovo ’s ex-President Hashim Thaci was seen visiting his father for about three hours .

Thaci and other senior leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army , or KLA , have been in custody at the court of The Hague , Netherlands .

Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008 , a move Belgrade and its key allies Russia and China refuse to recognize.

Foreigners added nearly $16 billion to emerging market portfolios in February .

Chinese stocks sucked in $11.2 billion , but selling elsewhere meant emerging market equity portfolios saw a net outflow of $2.1 billion .

The February inflow to Chinese equities was the largest for any month since September .

"Lost Canadians " are people born outside of the country to Canadian parents who were also born in another country.

In 2009 , the Conservative federal government changed the law so that Canadians who were born abroad could not pass down their citizenship.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in late 2023 that the law was unconstitutional.

The government has received three extensions to the deadline to pass legislation extending citizenship to those affected by the law.

Members of a search collective in Mexico 's western state of Jalisco found human bones at a remote ranch last week .

They used picks, shovels and metal bars to do the work that state investigators supposedly had done six months earlier .

They found the shoes, heaps of clothing and what appeared to be burned bone fragments.

Distraught families from across the country have already started reaching out about clothing items.

European asset managers are reconsidering their policies on investing in defence.

Under EU rules, funds badged as sustainable need to ensure investments 'Do No Significant Harm' Many have avoided the sector entirely, with Rolls Royce and Airbus judged off limits.

EU seeks around 800 billion euros ( $870 billion ) of investment to bolster defence after U.S. President Trump said Europe must take more responsibility for its own security.

ESG fund holdings rose to 0.5% from 0.4% a year earlier , the data showed. Barclays analysts this week said the ESG underweight in defence had fallen "markedly" since last year . "We will go along with a more positive stance (on defence), it’s inevitable if you consider the geopolitical situation," Legal & General's CIO Sonja Laud said. ($ 1 = 0.9228 euros) (Additional reporting by Sinead Cruise and Chandini Monnappa ; Editing by Tommy Reggiori Wilkes and Susan Fenton ).

Global Affairs says it can't intervene on behalf of Jasmine Mooney .

Mooney is being held at the San Luis Regional Detention Center with about 30 people in the same cell.

B.C. Premier David Eby says he is urging the federal government to do “all they can through diplomatic channels” to ensure Mooney ’s return.

The global trade war triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump shows no sign of abating.

The blow to growth from a trade war is likely to hurt the price of oil the mainstay of the region's economy.

There are also immediate costs to countries whose currencies are pegged to the dollar Saudi Arabia , the UAE , Qatar , Oman , and Bahrain .

Jordan is the most vulnerable country in the region to the tariff wars.

Former U.S. diplomat Wendy Cutler says trade tensions could push allies to forge closer relationships with other countries like China and India .

Cutler: "I don't think it's out of the question that perhaps the EU even thinks about joining CPTPP " Countries may need to get used to Trump 's "zig-zagging" on tariff policy, she said.

"My advice would be.. don't bother," Olson said. Asked how long Trump may maintain a stance of "zig-zagging" on trade policy, Olson said the U.S. president is not looking for "solid, concrete resolutions." Instead, Trump is likely "looking to keep trade partners always in the hot seat, and to always have that sword of Damocles hanging over their heads." A White House spokesperson was not immediately available to comment when contacted by CNBC . — CNBC 's Abby Ryanto contributed to this report..

The U.K. economy shrank by 0.1% month-on-month in January , official figures show.

The fall was mainly due to a contraction in the production sector.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected the country's GDP to grow by 01% in the fourth quarter , beating expectations.