The price of gold hit fresh records Monday after reaching $5,000 an ounce for the first time on rising global uncertainty and turmoil set off by US President Donald Trump's policies.

Gold reached $5,111.07 an ounce having topped the key landmark in Asian trading hours.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Monday denounced Russia's "stubborn insistence on the crucial territorial issue" following talks between Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. envoys last week in Abu Dhabi.

"What I am hearing and reading today, including from the negotiations in the United Arab Emirates, is only Russia's stubborn insistence on the crucial territorial issue," Wadephul said in Riga. "And if there is no flexibility here, I fear that the negotiations may still take a long time or may not be successful at this stage."

A ferry carrying 342 passengers sank Monday morning in the southern Philippines, leaving at least eight dead, a local mayor said.

There were "8 confirmed casualties" so far from the sinking of the M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, which was traveling to the island of Sulu, Arsina Laja Kahing-Nanoh, a town mayor in Basilan province, said in a Facebook post.

Former president Bill Clinton on Sunday decried "horrible scenes" in Minneapolis after two U.S. citizens were killed by federal agents, as the veteran Democrat urged Americans to protest what he called unacceptable government action.

"It is up to all of us who believe in the promise of American democracy to stand up, speak out, and show that our nation still belongs to We the People," Clinton said, warning that Trump administration officials have "lied to us" about the fatal encounters and used increasingly aggressive tactics in their immigration crackdown.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned Iraq against a pro-Iranian government as the expected return of Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister stirs Washington's concern.

Maliki, who left power in 2014 following heated pressure from the United States, has been chosen by Iraq's largest Shiite bloc, which would put him in line to be nominated prime minister.

Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez said Sunday she had "enough" of orders from Washington, in reference to pressure from the United States since the strikes and capture of deposed autocrat Nicolas Maduro.

"Enough orders from Washington on politicians in Venezuela. Let Venezuelan politics resolve our differences and internal conflicts. Enough of foreign powers," Rodriguez said in an address to oil workers in the eastern state of Anzoategui.

The Kremlin on Monday said the US-brokered trilateral talks in the UAE between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators had been held in a "constructive spirit" but that there was still "significant work ahead".

"It would be a mistake to expect any significant results from the initial contacts... But the very fact that these contacts have begun in a constructive spirit can be viewed positively. However, there is significant work ahead," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.

Israeli strikes on south Lebanon on Sunday have killed two people, the health ministry reported, with Israel's military saying it struck Hezbollah targets.

Israel has kept up regular strikes in Lebanon despite a November 2024 truce that sought to end more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah, usually saying it is targeting members of the Iran-backed group or its infrastructure.

An Israeli strike on south Lebanon killed one person on Sunday, the health ministry reported, as Israel's military said it struck Hezbollah targets.

Lebanon will need some sort of international force after the withdrawal of the United Nations's Unifil mission scheduled for 2027, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam  said during a visit to Paris.