President Trump met Syria’s new president here after announcing that he would lift crippling economic sanctions on the war-torn country and signing a bevy of Saudi investment deals on the first day of his Middle East tour.

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he plans to lift sanctions on Syria following last year’s fall of the Assad regime, saying the move will “give them a chance at greatness.”

Celebrity billionaire Kim Kardashian gave evidence on Tuesday in the trial of a gang dubbed the "grandpa robbers", who are accused of stealing jewellery worth millions of euros from her at gunpoint du...